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Get SOLID: Single Responsibility Principle

Karl Seguin [MVP], December 5, 2008
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SOLID is a popular acronym that refers to a set of 5 important class design principles. I know developers get overloaded with the endless jargon that keep popping up, especially when it seems to do li...

December 9,10,13th, 2008 - A Busy week in PHX with MSFT

Scott Cates WebLog, December 5, 2008
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December 9th Noon-5pm Architect Council | Cloud Computing and Impact on Architecture Details Below :: Must Register here to attend. December 10th 11-5 (plus an after party sponsored by GoDaddy)...

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Evaluation: Trial Experience for IT Professionals / Developers

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, December 4, 2008
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Download SQL Server 2008 180-day Trial Software. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a database platform for large-scale online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, and e-commerce applications; i...

SQL SERVER - Default Collation of SQL Server 2008

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, December 3, 2008
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Recently I wrote article about SQL SERVER - 2008 - Install SQL Server 2008 - How to Upgrade to SQL Server 2008 - Installation Tutorial, I received couple of comment suggesting that I did not talk abou...

Monitor your Database Backups Using Operations Manager

Simple Talk, December 2, 2008
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Thomas LaRock shows just how easy it is for a DBAs to monitor any aspect of the databases in their charge by using Operations Manager, just as long as they are prepared to spit on their hands and do s...

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Install SQL Server 2008 - How to Upgrade to SQL Server 2008 - Installation Tutorial

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, December 2, 2008
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SQL SERVER 2008 RTM has been released for some time and I have got numerous request about how to install SQL Server 2008. I have created this step by step guide Installation Guide. Images are used to ...

Exploring HashBytes

Simple Talk, December 1, 2008
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In SQL Server 2005 and 2008 the HashBytes function provides us with the ability to perform the mono-directional approach to encryption. The consideration of utilizing the HashBytes function in your da...

Step-by-Step SQL Mirroring the ASPState database

The Code Project Latest Articles, December 1, 2008
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SQL Mirroring made easy - setting up a mirror for a database...

How to Quickly Add Large Quantities of Data into DotNetNuke Modules

DNN Creative Magazine for DotNetNuke, December 1, 2008
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This tutorial demonstrates a method for quickly adding large amounts of data into a DotNetNuke module. The module in this example is the core Documents module. Throughout the tutorial we walk you thr...

SQL SERVER - Roadmap of Microsoft Certifications - SQL Server Certifications

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, December 1, 2008
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In these times of economical slowdown, more and more IT professionals are concerned about their jobs and their qualifications. It is a common trend for developers to start looking for ways to update t...

SQL SERVER - Interesting Observation - Use of Index and Execution Plan

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 30, 2008
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Previously I wrote article about SQL SERVER - Interesting Observation about Order of Resultset without ORDER BY and I have received tremendous response from my readers by emails and comments. Readers ...

Subtext 2.1 Released! Contains Security Update

youve been HAACKED, November 28, 2008
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A Subtext user found a security flaw which opens up Subtext to potential XSS attacks via comment. This flaw was introduced in Subtext 2.0 by the feature which converts URLs to anchor tags. If you are ...

SQLAuthority News - Download Tools and Documentation for SQL SERVER

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 27, 2008
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SQL Server 2008 Report Definition Language SpecificationThe goal of Report Definition Language (RDL) is to promote the interoperability of commercial reporting products by defining a common schema tha...

SQL Resources

Steven Smith, November 25, 2008
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Last week, we launched SQLFeeds.com, a community-moderated site focused on providing SQL developers and DBAs with high signal-to-noise SQL content.  If you have a favorite source of SQL wisdom, p...

My durable WCF RESTful calculator

Pablo M. Cibraro (aka Cibrax), November 25, 2008
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A durable service in WCF is by a definition a service that can persist all its internal state across calls in some durable storage. For every operation, the service state is retrieved from the storage...

SQLAuthority Author Visit - Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group Meeting - November 2008

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 25, 2008
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It is time again to announce SQL Hour - SQL Server User Group Meeting for November 2008. This time it is going to be one really interesting event. Our User Group is growing and getting more interestin...

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ASP.NET Announcements, November 25, 2008
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 For only start from $4.99/month youll get another great hosting packages which features :  -          - Crystal Report 2008 Hosting - &nb...

