September 2005 - Posts

PASS Conference and SQL MVP Summit

Published 30 September 5 10:25 AM | GregLow

The PASS conference has been great so far. Got to present my session just after lunch time on the first day so now I get to relax a bit more and take in everyone else's sessions. It has been really great to finally meet up with so many people in the SQL...

SQL Down Under Podcast Show 7 - Roger Wolter - SQL Server Express

Published 22 September 5 3:3 AM | GregLow

Hi Folks, SQL Down Under show 7 with guest Roger Wolter discussing SQL Server Express is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . Enjoy! Regards, Greg

PASS Conference & MVP Summit

Published 21 September 5 5:14 PM | GregLow

I'm heading off to the U.S. PASS (Professional Association of SQL Server) conference on the weekend. It's in Dallas and I must say I'm looking forward to it. I'm presenting the same session (A SQL Server DBA's Guide to CLR Integration) that I did at PASS...

My Namespace & Blogging

Published 15 September 5 11:29 AM | GregLow

The functions available from the My namespace look like they'll continue to evolve substantially. I liked the latest one from PDC: My .Blogs.PublishEntry(MyBlogs.PublishFormat.CommunityServerViaMetaWebLogAPI, _ "http://myblogserver/myblogid" , "myblogid...

TechEd 2005 Materials

Published 8 September 5 4:41 PM | GregLow

I've had a few requests for the materials from my sessions at TechEd 2005. I've posted the slides and the demos from the Australian version (only the session numbers are different from the New Zealand ones) up at www.qmsdnug.org and www.qssug.org . Follow...

New MSDN Webcast Mascot (NineGuy gets a friend)

Published 6 September 5 1:33 PM | GregLow

I've been talking to Frank Arrigo about getting one of the new MSDN mascots. He's sent me a link where George (who runs the MSDN Webcasts) shows the new little guy. Seems he's appearing at PDC.

Basic T-SQL Intellisense

Published 6 September 5 10:56 AM | GregLow

Given that Microsoft removed intellisense from T-SQL after beta 1 of SQL Server 2005 (for the moment), it isn't surprising that someone else stepped in. William Bartholomew sent me a link today. Take a look at www.promptsql.com . There are demos on the...

SQL Down Under Podcast #6 - Itzik Ben-Gan - TSQL

Published 5 September 5 10:10 PM | GregLow

Hi Folks, SQL Down Under show #6 with guest Itzik Ben-Gan discussing solving problems using the T-SQL language and T-SQL enhancements in SQL Server 2005 is being posted up now at www.sqldownunder.com . Enjoy! Regards, Greg

TechEd - Australia - a Triumph

Published 3 September 5 11:48 PM | GregLow

TechEd Australia's over now and I'd really have to say it was a triumph for the Frank's team that organised it. (Particularly this year Chuck and Michael ). Well done guys and what a great venue. It was also very pleasing to see a number of the MS guys...