May 2009 - Posts

• Jacob Sebastian is a writing machine: free eBook on XML Schemas in SQL Server

  One of the members of our Asian regional development team for PASS is Jacob Sebastian. A week or so back he told me he'd written an eBook for the Red-Gate folk on XML Schemas in SQL Server. I downloaded it expecting it to be fifty to a hundred pages. Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:56 AM by Greg Low | 1 Comments

• SQL Server 2008 May Books Online Available

  The title pretty much says it all. The May 2009 version of SQL Server Books Online is now available for download from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=765433f7-0983-4d7a-b628-0a98145bcb97 Read More... Posted Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:53 PM by Greg Low | 1 Comments

• Farewell Steve and thanks for all the fish

  Microsoft lost a lot of good people this week. I have to say this change has me dumbfounded. Steve has become a friend over many years of presenting at the same events. I've usually found him to be one of the most interesting people at any of these events. Read More... Posted Friday, May 08, 2009 3:47 AM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• Why don't the headlines say "Developer glitch" or "Design glitch" instead of "Database glitch"

  Most people are aware that a "database" glitch caused the download servers for Windows 7 RC to fail the other day. What annoys me though is that the headlines always say " Database glitch " or "SQL Server glitch". Based on what Paul Randall was posting Read More... Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:06 AM by Greg Low | 5 Comments

• Another Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008

  I'm really pleased to hear that our Colombian friend Jaime Tarquino (who is a Microsoft premier field engineer) has completed his Microsoft Certified Masters for SQL Server 2008. A very big congratulations Jaime ! Read More... Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 9:54 PM by Greg Low | 3 Comments