admin on May 16th, 2009

In SQL Server 2008, you might have gotten this message when trying to change the columns in some tables, add columns or change nullity conditions. “Save is not permitted” tables have to be dropped and re-created.  The only choice you have is to click cancel, or to choose to save the message to a text [...]

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admin on February 27th, 2009

If you had purchased $1000 of shares in Delta Airlines
one year ago, you will have $49.00 today.
If you had purchased $1000 of shares in AIG
one year ago, you will have $33.00 today.
If you had purchased $1000 of shares in Lehman Brothers
one year ago, you will have $0.00 today. [...]

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admin on February 27th, 2009

CEO – Chief Embezzlement Officer

CFO -  Corporate Fraud Officer

BULL MARKET – A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius
BEAR MARKET – a 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.
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admin on June 19th, 2008

The new SQL Server Native Client 10.0 app appears not to return the password back when using Delphi’s ADO PromptDataSource
Update: 6/20/2008
There is definitely a bug in the Dialog not in the PrompDataSource.  The solution is posted at the end of the article.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 installs a new OLE DB Provider called: “SQL Server Native [...]

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admin on June 16th, 2008

One in ten workers…
According to the June 14th, 2008 edition of The Wall Street Journal, fewer than one in ten workers save the maximum amount allowed in a 401k plan.
Giving away free money
More disturbing one-third of 401k participants are not saving enough to qualify for the full matching contribution from their employer.
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admin on June 15th, 2008

Note: To use the ADO.NET Entity Framework you are going to need Visual Studio 2008 + SP1
What is it?
Basically it allows you to create a model of your database and map objects to relational data (classes).  It marries classes to tables.  Using LINQ you can easily query the classes auto generated by the model.
Quick Sample
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