Interesting quote from Sharepoint Best Practices Conference :” 17% of IT Pros think benefits of cloud computing outweigh the risks”!! That’s not too encouraging is it? Few other points:- Not all computing resources should reside on the cloud anyway. It’s not always cost effective?!! Do your homework before making the move. It is an interesting...

Getting at data within a .NET application can be straightforward using built in controls or much more complex through connections, commands and data readers to name but a few. This article is a short introduction to three of the available options. 1. Using a SQLDataSource The built-in .NET controls for accessing data are easy to use when working with a single table...

Unfortunately, I couldn’t be in two places at one time, there were two tracks dedicated to the SQL Server DBA and the topics were equally appealing in both tracks. To start I chose Performance Enhancements in SQL Server 2008. The speaker Bob Beauchemin, A SQL Server developer from Portland, Oregon who works for SQLSKills.com – a company I had heard of...

As a developer based primarily in the Microsoft world I have over the last 10 years spent time working with four of the main Seattle produced database products: Excel, Access, SQL Express and SQL Server. In this time I have learned to find my way around each product and made use of them for my production work from small scale product catalogs to enterprise wide...

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