Wing Dings

Occasionally when developing software you come across really absurd or bizarre bugs. The user interface for the application I’m currently...

22 November 2005 3 min read

James Moore

SQL Data Compare: Comparing Views

In case you haven’t come across this before you can actually compare two views in SQL Data Compare. The only...

22 November 2005 1 min read

Douglas Reilly

Database Geek of the Week: Adam Machanic

Adam is a Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Certified Professional. He speaks at Code Camps and has just become an...

22 November 2005 10 min read

Helen Joyce

SQL Backup 4.0 BETA is ready!

Phew… on November 15th an email went out to a select group of SQL Server DBA’s, Developers and other potential...

21 November 2005 2 min read

David Connell

Always set Warnings as Errors

How many of us have developed some code only to find the compiler outputs some warnings such as unused parameter,...

18 November 2005 1 min read

Allan Mitchell

DTS to SSIS Migration

Determining how you will upgrade your DTS packages to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the first step in creating...

18 November 2005 9 min read

Phil Factor

Secrets of successful IT projects

The database mole shares his secrets of successful IT projects, and pitfalls to avoid.…

17 November 2005 11 min read

Dominick Reed

Humbling times

It’s that time again. Time to leave the comfy confines of the office, brave the real world and meet the...

15 November 2005 2 min read

Richard Mitchell

Who am I?

This is the first post in my Red Gate Blog so I think I’d better introduce myself a little bit....

15 November 2005 1 min read

James Moore

An interesting article about ASP.NET and SQL Server Performance

While reading through the excellent http://blogs.msdn.com/ I noticed this post by Todd Carter talking abount ASP.NET and SQL Server Performance, in it...

15 November 2005 1 min read

James Moore

Breaking changes between Beta 2 and the RTM of .NET 2.0

David C sent me an interesting link about the breaking changes between Beta 2 and the RTM, you can find...

09 November 2005 1 min read

David Connell

XP SP1/SP2 system DLL’s

Last week I found out that sometimes XP SP1 dlls are labelled as xpsp2. A client had DLLs that were labelled xpsp2 for...

09 November 2005 1 min read

Douglas Reilly

Database Geek of the Week: Jim Hoffman

Jim Hoffman is chief operating officer of Innovative Health Solutions, a company that creates web-based solutions for healthcare providers. …

09 November 2005 6 min read

Steve Joubert

Smart client architecture

Smart client is more than a fancy moniker for Win Forms, or a marketing ploy to sell Visual Studio 2005....

05 November 2005 7 min read

András Belokosztolszki

What SQL Compare does for you: Defaults

Category: SQL Server internalsSQL Server versions: 7, 2000, 2005Level: Advanced Well, this week I spent some time playing with defaults,...

04 November 2005 4 min read

David Connell

Windows Keyboard short cuts

Here is a list of some of the windows key board short cuts (thanks to Tilman): Keyboard Meaning Windows key...

04 November 2005 1 min read

Dominick Reed

World Usability Day

Thursday 3rd November is World Usability Day. A day that is hugely anticipated. Millions will take to the streets, trying...

01 November 2005 2 min read

Dan Archer

.NET Combo Boxes

It occasionally strikes me as hilarious that in the 21st millenium with Windows Vista near on the horizon with all...

28 October 2005 10 min read

Douglas Reilly

Database Geek of the Week – Damian Mehers

Damian Mehers created a tool called PromptSQL which brings Intellisense into the SQL Server world. …

26 October 2005 5 min read

Amirthalingam Prasanna

ADO.NET 2.0 Factory Classes

This article explains how to use .NET 2.0's data provider factory classes to develop a pluggable data layer that is...

25 October 2005 6 min read

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Wing Dings

SQL Data Compare: Comparing Views

Database Geek of the Week: Adam Machanic

SQL Backup 4.0 BETA is ready!

Always set Warnings as Errors

DTS to SSIS Migration

Secrets of successful IT projects

Humbling times

Who am I?

An interesting article about ASP.NET and SQL Server Performance

Breaking changes between Beta 2 and the RTM of .NET 2.0

XP SP1/SP2 system DLL’s

Database Geek of the Week: Jim Hoffman

Smart client architecture

What SQL Compare does for you: Defaults

Windows Keyboard short cuts

World Usability Day

.NET Combo Boxes

Database Geek of the Week – Damian Mehers

ADO.NET 2.0 Factory Classes