Rough Cuts readers - the databases are over here...

Julia Lerman Blog - Dont Be Iffy..., November 25, 2008
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A reader of the Rough Cuts edition of my book, with only 9 chapters out of 23 available so far, was not able to find the database scripts for the book's sample databases and because of this, to my gr...

SQL SERVER - Interesting Observation about Order of Resultset without ORDER BY

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 24, 2008
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Today I observed very interesting little thing about SQL Server and I felt that I should share this with my readers.I ran following two queries and found that I am getting different result-set. When I...

Configuring SharePoint Forms Authentication using SQL Server

ASPAlliance.com - The #1 ASP.NET Community, November 24, 2008
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In this article, Steven demonstrates the steps required to configure forms authentication in SharePoint using SQL Server as a database engine. He begins explaining the idea behind the article and then...

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Download and Install Samples Database AdventureWorks 2008

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 23, 2008
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The following sample databases are currently available for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008:The AdventureWorks OLTP database supports standard online transaction processing scen...

SQL SERVER - Simple Use of Cursor to Print All Stored Procedures of Database Including Schema

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 22, 2008
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I love active participation from my readers. Just a day ago I wrote article about SQL SERVER - Simple Use of Cursor to Print All Stored Procedures of Database. I just received comment from Jerry Hung ...

SQLAuthority News - SQL Server White Paper: SQL Server 2008 Compliance Guide

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 21, 2008
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Organizations across the globe are being inundated with regulatory requirements. They also have a strong need to better manage their IT systems to ensure they are operating efficiently and staying sec...

Taken the Team System Plunge

Wallace B. McClure, November 20, 2008
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Ok, so Microsoft's Team Foundation Server has been available for several years.  We've stuck with a couple of open source source control / project management apps.  John keeps moving things ...

SQL SERVER - Simple Use of Cursor to Print All Stored Procedures of Database

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 20, 2008
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SQLAuthority Blog reader YordanGeorgiev has submitted very interesting SP, which uses cursor to generate text of all the Stored Procedure of current Database. This task can be done many ways, however,...

Weirdest SQL Server 2005 installation on a Vista x64 machine

eXtensible mind, November 19, 2008
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While attempting to install SQL Server x64 I got a number of errors, so I ended up uninstalling all components I could find in the control panel, and reinstalling x32. Now it was time for SP2, I ende...

Microsoft Demos New SQL Server Features at PASS

FTPOnline ASP.NET Channel, November 19, 2008
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Microsoft today previewed the ability to centrally manage applications and resources in the planned upgrade of SQL Server, code-named "Kilimanjaro."...

Running the Same Query Against Multiple Databases

Scott on Writing, November 17, 2008
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One of my clients has a data-driven Software as a Service (SaaS) web application that is used by a dozen different customers. In particular, this client of mine has a web application that's used by va...

Communaut .NET Montral - Nov 17 2008 Meeting - SQL Server 2008 New Features for Developers

Guy Barrettes WebLog, November 17, 2008
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http://www.dotnetmontreal.com Sujet: SQL Server 2008 New Features for DevelopersConfrencier: Michelle GutzaitNote: cette prsentation sera en anglais Microsoft recently released a new version of its...

Return total count of query plus paging with Data Services

Williams .Net Zone, November 17, 2008
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...And in the same reply. I racked my brain for a few days trying to figure out a way to return the count of a query in the same reply with the results for my client paging control. I started with mak...

Amazon EC2 on Windows

Brian Desmonds Blog, November 16, 2008
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Amazon announced the ability to run Windows virtual machines on their cloud computing platform, EC2, a few weeks ago. I had the opportunity to play with the technology for a few weeks and I was really...

SQL Server 2008 Error: 'Saving changes is not permitted.'

the telerik blogs, November 15, 2008
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Tonight I ran into the following error message when using a freshly installed version of SQL Server 2008 in a new project. Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the foll...

SQL Server Matrix Workbench

Simple Talk, November 15, 2008
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In this workbench, Robyn Page and Phil Factor decide to tackle the subject of Matrix handling and Matrix Mathematics in SQL. They maintain that 'One just needs a clear head and think in terms of set-b...

