Author: Haidong Ji

  • Great webcast on SQLCMD

    Michiel Wories, a PM from Microsoft, did a great webcast on SQLCMD back in the summer. I highly recommend you to check it out.

  • SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio, and BizTalk launch event tomorrow in Chicago

    I will be attending the launch tomorrow at McCormick Place. I will be wondering around and attending sessions. Feel free to stop me and say hi if you will be there. To get a glimpse of what I look like, check out the book I co-wrote on SSIS. I am the one on the upper…

  • wget and lynx

    Linux and Unix gurus can ignore this post, but if you have better tips to share, please feel free to comment. I write this mainly as a note to myself and hopefully help out Linux / Unix newbies at the same time. wget is perfect for downloading stuff through a command line. This is a…

  • 芝加哥公共图书馆有中文书

    芝加哥公共图书馆有很多分馆散落在城市的居民区. 总部在市中心, 是一座红墙绿顶的9层建筑. 据说是世界上占地面积最大的公共图书馆. 图书馆的7层收藏非英文的报纸, 杂志, 和书籍. 我因为上班地点里这儿不远, 所以成了常客. 这里的中文书不是很多, 但够我读一阵子;) 更何况我是中英文轮换着读. 如果你住在芝加哥, 我建议你去看一看.

  • Sample Baseball Database for Learning, Testing, and Demo

    I came across this from a blog I follow. Dbt even provided a nifty script to figure out the most recent world series win, loss and appearance for every team in the league. I first heard about this database probably a year ago. Anyway, I thought this really is a great database for my baseball-loving…