basketweaving for the mind
Microsoft, Open source, Web and other random stuff from one of Microsoft's Professonal Geeks
October 2008 Update: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP
Now available, prebuilt is available for download Source is also available from Codeplex: CodePlex
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 10/19/2008
Hidden in the Mists of the Forest
Hidden in the mists of the autumnal forests (northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere it is...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 10/16/2008
Where to Start With F#
Robert Pickering, the author of “Foundations of F#” hosts an informative wiki; an excellent place to...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/30/2008
Microsoft, Open Source and IronRuby
John Lam is interviewed by James Turner at OSCON 2008. To understand the interface between Microsoft...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/29/2008
SQL Server Driver for PHP: Last Inserted Row ID
After a mysql_query with an INSERT statement, a quick call to mysql_insert_id provides the ID of the...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/22/2008
SQL Server Driver PHP commands compared with MySQL PHP commands
Over the years I have used the inbuilt PHP drivers for MySQL. The best mechanism for mapping the two...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/22/2008
Codeplex now supports SVN
Woohoo! Codeplex now supports SVN. As an SVN user (via TortoiseSVN) and follower of a few Codeplex...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/15/2008
Vista as my PHP Developer Workstation
Prior to joining Microsoft, I always setup my Windows laptop as a PHP/Apache development...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/13/2008
C# REPL for Mono
There is something cute about REPL with C#
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/08/2008
Slides from Sydney PHP User Group
Microsoft, PHP and IIS7View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/05/2008
MySQL to SQLServer 2008 Express [redux]
Last week, the SQLServer 2008 Express team released a download with the SQL Server Management...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/01/2008
Speaking at Sydney PHP Group
Pop along. PHP and IIS7, plus other SQL goodness. Also find out what exactly is a demon core?
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 08/27/2008
In Which I Get My Own IIS7
Thanks to our resident Hosting Geek: Jorke, I have an internet-facing Windows 2008 / IIS7 web site....
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 08/19/2008
MySQL to SQLServer [Express] 2008
Being a historical LAMP guy, the first problem is how do I get my data across? The release of free...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 08/18/2008
I LOL everytime I see “M$”
A common internet and twitter shorthand for Microsoft is MS. Not-so-Microsoft friendly people use...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 06/04/2008
Witty weaving
Witty is a Twitter client that is a neat little WPF application. Having removed Snitter from my...
Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 01/30/2008