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New T-SQL Features in SQL 11 / Denali – Error Handling
A couple of days ago I wrote my wish-list to Santa what I wanted to see in next version of SQL Server (SQL 11 / Denali). I was pleasantly surprised that I could find out for myself shortly after; i.e....
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More T-SQL Error Functionality in Denali / SQL 11
In my previous post I wrote about the new THROW keyword in Denali / SQL 11. Having played around a bit more with Denali, I wanted to write some additional things about THROW and it’s relation to...
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Beginners F# Resources
This post is more as a reminder to myself where to find online resources when learning F#. If anyone else can find it useful, so much better. And, if anyone out there has other online resources,...
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SQL Server Denali CTP 1 SUX ….
.. from a relational developers perspective!! Well, the title may be a bit harsh, but at least it grabbed your attention – did it not?! A week ago, or so, I wrote a wish list to Santa for Denali from a...
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Using F# in SQLCLR
Recently I have become very interested in F# and I am at the moment trying to get to grips with it. It is definitely a different beast than C#, but so far I like it – a lot! Anyway, I am a SQL nerd,...
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TPL Dataflow, Axum v.NEXT?
At PDC 2010 Microsoft showed the new Async features of coming C# (and VB.NET) versions, and quite a lot has been written about it already. Part of the Async CTP is TPL Dataflow, and this has gone...
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F#, Mono and Mac
This is a first post about my experiences with running F# and Mono on a Mac. In a previous post I wrote about how I have started to play with F#. As that post also covered SQLCLR it was obvious I was...
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F#, Mono and Mac – Take II
So yesterday I wrote about how I have started using F# and Mono on my MacBook. I wrote about how I downloaded the F# bits, unzipped and put them in a specific directory I had created. Today after...
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Transactions in SQL Server (take 2956)
Transactions in SQL Server seems to be a difficult topic to grasp. This weekend I came across a blog-post where the poster showed a “solution” to the “The ROLLBACK TRANSACTION request has no...
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First Impressions Microsoft BUILD & Win 8
I have a while ago just finished watching the live stream of the first keynote (yes there will be one tomorrow as well), at Microsoft BUILD. Having attended / presented, at quite a few of these kind...
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SqlClrProject on GitHub
As some of you may know, I – once upon a time – developed a project (VS add-in, templates, etc) for automatic deployment of CLR assemblies to SQL Server: SqlClrProject. That project has been dormant...
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Debugging in SQL Server 2008
As good as SQL 2005 was (well, still are), one disappointment was that you needed Visual Studio if you wanted to debug your stored procedures. Seriously, what was MS thinking when they did that,...
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As the saying goes; “It is hard to learn an old dog new tricks”, but… Even though I am a really old dog, I hope I’ll be able to learn a bit about “social networking”, and therefore I created an...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP
Yesterday I downloaded and installed the August CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2, and today I played around with it for a while. So, what are my impressions?Well, from a perspective of being a relational dev...
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Stream and Complex Event Processing from a Relational Guy's Eye
This is a re-post from my previous blog. However, as that blog has now gone to the big blog repository in the sky (or wherever blogs go to when they are no more), I decided to repost this, seeing how...
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What New Programmability Features Will There Be in SQL 11?
There is probably no secret that Microsoft is working hard on next version of SQL Server. The rumour has it that it will be named SQL 11 (it apparently goes under the code name of Denali. Quiz; MS has...
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More about new features in SQL 11 / Denali
So yesterday I posted my wish-list for new programmability features in the upcoming release of SQL 11 / Denali.Today I see that Simon S has posted about a new series of posts he will do, covering what...
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New T-SQL Features in SQL 11 / Denali - Error Handling
A couple of days ago I wrote my wish-list to Santa what I wanted to see in next version of SQL Server (SQL 11 / Denali). I was pleasantly surprised that I could find out for myself shortly after; i.e....
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More T-SQL Error Functionality in Denali / SQL 11
In my previous post I wrote about the new THROW keyword in Denali / SQL 11. Having played around a bit more with Denali, I wanted to write some additional things about THROW and it’s relation to...
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Beginners F# Resources
This post is more as a reminder to myself where to find online resources when learning F#. If anyone else can find it useful, so much better. And, if anyone out there has other online, resources,...
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