This next feature isn’t exactly a TSQL feature, and it is not highly visionary, but after spending literally the past eight (8) hours (I kid you not) using SQL tools to manipulate data and evolve some table structures, I remembered it is something I really would like to see. What I’d like to see added …
Video Interview about the “My” Classes
As I just posted, I was inspired by Channel 9‘s video interviews so decided to get a digital camcorder to film interviews with our vendors about their products for posting on Xtras.Net. However, when I get the opportunity I’ll interview anyone related to the .NET development and post those interviews on my blog. Case in point, …
Inspired by Channel9
Back at the beginning of last month Microsoft launched Channel 9, and I was completely inspired by their video interviews. Being a “database“ guy, I’ve never really gotten excited about things like graphics, imaging, charting, etc. and that included video. That was until I saw Channel9 and thought “Wow, these videos are really cool! We …
CodeGenGrrl’s got a Blog
After much prodding by myself and others, Kathleen Dollard, author of Code Generation in .NET, has finally gotten herself a blog. You go girl!
Bill Ryan love’s IP*Works!
As many readers of this blog know, I run Xtras.Net which sells third party tools, though I haven’t blogged that much about 3rd party tools. But Bill Ryan over at Bill’s House O Insomnia just posted about IP*Works! Red Carpet Subscription. I’ve been in this business over 10 years now, and I have to agree. /n …
Features I REALLY want in TSQL, Part #1
I believe SQL was invented back in the 70’s back by E.F.Codd (don’t shoot me if I’m wrong; I’m not a historian.) Given the collective wisdom about programming back then, SQL is an amazing language. I probably use TSQL more often than any other because of ad-hoc queries into my company’s SQL Server database. However …
My, My, My!
(I first wrote most of this about 3 weeks ago, but never got a chance to finish and post it. I’ll be posting something else about “My” is a few days, so I wanted to post this first.) When I first heard about “My” Classes (list of classes) planned for Whidbey/Visual Studio 2005, I thought …
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For the past week I’ve had a nasty sinus infection I couldn’t shake, so today I finally got the doctor to give me some antibiotics. Hopefully they will bring me back to life soon. Anyway, since lack of energy kept me from posting anything interesting lately, I decided to do something easy. :) Today I …
Another Patent Gone Bad
Wired reports Forgent Sues Over JPEG Patent. According to the article, Forgent acquired a 17-year-old patent when it purchased Compression Labs in 1997 that Forgent believes can be applied to JPEG. Also according to the article, Forgent has generated about $90 million in fees on the patent from 30 licensees in Europe, Asia and the …
Why runat=”server” for ASP.NET? Part 2
In response to my post Why runat="server" for ASP.NET?, Talbott Crowell tried of Microsoft National Services tried to comment but got an error from dasBlog. I’ve decided to post his emailed comments here: I understand your point, but the importance of [runat="server"] is more for consistancy and extensibility. If the developer has to mark some …