SQL Jobs Auto-backup

A few days back, my friend Pankaj was enquiring about a particular case where he needed to automate the backup (in the form of SQL scripts) of all SQL Jobs (schedules) on a SQL Server (2000). DTS doesn’t support automatic scripting of SQL Jobs from what I could…

Signal-to-Noise #9

dotText pre-0.96 – Two new features (among others), Search and ScheduledEvents,?in dotText (pre-0.96) that I’ll be?going through?for sure to learn more on the implementation and design. From Scott’s blog: “ScheduledEvents is a?simple API for scheduling a recurring event (or…

Signal-to-Noise #8

Code Reviews – Sample chapters [#2 and #6] from Karl Weigers’ book on Code Reviews. [via Joseph Cooney] Web Services vs. Remoting, by Chris Taylor SQL Server Yukon – Articles, Code, and other Resources for Yukon Developers at CLRSQL.com. [via Randy Holloway] WinFS -?architecture diagram (below)…

Signal-to-Noise #7

A new version (4.1.3) of Inno Setup (an application installer & setup creation tool that I use quite frequently) has been released with an all-new Explorer-like folder browser. With Visual Studio Whidbey, Microsoft will deliver a set of tools (code-named “Whitehorse”) that enable architects and developers…

Signal-to-Noise #6

Sample chapters (Part 1 and Part 2) from O’Reilly’s ADO.NET Cookbook Ted Neward shares his thoughts on the talk Joel Spolsky gave on “Designing Applications With The User in Mind” at UCDavis Microsoft Interview Questions by Chris Sells. [via Jason Salas] New article…

Matisse Database

Yesterday I posted a line on the Matisse Database, said to be The Ultimate .NET Database (PDF). Comments from that post got me thinking – can Matisse fit in an enterprise data management environment and how “ultimate” is it for use with .NET. Here are some interesting findings…

Signal-to-Noise #5

The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog Now we?know a little more about “Microsoft Venus” (i.e. ASP.NET 2.0). Matisse 6: The Ultimate .NET Database (PDF). There’s?even a?new .Text DbProvider available for Matisse database. I wonder if any web hosts support Matisse as yet…

Signal-to-Noise #4

Open Source Testing is a compendium of 138 open source testing tools, including unit testing, feature testing, performance testing, bug tracking, the whole gamut. If you’re considering building some testing infrastructure, you should spend some time looking around here first. [via Ned Batchelder] NPerf – Performance Benchmark Framework…