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. DTS doesn’t support automatic scripting of SQL Jobs from what I could tell. I…

Your truely on HT

Recently I wrote an e-mail to Deepak Mankar, who writes an interesting “blog-like” story collection on the new economy called QuiteATake [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7170_0,00030007.htm] over at HindustanTimes.com (online portal of one of India’s largest daily newspaper). I had suggested Deepak that QuiteATake…

Wi-Fi Hotspots in Melbourne

WiFinder [http://www.wifinder.com] reports that there are 94 Wi-Fi hotspots in Melbourne [http://www.wifinder.com/searchresults.php?loc=&add=&city=melbourne&st=Any&zip=&country=Australia&tfree=yes&tpaid=yes&protocol=1&x=30&y=2] (free…

WebDeploy .NET

WebDeploy [http://weblogs.asp.net/mhawley/category/4043.aspx?Show=All] is a small windows application that allows a developer to easily transfer files (VS.NET web project) from one location to another based on extensions. It looks great for web deployment of projects over a network or internet (via…

52% of application developers use .NET

52% of application developers use .NET [http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P1247] … Is .Net Stealing Java’s Thunder? [http://www.webservicespipeline.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=?articleId=23900832&printableArticle=true]…

Web Service Benchmarks

Microsoft Responds to Sun’s Web Service Benchmarks [http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=27339]. MS released a whitepaper [http://www.middlewareresearch.com/whitepapers/Benchmark_response.pdf] comparing the .NET and J2EE Web Service performance.…

SQL Native Client (SNAC)

Bob Beauchemin gives an introduction on SQL Native Client (SNAC) … [http://staff.develop.com/bobb/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=a7f64240-60ae-4031-9580-05bdc10e2c93] > If you’ve recently installed the SQL Express version of SQL Server 2005, you may or may not have noticed SQL Native Client (SNAC). If you want to use…