'The device cannot be stopped right now' USB drive annoyances
So I bought a nice quiet 200mb Segate drive and stuck it into an external USB drive. I’m using it to store my Virtual PC images (boosts performance) and other […]
Continue ReadingChange Stored Procedure Ownership in SQL Server
I was restoring a database backup on my new project when I noticed that some of the stored procedures where owned by a specific user instead of ‘dbo.’ That’s a […]
Continue ReadingShow sizes of all tables in SQL Server
In one of my projects, the client is concerned about the size of the database. He wants to save money on hosting, so I was going to poke around & […]
Continue ReadingMySQL Data Imports with C#
One of my current projects involves creating a data warehouse from multiple datafeeds. For cost reasons we’re going with MySQL Community Edition, but we’re sticking with ASP.NET, C#, and Windows on […]
Continue ReadingVirtual PC vs Virtual Server
Microsoft has two VM (virtual machine) solutions: Virtual PC 2004, and Microsoft Virtual Server. Since an MSDN subscription comes with both, how do you know which one to use? Microsoft […]
Continue ReadingVirtual PC for Changing Development Environments
I recently got an MSDN Universal subscription via the Microsoft Empower for ISV program ($375 for MSDN Universal), which comes with only all Windows OSes, Visual Studio, SQL Server, Biztalk, […]
Continue ReadingSourcegear's Vault is a compelling Visual Source Safe alternative
Sourcegear has an SCM solution called Vault that has a few big things going for it as a VSS alternative: You can import VSS projects It can work alongside VSS, […]
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