September 2010 - Posts

• SQL Azure free for a very limited time

  Microsoft is giving away free Windows Azure accounts to people in the United States for a very limited time. No credit card is required. The first 500 people who sign up each month through October 2010 get a free Windows Azure account. The free accounts Read More... Posted Monday, September 13, 2010 11:16 PM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments

• SQL Azure differences

  If you prefer wizards and designers, SQL Azure may cause you some frustration because they’re not there. But if you like T-SQL scripting, you’ll be in your element with SQL Azure. Here’s what happens in SQL Azure when you try to create a new table: Since Read More... Posted Sunday, September 12, 2010 10:28 PM by John Paul Cook | 1 Comments

• Free tool for legacy ODBC access

  When you import data from very old legacy systems, sometimes you have no choice but to work with old 32-bit ODBC drivers. This is a problem when you have a 64-bit SQL Server and you need to take a quick peek at the legacy data to verify the data load. Read More... Posted Friday, September 10, 2010 1:20 PM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments

• SQL Azure–what it is and what it isn’t

  SQL Azure isn’t SQL Server hosted on the internet. It’s a little bit different. After reading lots of printed words about Azure, I decided I wanted a simple visual overview of what it is and what it is not and I’m sharing it with you. I started by connecting Read More... Posted Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:17 AM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments