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SQL Server 2008 Extended Events - high performance eventing system

Fri, 29 May 2009 14:16:39 GMT

Extended Events are the new low level, high performance eventing system in SQL Server. They use less system resources and provide better tracking of SQL Server performance than previous methods like Perfmon and SQL Trace/Profiler events.

SQL Server - Find missing and unused indexes

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:46:42 GMT

How to find SQL Server indexes that should exists and those that shouldn't when performing index maintenance.

Keyvan Nayyeri's Best Blog Posts in 2008

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:57:07 GMT

Like many other guys in the .NET community, Keyvan has wrote a post and listed his best of 2008 blog posts along with a short description for each post.

SSMS 2008 suggests missing indexes with actual execution plan

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:10:55 GMT

When you choose to Include the Actual Execution Plan in SSMS 2008 it suggest any missing indexes it thinks that are needed. Plus it also calculates the performance benefit from adding them. Pretty awsome!

Advanced SQL Server 2005 Express Job Scheduling

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:29:39 GMT

How to make run once, daily, weekly, monthly absolute and relative scheduling in SQL Server Express 2005 and 2008 without any 3rd party tools.

jQuery Intellisense in VS 2008 - ScottGu's Blog

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:31:20 GMT

Last month I blogged about how Microsoft is extending support for jQuery. Over the last few weeks we've been working with the jQuery team to add great jQuery intellisense support within Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer 2008 Express (which is free). This is now available to download and use.

I KILL-ed you! Now can I go for a coffee break while you die?

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:05:42 GMT

Find out how long it will take for a rollback to complete in SQL Server with the help of a little know feature of the KILL keyword.

You Can Watch PDC'08 Sessions Online!

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:31:06 GMT

If you couldn't attend PDC'08 (like me) then you'll probably be interested in learning that you can go watch all the PDC'08 Sessions online for Free! This is awesome! Go Watch PDC'08 Sessions Online: https://sessions.microsoftpdc.com/public/timeline.aspx

Microsoft PDC 2008: Day 1 Wrap-Up

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:22:23 GMT

Ray Ozzie took center stage this morning at the Day 1 Keynote at PDC 2008 and everybody knew he had at least one surprise up his sleeve.

OUTPUTing Data from the Just-Inserted, Updated, or Deleted Row(s)

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:53:24 GMT

Scott Mitchell discusses a little gem he discovered, which is the use of OUTPUT clause in INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and MERGE (2008) DML statement to get the effect of in-place triggers and more.

Custom user configurable SQL Server Profiler events

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:00:07 GMT

SQL Server Profiler is a well known tool for tracing different activity that happens between your server and the clients connected to it. But very few people know that you can have custom events and trace them in the SQL Server Profiler.

NHibernate.Spatial 1.0.0 Beta1 released

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:51:41 GMT

This NHibernate extension allows you to handle data in a spatial database using .NET objects and HQL queries in a way compliant with Open Geospatial Consortium specifications. Currently we support PostgreSQL (using PostGIS extension), SQL Server 2005 (using MsSqlSpatial extension) and SQL Server 2008 (using their new spatial built-in capabilities).

SSMS Tools PACK 1.1 - now with SSMS 2008 support

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:01:09 GMT

With this new version you can use it for SQL Server Management Studio 2008 and SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Express. Plus some extra features.

RELEASED: Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper for 6.2

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:45:37 GMT

I am happy to announce that we have an updated version of the Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper that is in sync with the update Virtual Earth Map Control 6.2.

Using Windows Server 2008 64 bit as a development workstation

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:06:44 GMT

Review, tips and tricks on using Windows Server 2008 64 as a workstation for the .NET Developer.

SQL Server 2008 Top 10 List for Developers

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:16:03 GMT

Well now that SQL Server 2008 has shipped, Zach and I are starting to put the finishing touches on all of our SQL Server 2008 early adopter initiatives and move on to planning for future releases. Before we do that I have some unfinished business to take care of.

SQLServer2008: Workgroup VS Standard

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:04:25 GMT

You might be in doubt when choosing between SQLServer2008 Standard or Workgroup edition - here's a list of the differences bewteen the two.

Download: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:51:33 GMT

This is the direct download link for SQL Server 2008 Express RTM.

VS 2008 on Vista 64-Bit

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:03:11 GMT

It was pretty painless to grab one of my existing 2.0 Web application projects from back-up and get it to work in VS 2008, using the multi-targeting feature.

Immediate deadlock notifications without changing existing code

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:36 GMT

In my previous post about immediate deadlock notifications in SQL Server 2005 I've shown a way to use a try catch block to get the deadlock error. The con of this method, although it uses best practice for error handling in SQL Server 2005, is that you have to change existing code and it doesn't work for non stored procedure code. And that IS a pretty BIG con! So here's a solution to this con.

Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:58:27 GMT

This manual will help you to install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and to configure your pc so you can use it as a workstation.

Composite Application Guidance for WPF 2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:20:07 GMT

Composite Application Guidance for WPF 2008 is now released

Creating/Using Code Snippets in Visual Studio 2008

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:16:14 GMT

Microsoft Regional Director for Belgium Peter Himschoot recorded a Chopsticks video explaining how to use the code snippets in Visual Studio 2008. Playtime: 14 minutes.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Overview

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:44:58 GMT

Microsoft Visual studio team system 2008 is an integrated Application development and management solution which contains tools, processes and guidance to help everyone on the team to improve their skills and work more effectively together.

Use guide (SFS for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008), step by step

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:52:13 GMT

In this first feature, the concept is: The ADO.NET Entity Framework is the base for create any equivalent code of next layers in the application with T4 templates