Need help interviewing technical staff?
Published Wed, Dec 19 2007 6:38 | GregLow
Another piece of noteworthy information is the launch of www.SpecialistInterviews.com . I've seen this grow from a hint of an idea into reality over a fairly short time. The idea is that rather than conducting the technical interviews with new staff...
The only constant is change (Heraclitus)
Published Tue, Dec 18 2007 23:48 | GregLow
Regular readers might notice I've been quieter than normal lately. All sorts of changes have been happening. First, I decided to leave Readify. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time there and think I've definitely managed to leave my mark there. It's...
SDU25 - SQL Server Integration Services - Matthew Roche
Published Thu, Nov 22 2007 11:48 | GregLow
Hi folks, I've recorded SQL Down Under show 25 with guest Matthew Roche discussing tips and tricks for SQL Server Integration Services. It's now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . Enjoy!
QANTAS: A Great Week (Finally) But Then Crashing Back To Reality: Two Deplanes in a Single Morning
Published Tue, Nov 13 2007 22:10 | GregLow
I'm sitting in the QANTAS club in Melbourne at present. Nothing surprising there for anyone that knows me however I should be in Brisbane. I was so happy yesterday that I was finally able to write a positive QANTAS blog post as last week's flights...
SQL Down Under Code Camp Was Excellent
Published Mon, Nov 5 2007 4:34 | GregLow
Our SQL Server code camp held at Charles Sturt University on the October 13th/14th weekend was great once again. Thanks need to go to all the presenters and to Jason and all the helpers at CSU. Special thanks to Kevin Kline for making the trip out and...
QANTAS: A Baggage Week
Published Mon, Nov 5 2007 4:26 | GregLow
I had hoped last week would be a better one with my QANTAS trips. With the flight from Melbourne to Brisbane, we had a delay in the check-in because the baggage conveyor had broken down. We ended up all just standing around staring at the check-in staff...
Book: Rational Guide to SQL Server CLR Integration
Published Mon, Nov 5 2007 4:22 | GregLow
Woohoo ! My CLR Integration book has finally started to ship. It seems like ages ago that I completed it but at least it's on the way now. I ended up revising it a bit to make some SQL Server 2008 related modifications.
SQL Server - Nullable column comparisons needed?
Published Tue, Oct 30 2007 7:22 | GregLow
It is very common to need to compare the values in two nullable columns, without changing the ansi nulls setting. For example, it is common to have to write: WHERE (a.SomeColumn IS NULL AND b.SomeColumn IS NULL) OR (a.SomeColumn = b.SomeColumn) Given...
Bouquet for Vista
Published Sun, Oct 21 2007 11:33 | GregLow
Everyone seems to love knocking Windows Vista. However, I regularly find things about the operating system that just impress me. Today I changed my hard drive to a new one, and yes it made me reactivate the system *but* I was trying to think of what sort...
QANTAS: Last week's score - Electrical staff needed?
Published Sat, Oct 20 2007 6:31 | GregLow
Clearly, a lot of people have been following my QANTAS postings lately . This week, I've had many that have asked me how the flights went this week. The daytime flight from Sydney to Canberra on Wednesday was fine. The flight home from Canberra to...
Ajax Control Extender for CardSpace
Published Sat, Oct 20 2007 6:25 | GregLow
Another bright colleague at Readify , Daniel Bartholomew has just published an Ajax control extender to enable CardSpace authentication . Daniel has been working with CardSpace for quite a while now and this should be a worthwhile addition to the Ajax...
SyncLink - LINQ extensions for data binding
Published Sat, Oct 20 2007 6:21 | GregLow
Readify colleague Paul Stovell has been working on an extension to LINQ for a while. He's finally announced it. Paul describes it as " SyncLINQ is a set of extensions to LINQ that enable data binding over LINQ queries. SyncLINQ alters LINQ queries...
Movember, Readify Mo Madness and Men's Health
Published Fri, Oct 19 2007 6:14 | GregLow
My Readify colleague Philip Beadle has been taking a great lead amongst our staff in promoting Movember . He put together a team last year and I didn't get to take part. I wish I had been around to do so. I'm not going to miss it this year. I've...
SQL Down Under show 24 - Paul Randal
Published Fri, Oct 19 2007 2:00 | GregLow
Hi Folks, SQL Down Under show 24 with guest Paul Randal is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . In this show, Paul discusses DBCC CHECKDB in SQL Server 2005 and improvements in SQL Server 2008 for database mirroring and partitioned tables...
QANTAS: The fun (not) continues
Published Tue, Oct 9 2007 3:35 | GregLow
Another one for those that follow my travel postings: In a recent post , and a prior post , I noted some of the issues I've been having with QANTAS flights recently. In the latest one, I mentioned I was heading off to Singapore for the week last week...
Outstanding SQL Server Blog: Paul Randal
Published Tue, Oct 9 2007 3:32 | GregLow
Since he has left the SQL Server group at Microsoft and joined his wife Kim Tripp at SQL Skills, Paul Randal has been becoming even more prolific with his blog posts. If you really want to learn a lot about how things like DBCC CHECKDB, DBCC IND, DBCC...
Book: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Published Tue, Oct 9 2007 3:20 | GregLow
Timothy Ferris' new book The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich contains some pretty solid (and again challenging) thinking for most of us. Tim describes the DLP (delayed life plan) that most of us aspire to as ill-conceived...
Book: God is not Great: How Religions Poison Everything
Published Tue, Oct 9 2007 2:57 | GregLow
Regular readers will notice that I've: a) been reading a lot lately and b) part of the reading has been on life/religion/etc. Out of the anti-religious books I've read, Christopher Hitchens' God is not Great: How Religions Poison Everything...
Spatial library for SQL Server 2008 would be great for SilverLight
Published Mon, Sep 24 2007 8:20 | GregLow
The new spatial library is a wonderful addition to the SQL Server 2008. Even better is the ability to install this library separately on client systems. However, a really important target for this library is likely to be SilverLight based applications...
User-defined Facets in DMF for SQL Server
Published Mon, Sep 24 2007 7:58 | GregLow
The Declarative Management Framework in SQL Server 2008 has a built-in list of facets that policies can be based on. It would be desirable for users to be able to build their own Facets via CLR-based managed code. While it is possible to extend the existing...
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