30 Apr
2008

New Date and Time types in SQL Server 2008

I’ve been going through some of the new language features in SQL Server 2008.   The easiest to find are the new HierarchyID, sparse data columns, and brand spanking new date and time types. I’m just going to (briefly) discuss the date and time types. Start with new Date and Time types.  Not DateTime, or SmallDateTime […]

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22 Apr
2008

ALT.NET Seattle Recap

Time for the obligatory recap…finally! Before I left I wasn’t as pumped up about Seattle as I was for Austin in the fall. This is because my role has changed during the past 6 months and day to day development is very much a thing of the past for me. I suppose the real question […]

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16 Apr
2008

Setting Control Focus when AJAX is involved

Here is an annoying problem I just ran into. I have a web form that has been working just fine for a long time…until I introduced it to the Microsoft Ajax library and starting doing some partial loading.  Nothing overly fancy, just using the value of one control to load values into another control. Problem […]

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