Tag: SQL Server

Dec 23, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Thanks to Christopher Bowen for reminding me to use the Visual Studio 2005 newgroups! There's finally a reasonable amount of traffic there, and its a great place to get your questions …

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Yukon just keeps getting better and better

Dec 6, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I downloaded and installed (into VPC naturally) the December Community Technical Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2005 today. Let me tell you that it looks good, and appears quite stable. Of course, I …

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Community Days 2005 Tour announced

Dec 3, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Microsoft and Netdesk just announced the content and tour stops and dates for Q3 (Feb-Mar 2005). The topic is Visual Studio 2005 on SQL Server 2005. Should be awesome!

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New Programming Language: EPL

Oct 11, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

A Cal-Tech spinoff company, iSpheres, plans to publish an early version of the EPL software, short for Event Programming Language, by month's end. It will be royalty free to end users. They plan to …

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Recompiling in SQL Server 2005

Aug 19, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Thanks to Bob Beauchemin for pointing out this great paper on Batch Compilation, Recompilation, and Plan Caching Issues in SQL Server 2005.

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SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Resource DVD

Aug 8, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

The SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Resource DVD is your guide to SQL Server 2005. This DVD contains valuable materials and technical resources to help you understand and utilize the many new and enhanced …

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Features not implemented in SQL Server 2005 Beta 2

Jul 31, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I'll be adding to this list throughout my journey with the Beta 2 XQuery Designer IntelliSense is not implemented for T-SQL Editors Database Diagrams / Visual DB Tools Date, Time, and UTCDateTime data …

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64-Bit Laptop Available

Jul 26, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

1 Beyond has just released a 64-bit laptop. So, for those of us who travel and present on the latest technology, such as 64-bit Windows-XP, 64-bit SQL Server, and 64-bit Whidbey, it makes it possible! …

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No Crystal Reports to RDL conversion tool from Hitachi Consulting

Jul 15, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Many of us has heard rumors about such a tool. Reading their business card on the SQL Reporting Services partners page, you'd think that their RDL Generator would be a hit; but, …

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