SQL SERVER connectivity error: SQL Server does not exist or access denied

Recently I was troubleshooting a connectivity issue in a development environment from an application. The application was using the connection...

The Value of Twitter #meme15

Last week, I posted this month’s question for #meme15.  As was mentioned in that post, the aim of these posts...

The Windows Search Engine Is Currently Disabled

If you have ever gotten this error message you may have been left scratching your head wondering why…kinda like me.

The...

Extending the Publisher to the Cloud

SQL Azure Data Sync
This weekend I decided to setup a SQL Azure sync group to synchronize a SQL Azure database...

Twitter, John, Building a Blog and #MEME15

I saw an interesting post this morning care of the micro-blogging/social networking site twitter that really got me thinking about...

Including Missing Values in Data Ranges Without a Lookup Table

Including Missing Values in Data Ranges Without a Lookup Table
Including Missing Data

One of the ways that I learn new things...

PASS: Time to Change the By-Laws

Yesterday Bill Graziano announced the appointment of two Directors (Kendal Van Dyke and James Rowland-Jones) to fill vacancies on the...

Using TDD To Create A Working Application In C# : Part 2

Last FM Wrapper
You know that web project we created? You can completely forget about that for now as this is...

Answer the Question Asked

“Bill, are you running SQL R2 on your desktop?”
This seems like a simple enough question, yet I usually cannot get...

Ethics and Power

Power corrupts.
A famous quote, and it’s one of the the most true quotes I’ve seen in my life. When someone...