Adding to the SQL Server (Sydney) Users Group meeting tomorrow night ( [story:ssug-siva-harinath]): Don Vilen, SQL Server Product Manager. Don has been the Program Manager for the SQL Server Storage Engine for the past five years, and is also in town for TechEd 2006. Don will be presenting the second session for the night, so […]
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Month: August 2006
Siva Harinath appearing at Sydney SQL Server Users Group – 25th Aug 2006
Siva Harinath (Microsoft SQL Server Test Lead) will be appearing at the Sydney SQL Server Users group on Friday 25th Aug 2006. He’ll be showing off the new data mining add-in for Excel, as well as coming features of SQL Server 2005. If you’re a user of Analysis Server 2005 or thinking of implementing it […]
Using an .ISO file without burning it to a CD
Have you ever downloaded an .iso cdrom image of a program you want to use but don’t want to waste a CD burning it? Well asides from burning it to a CD-RW (which is typically slower than a CD-R) you can use the Microsoft Virtual CD tool for Windows XP. It lets you access the […]
Connection String Quick Reference
Often When programming with different data sources, I need to manually build connection strings. With each provider having slightly different syntax, its impossible to remember them all. Rather than hunt through documentation each time I use this website: connectionstings.com They have a good list of the most common connection strings with examples for SQL Server […]