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SQL Server 2005 Trace Flags FAQ

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:18:41 GMT

Trace Flags of SQL Server 2005 are a interesting topic. Even though Developer may not be using them much, Administrators and Performance tuning engineers regularly work them. Lets find out what are Trace Flags. 1. What are Trace Flags and why are they used? 2. What are the different types of Trace Flags? 3. What is the difference between Global Trace Flag and Session Trace Flag? .....

Drawing line patterns in GDI+

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:44:31 GMT

GDI+ has made the windows graphics programming really easy. You can easily draw and control the graphical interface of you application. This section will explain how can you draw pattern lines in GDI+.

How to change the tooltip of a 3rd party composite .NET control like t

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:23:02 GMT

This article describes how to change the ToolTip of constituent .NET controls that are part of a third party composite control.

Map SQL Server Profiler EventClass ID to its name in saved trace table

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:01:12 GMT

Simple way to map a profiler trace's EventClass id to its name in T-SQL

Local variable scoping in C#

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:52:45 GMT

In my previous post, Compiler-generated scopes for local variable declarations, I briefly touched on the issue of multiple meanings applied to the same name. In this post, I'll aim to flush out the compiler's rules with regards to binding names in their local scopes.

Adding Row Number to SQL SELECT result

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:16:04 GMT

This article will explain how we can add sequence row number to a SQL select query starting from 1 onwards. This can be achieved by using built in SQL function ROW_NUMBER(). This function simply generates row number for each row in the result. You can specify the partition and order by criteria.

Microsoft To Launch Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 on 27/02/07

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:18:47 GMT

At the World Partner Conference Microsoft announced that they will launch Windows Server® 2008, Visual Studio® 2008 and Microsoft SQL ServerT 2008 products on Feb 27, 2008 in Los Angeles