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I run my development server by boot to VHD (Windows Server 2008 R2 x64). In that instance, I also have an attached VHD (I attach via script at boot up time using Task Scheduler). That VHD I have my SQL instances installed. So, the other day, acting hasty, I chmod my ACLS – wow, what a day...
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There have been many times that I’ve been handed a SQL instance that doesn’t allow me to do much with it even though the IT Admin for the machine have indicated they’ve done the install and your AD account is part of the Local Admin group. By default, in SQL 2008 local admin’s are not part of the sysadmin...
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Cloud services that is. Windows Azure, .NET Services, Live Services…. If you looking for the spoon fed variety of information, a bunch of HOWTO vides have been released – see below. These are small little “nuggets” – like those MSDN Nuggets out of Microsoft UK. Get Started Developing on Windows...
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There are really a whole bunch of great resources out there that help the community get up & running with LINQ. Personally, with all the additional providers that I've seen ( Qak Leaf List ) - several of which I see great use for - LINQ to SharePoint and LINQ to LDAP / LINQ for AD . In regards to...
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Here's a tool that completely slipped by me. I've been using ApexSQL for generation of SQL scripts for creating schema and data. Turns out, during the Visual Studio 2008 installation I see "SQL Publishing Wizard" pop up on the list. This tool, can extract schema and data and create a...
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Here's a cool tool that provides an interactive LINQ environment that you can use to develop queries against LINQ sources (SQL, Objects, XML, etc.). If you're working with LINQ and need an environment that supports both expression and language statements in C# or VB.NET, this tool can handle both. The...
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Today, I needed a quick view of what objects in a SQL DB had changed. The following get's me that in a nice list: SELECT [name], [type], create_date, modify_date FROM sys.objects WHERE [type] in ('P', 'FN', 'V') order by Modify_Date desc
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So, I was looking at Google Reader and noticed a link in the upper right - Offline (new).. What's that? Turns out, Google has a project called "Gears" that provides Javascript hooks that will interface with a few locally running services: Cache, DB, and asynchronous thread pool. This is great, cross...
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This is what happens when you skimp on resources for projects, take shortcuts, and frankly, hire amateurs. So many times I've shown up on projects and client sites, take a quick look at the code, then see how vulnerable a site is with injection attacks. In NYC there's a system in place run by the Government...
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I didn't really think of the connection until I read this post from the Oak Leaf folks... http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/linq-featured-in-redmond-developer-news.html dBase, then Clipper (from Nantucket) was my first development environment on the PC. That was quite sometime ago. Ashton Tate...