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Alternating background colors in Reporting Services

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:32:58 GMT

This blog demonstrates how to create a Microsoft Reporting Services report that shows each row with an alternating background color.

SubSonic Scaling

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:31:11 GMT

Rob runs some tests with millions of records to see how SubSonic holds up with respect to speed and memory use.

Get SQL Server allocation info inside SSMS

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:20:29 GMT

I just installed the Allocation Information add-in for SQL Server Management Studio. It's very cool having this tool integrated into SSMS. It is a free add-in published on CodePlex. Take a look, it does worth the download in my opinion.

Only In A Database Can You Get 1000% + Improvement By Changing A Few L

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:01:04 GMT

Only In A Database Can You Get 1000% + Improvement By Changing A Few Lines Of Code

Localizing Linq to SQL Entities

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:31:10 GMT

Sidar shows a possible strategy to localize Linq to SQL entities

Sql 2008 Management Tools: Can't save changes that require Recreation

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:52:34 GMT

New default in SQL Server's Management Tools: When you design a table in a database and then try to make a change to a table structure that requires the table to be recreated, the management tools will not allow you to save the changes.

MySQL WorkBench - A great tool for your databases (Part - 2)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:47:48 GMT

MySQL WorkBench - More on how to use it.

MySQL WorkBench - A great tool for your databases

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:47:47 GMT

A great tool for working with mysql database

Using [] and ESCAPE clause in SQL Server LIKE query

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:28:30 GMT

I innocently wrote this SQL SELECT statement to query all rows that have column value started with "[summary]": select * from MyTable where Description like '[summary]%' Then I was wondering why I could get a lot of rows returned and none of them started with "[summary]". Hmm, I think I need to look at the SQL Server reference. Well, I only remember the usage of '%' and '_' wildcards in the LIKE clause pattern. The first one will match empty string or any character(s), while the second one is to match any single character only. Apparently '[' and ']' characters are special wildcard to match any character within specific range, for example: '[a-z]' to match any character from a to z, '[xyz]' to match 'x', 'y' or 'z' character. So in my example above, it will query all rows with Description column started with either of these characters: 's', 'u', 'm', 'a', 'r' or 'y'. Therefore, I should use ESCAPE clause, and re-write the query statement to be: select * from MyTable where Description like '|[summary|]%' escape '|' This query now returns the correct result I want.

Handling "GO" Separators in SQL Scripts - the easy way

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:46:02 GMT

use SMO to run SQL scripts on .NET

New SQL Server Date DataTypes: Date, Time, DateTime2 & DateTimeOffset

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:51:28 GMT

Great video on the new Date DataTypes in in Sql

Connect SQL 2005 MS to SQL Server 2008

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:40:49 GMT

Connect SQL Server 2005 SSMS to SQL Server 2008 Not sure whether you've had to connect your SQL Server 2005 Management Studio to an instance of SQL Server 2008 yet, but I needed to do this today and got bitten by the fact that it doesn't work until you install the latest cumulative update to SQL Server 2005 SP2. You can download the update here. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943656

Building a .Net Client for ADO.NET Data Service

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:04:06 GMT

The post explain how to build a .Net client for a ADO.NET data service

SQL SERVER - Get Date Time in Any Format - UDF - User Defined Function

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:22:25 GMT

If you have struggled with your datetime format with your application or database. This is one script you will need. Bookmark it.

Free AJAX Data Controls.

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:21:26 GMT

The Slackers have been busy ! Check out the Open Source project on CodePlex. http://www.codeplex.com/AjaxDataControls/ Not only is there a controls library and all the source code for the controls but a RICH set of demos that illustrate utilization. I'm now using them in my own projects. Check 'em out ! Published Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:20 AM by JoeStagner

SQL Server locks: a sleeping process still holds them

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:02:52 GMT

This blog posting demonstrates how a SQL Server process can be marked a sleeping and awaiting command, yet still maintain its locks on a table.

Physical Design for the Future

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:10:57 GMT

The past, present and future of physical database design on SQL Server.

Love SQL 2008 Express RTM but no tools yet...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:01:33 GMT

When you download SQL 2008 Express, the version available currently does not have tools like SQL Management Studio. The tools will be available soon but if you are like me and cannot wait for the tools to become available, you can use Visual Studio 2008 to perform a lot of tasks. Visual Studio 2008 Server Explorer allows you to connect to SQL Server 2008 Express RTM and attach databases, view objects, etc. However, let's say you need to grant access to a database to an account so that your web application can use SQL Server 2008 Express. The account that would need access to SQL Express is the account configured for the worker process in IIS. Here are steps to grant read/write access to a database to a user in SQL Server 2008 Express using the command-line interface:

Learn to Install and Upgrade to SQL Server 2008: Free Webcast

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:59:26 GMT

As I mentioned yesterday, we've shipped SQL Server 2008. I highly recommend you get it and install it on your testing machines right away. But before you do anything on your production systems, make sure you check out this free webcast:

The hidden browser: SSMS

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:57:15 GMT

Did you know there is a full IE browser inside SQL Server Management Studio? Just click on "View", then "Other Windows" then "Web Browser". I use this to hit a server that has a report of various server's status.

Managment Studio 2008 Intellisense on SQL Server 2005 Databases

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:21:50 GMT

The RTM version of the product will not support intellisense for 2000 or 2005 instances. While I understand the exclusion of SQL 2000 as it is no longer a supported version I believe SQL 2005 should be included. Many development shops will have versions of 2005 and 2008 running.

VS 2008 SP1: Add Reference to ADO.Net Data Service

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:49:24 GMT

Not a log time ago, when Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta was released, I updated my ADO.Net Data Services series to the SP1 bits. In my post Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Querying an ADO.Net Data Service via .Net Client I showed how to use datasvcutil.exe to generate the client side classes in order to consume the data service. In SP1 of Visual Studio 2008, things are a bit easier, with the Add Service Reference improvements that now supports ADO.Net Data Service references.

SQL Server 2008 Learning Resources

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:33:45 GMT

Here is a collection of some learning resources for SQL Server 2008 to get you started!!

SQL Server 2008 Management Studio tip: Status bar Custom Colors

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:49:10 GMT

Nice tip for managing multiple SQL environments with good sprinkles of humor.

SQL Server 2008 Management Studio tip: Status bar Custom Colors

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:16:02 GMT

"Here is a handy tip for those of you who work often with multiple SQL Server instances: Custom Colors for the connection status bar."