Category: Technology

  • Sql Server 2005 Named Instance Stops Default Sql Server 2000 Default Instance

    Last night I did some testing and installation of Sql Server 2005 and Sql Server 2000. I installed the RTM version of Sql Server 2000 as the default instance first. I then installed RTM version of Sql Server 2005. Afterwards, I noticed that I couldn’t connect to my Sql Server 2000 instance any more. I […]

  • Find out uptime of server and MySql database

    This site had been unstable for the last couple of weeks, due to my hosting company’s issues with servers. My Apache and MySql database have both been moved to a different server. Hopefully things will be stable from now on. During the troubleshooting time, I used a few commands to find out the uptime of […]

  • 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 […]