June 2006 - Posts

• I am Presenting at PASS 2006

  I woke up this morning and sitting in my Inbox was the following email: Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that your abstract has been selected for presentation at the 2006 PASS Community Summit, November 14-17, 2006 in Seattle, Washington. Read More... Posted Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:14 AM by admin | 1 Comments

• Sydney .NET Users Group Resources

  On the 21st of June I presented at the Sydney .NET Users Group on SQL Server Automation & SQL SMO. Below is a list of resources associated with this presentation: A PDF of the PowerPoint deck can be downloaded from http://www.wardyit.com/presentations/WARDYITSolutionsSQLSMOSydney.pdf Read More... Posted Friday, June 23, 2006 10:00 AM by admin | 1 Comments

• Inside SQL Server 2005

  Inside SQL Server has been the *bible* for SQL Server ever since the SQL Server 6.5 version of the book by Ron Soukup was published. As SQL Server 2005 is such an expansive product the SQL Server 2005 publication has been broken into three books. The Read More... Posted Friday, June 23, 2006 9:33 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Congratulations Greg Low!

  Greg Low of Readify , QLD SQL Server User Group ( QSSUG ), QLD MSDN User Group ( QMSDNUG ) and SQL Downunder fame has just been awarded a Silver Medal for his global reach as a Microsoft Regional Director (one of only two Regional Directors in Australia). Read More... Posted Sunday, June 18, 2006 5:35 PM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Format Numbers in Accounting Format

  Typically the formatting of data is something that should be performed at the front-end however there are times when there is a need to format data on the back-end. The following example illustrates how a number stored in a table can be formatted in accounting Read More... Posted Friday, June 16, 2006 12:05 PM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Did you miss the WARDY IT Community Dinner last night?

  Last night was the second WARDY IT Community Dinner which was help at the Punjabi Palace Indian restaurant at West End. If you missed the dinner then you missed a fantastic night and a great opportunity to share knowledge, information and experiences Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 14, 2006 10:16 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Sydney .NET Users Group

  I will be in Sydney next Wednesday (21st of June) presenting at the Sydney .NET Users Group on SQL Server Management Objects (SMO). So if you are in Sydney next week why not not pop along as Darren Neimke from Readify will also be presenting at this event. Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:23 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• SQL Server 2005 Everywhere

  A CTP has been released for SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition. SQL Server Everywhere is a compact version of SQL Server 2005 designed to bring the features of SQL Server to any device from the desktop to mobile devices. The one thing to note is that Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:08 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Data Dude CTP Download Available

  The CTP for Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (aka Data Dude) is now available for download from http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/a/3/1a32ea84-11a3-4adf-953e-7a65b9831f5a/VSDATAD1.img Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:16 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Recent Statements Executed

  A common SQL Server question is how to identify recent statements that have been executed. To retrieve this information in versions of SQL Server prior to 2005 required having a SQL Server trace running or using a Third Party tool and there was no ‘easy’ Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:09 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Data Dude

  Something that was announced last week without a great deal of hype was 'Data Dude'. Data Dude aka Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals is a VSTS version designed specifically for Database Developers. This announcement was very timely Read More... Posted Monday, June 05, 2006 10:27 AM by admin | (Comments Off)