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SQL Server 2005 - AW, Northwind, and Pubs Databases

Mar 3, 2005 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

In case you are running a beta that is missing one or more of these sample database. Here's a link to find them. The AW database .msi file is found at the bottom of the page. Northwind and Pubs links …

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STA console apps may not garbage collect correctly

Mar 3, 2005 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

This is an older KB article (# 828988), but it recently came up during one of the ISV Community Days events, so I wanted to blog it.

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Speaking at Tech-Ed 2005 in Orlando!

Mar 2, 2005 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Looks like I’ll be giving a presentation at Tech-Ed 2005 in Orlando on Web-based security best practices for developers. Much like Cory did at VSLive in San Francisco a few weeks ago. I wish I …

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Don't forget about the Team System newsgroups ...

Mar 1, 2005 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Been doing some much blog reading lately (using FeedDemon, by the way) that I’ve forgotten about the “other news feed“, public newsgroups. Here are those newsgroups for VSTS.

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The Rule of Threes

Feb 28, 2005 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Flying to Dallas today on America West, I read an interesting analysis by David Heath in the SmartBusiness section of the airline's magazine. Google found the article here.

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A bug in Solitaire?

Feb 27, 2005 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

So my dad sends me this photo of his solitaire game last night. Do you see the bug?

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A list of Team System third party products

Feb 25, 2005 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I happened upon this site. There's only three items on it right now. Let's hope he keeps it updated!

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GUID of the Day!

Feb 24, 2005 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

It's amazing what you can do with the results of SQL Server's SELECT NewID() ... I'm just feeling “Globally Unique” today, I guess.