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Microsoft SQL Server (all versions)

SQL Server, Technology August 23, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Link 64-bit SQL Server 2005 to 32-bit SQL Server 2000

Link 64-bit SQL Server 2005 to 32-bit SQL Server 2000

For those of you battling with a 64-bit SQL Server 2005 Server linking to 32-bit SQL Server 2000 Servers, here's a handy solution. This problem has been plaguing us for a while now, and today I made it work.

SQL Server, Technology June 20, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on 150 days of madness

150 days of madness

Picture it: Sandton, 2007. The launch of a 150-day plan to migrate a set of disparate systems into a fully integrated hybrid data warehouse system running Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and associated plugins. Some of us (including me) are a little bewildered by the prospect, especially considering the volume of data and applications that need to migrate in this short period of time.

SQL Server, Technology April 24, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Been a while

Been a while

Almost a whole week since my last post … sorry to the regular readers!

SQL Server, Technology April 4, 2007February 22, 2019 | 1 Comment on It’s time for “Good Idea, Bad Idea”

It’s time for “Good Idea, Bad Idea”

On the Animaniacs, there used to be a segment called "Good Idea, Bad Idea", which was probably my favourite next to Pinky and the Brain.

News, SQL Server, Technology February 19, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on News

News

Phew, it's been a while since I posted!

Miscellaneous, SQL Server, Technology January 25, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Random news

Random news

A bugfix release of ShutOff 2000 has been released, thanks to some feedback from a new customer. Visit http://itsol.co.za/ for more information.

SQL Server, Technology January 13, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Training

Training

From 8 to 12 January 2007, I attended a couple of Microsoft Training courses. These were:

SQL Server, Technology December 18, 2006February 22, 2019 | 1 Comment on My new PC

My new PC

I got a new PC at work: the Dell Precision 490. It's a replacement because my older HP wasn't coping with the massive amount of processing we're doing for SQL reports.

SQL Server, Technology December 11, 2006February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Work and Bond

Work and Bond

SQL Server 2005 is fun, especially when enough hardware is thrown at it. However, I still cannot get SQL Server 2005 to add a linked 2000 server to it. No one can seem to help!

SQL Server, Technology December 1, 2006February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Cool!

Cool!

I'm getting a new PC at work in the near future because this beast is too slow and the hard drive isn't big enough for the massive reports that I have to automate.

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