December 2005 - Posts

Hyundai Getz <> BMW Sports Series

Published 30 December 5 7:34 AM | GregLow

Got a Slashdot link today to a Builder article by Steve Turvey comparing databases for small companies. By the time I got to the paragraph that said: "SQL Server Express is one of two free databases we tested and is actually Microsoft's replacement for...

Reporting Services Book

Published 30 December 5 7:31 AM | GregLow

Yesterday I read Anthony Mann's book " The Rational Guide to SQL Reporting Services ". I quite enjoyed it. Although it's brief, I like the short punchy style of this series of books. They just tell you the main things you need to know to get started with...

New hires in our team at Readify

Published 18 December 5 3:7 AM | GregLow

French C# MVP Francois Beaussier has joined our team at Readify this week. He's traded the chic world of Paris for the beaches of Manly. Welcome! Also recently, we've hired Graham Gardner and well-known local developer Clarke Scott . Welcome guys!

Joe Celko's SQL Puzzles and Answers

Published 17 December 5 1:10 AM | GregLow

Got to finish another book recently. It was Joe Celko 's SQL Puzzles and Answers . I have to say I enjoyed it. Much of the syntax is a bit too strictly ANSI SQL for SQL Server's liking but I just love the fact that Joe is writing on these topics and has...

Vale SQLWish

Published 14 December 5 11:16 PM | GregLow

If you have great suggestions for what you'd like to see in SQL Server, please now post them to http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback as the sqlwish@microsoft.com alias is soon to be no more than a distant memory.

Another Great Tour By The Local DPE Team

Published 14 December 5 6:2 AM | GregLow

It has been great to get to speak to so many people around the country over the last three weeks. Frank Arrigo's team (particularly Andrew Coates ) put together a good show. Once again, I got to see all the effort that went on in the background to make...

The Da Vinci Code

Published 14 December 5 5:55 AM | GregLow

While on the houseboat, I couldn't only read a technical book. No-one would have forgiven me. So I read " The Da Vinci Code " by Dan Brown. I presume I'm close to the last person on the planet to actually read this book but I decided it was time to do...

Great SQL Server Service Broker Book

Published 14 December 5 5:48 AM | GregLow

Over the weekend, I got to do some more reading while we were out on a houseboat. Much to the chagrin of my family, one of the books I read was " The Rational Guide To SQL Server 2005 Service Broker " by Roger Wolter. What can I say? This is THE book...