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Friday, April 29, 2005 4:41 PM

Asia MVP Summit Notes

< Disclaimer >Even though I will not be able to share the 100% techie stuffs over my blog due to NDA reasons, here are some updates nevertheless for users who read my blog. < /Disclaimer > I just came home after a 4 day's Asia MVP Regional
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Friday, April 22, 2005 10:50 AM

Processing XML Showplans Using SQLCLR in SQL Server 2005

Another article on MSDN on SQL Server 2005. Interesting read ... Build an application to extract a query's estimated execution cost from its XML showplan. Users can submit only those queries costing less than a predetermined threshold to a server running
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Friday, April 22, 2005 10:48 AM

Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1

Steve declares the launch of Virtual Server SP1 at the Microsoft Management Summit. Read the press release . I just got a mail for the Beta eval ... Lets see whatz new that gets into this release...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:45 PM

Latest on ExtremeExperts

Article: sqlcmd Utility in SQL Server 2005 FAQ: DAC - Dedicated Admin Connection in SQL Server 2005 Comments welcome !!!
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:38 PM

Asia MVP Regional Summit 2005

I would be at the Asia MVP Regional Summit held between April 24th - April 27th at Singapore. Not sure to how many other MVP's I am going to meet. I would be glad to meet you at the event if possible. Just drop me a line and we can meet and talk about
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Monday, April 18, 2005 10:58 PM

Adobe buys Macromedia!

Read the news ...
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Monday, April 18, 2005 10:56 PM

More Beta Updates

VS Beta 2 gets launched ... https://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2005/04/18/409190.aspx SQL Server April CTP available ... http://www.sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=21001 The CTP version keeps coming even before the official Beta 3 launch.
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Friday, April 15, 2005 2:25 PM

SQL Server Magazine: CLR Security

Recently i.e. a week back my first article for the SQL Server Magazine got printed. T he online version of the article at: http://www.windowsitpro.com/SQLServer/Article/ArticleID/45948/SQLServer_45948.html And you can access my profile statement online
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Friday, April 15, 2005 12:47 PM

SQL Server Day Roadshow

Ahh maaan ... Not one in India :( ... Anyways people for a $99 fee it will surely rock ... Read it here .
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Friday, April 15, 2005 12:44 PM

XML Indexing in SQL 2005

Tom Rizzo points to this amazing document that talks on how XML indexing is implemented and what are the considerations behind the design. I did get this document before. But first time got to know it is public too. A must read for people interested in
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:57 PM

SQL Server 2005 Virtual Hands on labs

Blurb: Are you ready to experience SQL Server 2005? Announcing the launch of the SQL Server 2005 Virtual Hands on labs. In these labs, you will get to experience many of the new features in SQL Server 2005 including CLR integration, XML support and deep
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:56 PM

Free Code Translation for .NET (C#<->VB.NET)

This is a cool one. Using CodeDom life is easy doing translation :). Check it out here .
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:49 PM

Not again on the Name thing ...

Read the story here . Officials at the U.S. software giant said they had accepted the European Union's offer to call the European version of Windows sold without Media Player " Windows XP Home Edition N " -- with "N" standing for " not with media player
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:47 PM

Resolving blocking problems that are caused by lock escalation in SQL Server

Read the KB Article .
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:39 PM

SQLIO Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool

SQLIO is a tool provided by Microsoft which can also be used to determine the I/O capacity of a given configuration. SQLIO is provided ‘as is’ and there is no support offered for any problems encountered when using the tool. Please refer to
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:38 PM

Managing the "Surface Area" of SQL Server 2005

After you install SQL Server 2005, you can select Microsoft SQL Server 2005 COnfiguration Tool, SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration to launch the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration Tools. More on this can be read here by Mike.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:30 PM

Managed Data Access Inside SQL Server with ADO.NET and SQLCLR

Another article on the MSDN using the new SQLCLR feature, managed code can use ADO.NET when running inside SQL Server 2005. Learn about SQLCLR via basic scenarios of in-process data access, SQLCLR constructs, and their interactions. I think the heat is
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Monday, April 11, 2005 3:05 PM

InfoPath viewer - InfoScope

I just got a mail from our INETA Buddy (Dongbum Lee) about this product that they have launched. So here are the details: In this time, InfoPath 1.5 has been released. InfoScope v.1.5 supports managed code and special controls which is provided by InfoPath
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Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:41 PM

Microsoft Acquires DB Best

“ DB Best tools have regularly achieved up to 99 percent conversion of database objects such as stored procedures, triggers, views, and functions ” Now under the new branding of SQL Server Migration Assistant we have this tool. To start with
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Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:44 PM

Step by Step: Program Microsoft SQL Server CE 2.0 Merge Replication Using .NET Compact Framework

In this exercise, you will use the .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server CE to configure merge replication, build an application user interface, subscribe to a SQL Server publication, modify and synchronize data, and resolve conflicts. Read the 50 page
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Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:39 PM

XML Indexing Part 1: XML IDs, XSLT Keys and IndexingXPathNavigator

This two-part article discusses various aspects of indexing XML data. The first part examines indexing of standalone XML documents, a native XML concept of IDs, XSLT keys, and introduces the IndexingXPathNavigator class, which enables indexing for any
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Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:38 PM

SQL Server Data Mining Programmability

Learn more about the new APIs for data mining in SQL Server 2005, and get an introduction to several common development scenarios Read it from MSDN .
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Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:36 PM

.NET in the Real World: The CLR Enters the Relational Stage

Here goes some more info on the topic. Seems to be a hot topic since it was first introduced. “This article describes the CLR integration into the SQL Server 2005 Database Engine in detail and provides some background for answering two integration-related
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Friday, April 01, 2005 9:41 AM

Windows Server 2003 SP1 RTM's

Download it from the MSDN Downloads site.
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Friday, April 01, 2005 9:39 AM

SQL Server 2005: Security Chat

I had a chat on Security on March 23rd and people who missed the same can read the transcript here . It was an interesting chat session with loads of questions and around 40+ people. Planning to get a chat on CLR features as a series of two chat sessions.
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