Register Today for MSDN Events

MSDN: ASP.NET, November 13, 2008
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Join MSDN Events for the latest tips, tools, and technical information you need to build powerful applications and engaging user experiences using SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio Tools for Office, and ...

SQLAuthority News - RML Utilities - Usage and Additional Help

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 13, 2008
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Yesterday I wrote about SQLAuthority News - Download RML Utilities for SQL Server. I received many emails where different developers requested how to find additional help regarding RML Utilities. Few ...

The Eight Commandments of Source Code Control

Scott on Writing, November 13, 2008
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Feel free to print out a copy of these commandments and tape them to your coworker's monitor. You shall check in early and check in often. You anger your coworkers when you check out a file and insis...

SQLAuthority News - Download RML Utilities for SQL Server

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 12, 2008
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The RML utilities allow you to process SQL Server trace files and view reports showing how SQL Server is performing. For example, you can quickly see:Which application, database or login is using the ...

Create XML from an Array

DevX: Latest XML Articles, November 11, 2008
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Passing arrays as arguments to stored procedures is not currently possible in SQL Server, but you can use XML to accomplish this....

Three-Pane MGrammar Development in Intellipad

Marquee de Sells: Chriss insight outlet, November 11, 2008
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Roger Alsing has posted a discussion of how Intellipad's support for MGrammar development makes writing DSLs easier but showing you what parsers and how as you update the input file and the grammar fi...

The Estrangement of LINQ to SQL

K. Scott Allen, November 11, 2008
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Tim Mallalieu, PM of LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities, recently announced: as of .NET 4.0 the Entity Framework will be our recommended data access solution for LINQ to relational scenarios. Tim later...

SQL SERVER - Delete Backup History - Cleanup Backup History

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 11, 2008
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SQL Server stores history of all the taken backup forever. History of all the backup is stored in msdb database. Many times older history is no more required. Following Stored Procedure can be execute...

ASP.NET Dynamic Data Web projects templates

Laurent Duveau, November 10, 2008
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Since Visual Studio 2008 SP1 you may have noticed 2 projects template for dynamic data: So what is the difference ? Dynamic Data Web Site / Dynamic Data Web Application: Uses a LINQ to S...

SQL SERVER - Check Database Integrity for All Databases of Server

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 10, 2008
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Today we will see quick script which will check integrity of all the database of SQL Server.EXEC sp_msforeachdb ‘DBCCCHECKDB(”?”)’ Above script will return you lots of messages in resultset. If there ...

Unit testing ASP.NET data caching

The Code Project Latest Articles, November 9, 2008
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A class for unit testing ASP.NET data caching when using SQL Server...

SQLAuthority News - SQL Server 2008 Book Online Updated in October 2008

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 9, 2008
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SQL Server 2008 Books Online is updated on 31 October 2008. I always bookmark latest BOL for my easy reference.Getting Started: New and Updated Topics (31 October 2008)Analysis Services - Multidimensi...

Parallel Programming and the Virtual PC limitation

The Moth, November 8, 2008
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The question of "How do I try/show the parallel bits in VS2010 outside of the VPC?" or variants of that keeps appearing in my inbox. That is because of Virtual PC's limitation to only run one core, ...

Parallel Programming and the Virtual PC limitation

The Moth, November 8, 2008
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The question of "How do I try/show the parallel bits in VS2010 outside of the VPC?" or variants of that keeps appearing in my inbox. That is because of Virtual PC's limitation to only run one core, ...

The Future of LINQ to SQL and EF

Julia Lerman Blog - Dont Be Iffy..., November 8, 2008
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Ever the avoider of controversy, I've kept my head down for the past week so I could finish getting my book into the hands of the copy editor. Of course, now I'm preparing for next week's presentatio...

SQL SERVER 2008 - Connect Visual Studio 2005 Patch Download

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave, November 8, 2008
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It was not possible to connect SQL Server 2008 to Visual Studio 2005 so far. Microsoft has released Service Pack once it is installed SQL Server 2008 can be connected to Visual Studio 2005.Download Mi...

Parallel Programming and the Virtual PC limitation

The Moth, November 7, 2008
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The question of "How do I try/show the parallel bits in VS2010 outside of the VPC?" or variants of that keeps appearing in my inbox. That is because of Virtual PC's limitation to only run one core, ...

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