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September 2006 - Posts

Upcoming SQL Server Reporting Services and Data Controls Talks in Roanoke, Thursday, Oct 5

Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 9:35 PM by plitwin
I'm flying to Roanoke, VA this week to do a double header on Thursday, October 5, 2006. The talks: A "How To" Guide for SQL Server Reporting Services at the Roanoke Valley SQL Server User's Group. From Noon to 2:00 PM . Includes a free Read More...
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Team System Source Code: Unlocking Checed Out Files

Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:52 PM by plitwin
We had a problem recently where one of out developers (a summer intern) left with some files checked out of the Team System Source Control system. Turns out there is no way through Visual Studio 2005 to un-checkout a file. However, there is a command Read More...
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Restoring Windows Explorer Windows Upon Reboot

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 3:21 PM by plitwin
Have you ever wondered how you could get back the functionality of an older version of Windows (don't ask me which it was that did this out of the box) that restored all open Windows Explorer windows when you rebooted. Well, you can get that functionality Read More...
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Cool Free SQL Server Query IntelliSense Tool

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 9:27 AM by plitwin
Red Gate software is giving away the current version of their their SQL Prompt tool to everyone . This is until October 3rd when they will ship the new version of this great tool. (By the way, there are no time bombs or restrictions on the download. Obviously, Read More...
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Very Scary U.S. Election Article

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:11 PM by plitwin
Just read the article by Robert Kennedy, Jr. in the latest issue of Rolling Stone on election rigging . You have to read this article about how easy it is for elections in the US to be stolen by either those in control or the companies like Diebold who Read More...
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Duh! Embarassing Discoveries in Excel and Reporting Services

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:06 PM by plitwin
Do you ever discover something totally by accident that you should have known a long time ago and somehow you just missed it? Today I learned two such things, one minor and one major. First discovery (minor duh): I didn't realize that you could color Read More...
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San Diego Data Controls Tips & Tricks Samples/Slides Posted

Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 1:00 AM by plitwin
I just posted the samples and PDF version of the slides on my page at the Deep Training site.There's lots of nice, useful Data Control/Data Source controls code, including the following 8 tips/tricks: How do I… 1. Filter one data control based Read More...
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SQL Server Reporting Services Class is Done!

Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 12:35 AM by plitwin
I finally finished writing the labs for my SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services class on Monday (Sept 18th). And then I spent the last three-ish nights turning chapter edits back to my wonderful editor at AppDev, Lisa. Tonight a little after midnight I Read More...
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My Data Controls Tips and Tricks INETA Talk Tonight in San Diego

Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:01 AM by plitwin
I will be speaking about the Data Controls tonight (Sept 19th) at the Active Server Pages Developers' SIG of the San Diego Dot Net Users Group. Here are the details: ASP.NET 2.0 Data Control Tips and Tricks Paul Litwin We've all seen the basic Read More...
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He is After All a Dad Too

Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 10:44 PM by plitwin
So I took my daughter, Anna, to her first cross-country meet yesterday in Woodland Park, in Seattle and guess who I run into there just being a dad? None other than Bill Gates, the richest man in the world there to watch his kids race. Share this post: Read More...
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Microsoft Report Builder "Keyword not supported: 'provider'." Bug

Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 8:33 PM by plitwin
Just ran into the nasty Report Builder error where you attempt to run a report based on a local report model and it barfs with a Report Execution Error . A click of the Details button reveals this: Keyword not supported: 'provider'. ---------------------------- Read More...
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Great Things from Gates Foundation and Google.org!

Posted Saturday, September 16, 2006 11:17 PM by plitwin
In today's terrible world (e.g., war in Iraq, the mess in Sudan, Bush trying to gut the U.S. Consitution and the Geneva Convention) it's easy to get down on things and miss two truly great things that happened this past week. On Sept 12th, the Read More...
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ASP.NET 2.0 Class in Seattle Week of September 25th

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:58 PM by plitwin
Deep Training (my training company) still has some open slots for the ASP.NET 2.0 with C# class we are teaching in Seattle September 25-29. Anyone interested in signing up, I will be happy to offer a $300 discount off the list price for this intensive Read More...
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Where I Was 5 Years Ago

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 10:00 PM by plitwin
I remember getting up with the baby (Anna) and letting in the nanny around 8:00 PST. The nanny says something along the lines "Did you hear that they flew a plane into the Word Trade Center and bought it down?" At the time Suzanne and I had Read More...
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Atlas Becomes Product

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 9:53 PM by plitwin
In his well-read blog, Scott Guthrie today announces the renaming of Atlas , Microsoft's AJAX toolkit. In fact, Atlas now breaks into three products: The client-side “Atlas” javascript library is going to be called the Microsoft AJAX Library Read More...
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Login failed ... not associated with a trusted SQL server connection

Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 9:52 PM by plitwin
If you've ever encountered a message along the lines of "not associated with a trusted connection to SQL Server", the problem is usually the SQL Server not supporting mixed mode (a.k.a. " SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode" Read More...
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SQL Server Reporting Services Class -- Almost Complete

Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:04 PM by plitwin
Okay, I submitted the labs for chapter 7 yesterday for my SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services course I am writing. Only 5 more labs to complete (plus a little writing for the non-lab portion of chapter 12). AppDev is already marketing the class which should Read More...
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Triathlon Season Over For Me

Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:57 AM by plitwin
Okay, I finally decided I can't do the Sept 17th Kirkland Tri for a number of reasons: a. I'm busy finishing up my SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services course. b. My hamstring pull is no better. c. The kids school seems to have an event we have Read More...
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Recently Seen Bumper Sticker

Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 10:04 PM by plitwin
Your Hummer looks stupid. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...
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Getting Back in the Water

Posted Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2:18 PM by plitwin
I just checked the calendar, it's been 4 weeks since my last Tri--the Midsummer Triathlon in Blue Lake, OR --and I've only biked 3 times since that time prior to yesterday. No running. No swimming. (I had thought it was only 3 weeks, but the calendar Read More...
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Post-Videotaping Course work

Posted Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:29 PM by plitwin
I've been back a week now since the videotaping and to be honest it's hard to keep up the feverish pace. But I only have two chapters worth of labs done. So now it's time to kick it up a notch and get those labs done so I can put the courseware Read More...
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