August 2006 - Posts

• Data Dude CTP5

  Community Technology Preview (CTP) 5 of Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (aka Data Dude) is available and can be downloaded from http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/8/b6888e6b-8305-4616-a2d1-a11953404b09/TeamDataCTP5.ex Read More... Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 8:19 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• September WARDY IT Community Dinner

  The WARDY IT Community Dinner is held on the second Monday of the month and is a great opportunity to share knowledge, information and experiences with other IT professionals in South East Queensland. The September WARDY IT Community Dinner is being held Read More... Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 3:27 PM by admin | 2 Comments

• Snapshot Isolation

  I have recently written an introductory article on Snapshot Isolation in SQL Server 2005 for the PASS Special Interest Group . The article titled Another Version of the Truth can be found at http://sigs.sqlpass.org/tabid/35/ctl/ArticleView/mid/349/articleId/294/Default.aspx Read More... Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 9:54 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• The remote name could not be resolved (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.RSClient)

  When connecting to Reporting Services through SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) you may receive the error: T he remote name could not be resolved: xxx (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.RSClient) . This error may be caused as a result of modifying the Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:14 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• SQL Server Standard Article

  I have just received the following email from Editorial Services for the SQL Server Standard Magazine : I just signed off on the Sept./Oct. issue of Standard which your article will appear in. So look out for the September/October edition of SQL Server Read More... Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 8:41 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• SQL Server on Vista and Longhorn

  Microsoft has recently made the following announcement regarding the support of SQL Server on Windows Vista and "Longhorn" http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/sqlonvista.mspx . Basically earlier versions of SQL Server, including SQL Server 2000, SQL Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:21 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Melbourne and Canberra SIG Resources

  Over the last two days I have presented at the Melbourne and Canberra SQL Server User Groups on SQL Server Automation & SQL SMO. Below is a list of resources associated with this presentation: The presentation that I performed on Thursday the 9th Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:25 AM by admin | (Comments Off)