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30Nov
I find it very helpful that when I am developing applications that use a database to see what is being sent to the database. Now, let’s be clear – I think anyone that does any development against a SQL Server database should be aware of SQL Profiler and can use its basic functionality. So, to help speed...
Continue reading SQL Profiler Command Line Options →
Posted in SQL Server @ 2008-11-30 04:13:53 | No Comments
30Nov
Many times I see web developers using many tools to help them with their day to day duties. WebDevs use VS.Net, stripped down text editors, CSS tools, JavaScript tools, browser plug-ins…the list is never-ending. Not to mention the languages (ASP.NET, PHP, Ruby, etc.) One thing typically in common...
Continue reading Introduction to SQL Profiler →
Posted in SQL Server @ 2008-11-30 04:04:25 | No Comments
16Nov
I traveled to Raleigh, NC for CodeCampRDU this weekend. This was my second code camp, and I did my best to use fewer slides that my first code camp presentation. :) I spoke about HttpRuntime Cache and methods to ensure saving/loading data into cache is threadsafe. I had fewer people attend this talk...
Continue reading CodeCampRDU 15 Nov 2008 - My Thoughts →
Posted in Speaking @ 2008-11-16 09:59:02 | 2 Comments
11Nov
There has been some discussion about shortcuts to SQL Server metadata on some of the mailing lists I am on. I thought I'd share the shortcuts I use on a daily basis with people. Now for my listing. I'll include the defaults from SQL Server already. To get to the shortcut menu, click on Tools...Options...
Continue reading SSMS Custom Keyboard Shortcuts →
Posted in SQL Server @ 2008-11-11 12:55:00 | No Comments
02Nov
This last week was exciting in many ways. Last Sunday night (26 Oct) there was quite a bit of chatter on Twitter about Microsoft PDC . This is a great thing for PDC - free publicity! But, there were of course many people that were "Not At PDC" - and were talking about it. So much so that myself...
Continue reading Reflections on NotAtPDC →
Posted in Speaking @ 2008-11-02 12:14:06 | 2 Comments
22Oct
This week Telligent hosted in.telligent 2008 . It was a great success, and I am glad to have met so many people that are interested and dedicated to the idea that social networking software is a major business driver. I was able to meet many of our customers, partners, and even several people that I...
Continue reading in.telligent Conference 2008 →
Posted in Business @ 2008-10-22 02:34:24 | 2 Comments
15Oct
Someone on one of the SQL Server lists I subscribe to proposed a question earlier today - How do you trim leading and trailing characters? In this case, the desired string was a numerical string, and the character to trim was a period. There were several responses to that question. I felt compelled to...
Continue reading Trim custom characters in a SQL string →
Posted in SQL Server @ 2008-10-15 06:04:00 | 2 Comments
13Oct
Scott Watermasysk was talking to me about having a Pragmatic Beer event in Dallas next week while he was in town. So, if you are in town and interested please let us know by replying....
Continue reading Pragmatic Beer - Dallas →
Posted in Business @ 2008-10-13 02:02:16 | No Comments
13Oct
I blogged about presenting at the philly.net Code Camp a couple of months ago. This past weekend I went to Philadelphia, PA to participate in the philly.net Code Camp 2008.3. I had such a great time there, meeting many of the other presenters and attendees. In my talk, there were some great points that...
Continue reading philly.net Code Camp 2008.3 Presentation and Code →
Posted in Speaking @ 2008-10-13 10:08:20 | No Comments
23Sep
Telligent now has an investor - Intel Capital ! Intel Capital is investing 20 million dollars in our company, so exciting times are ahead of us here. Like I said earlier , we are hiring bright, energetic people and if you are interested please contact me at (dpenton AT telligent DOT com)....
Continue reading Telligent and Intel →
Posted in Business @ 2008-09-23 09:06:40 | No Comments