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Stability: VFP8 versus VFP9 (by John Koziol)
I've gotten some emails from old friends and VFP developers where the sender is asking me which...
Author: vsdata Date: 02/18/2005
Help us test VS2005 (by yag)
Jay Roxe posts that he's looking for a library of applications that can be used to test...
Author: vsdata Date: 02/17/2005
Exploring VB .Net from a VFP Perspective (Part II) (by John Koziol)
Sheesh. Some of the feedback I'm getting on this series makes me feel like a traitor to the Visual...
Author: vsdata Date: 02/15/2005
VS Data is one team (by yag)
John Koziol - one of the testers on my team - posted an entry in which he began to discuss some of...
Author: vsdata Date: 02/11/2005
Exploring VB .Net from a VFP Perspective (Part I) (by John Koziol)
This is the first in a series of posts on VB. Net observations. It's not formal; it's just an online...
Author: vsdata Date: 02/10/2005
What it feels like to be a tester (by yag)
Last week, our Test Manager, Cameron, posted an entry about what it means to be a tester. Today,...
Author: vsdata Date: 02/03/2005
What does it mean to be a tester? (by Cameron Slade)
There is quite a bit of ambiguity, both within the software business and outside of it, about what...
Author: vsdata Date: 01/28/2005
Milind is on Channel9 (by yag)
Milind Lele from our team did an interview with Robert Scoble about SQLCLR and Visual Studio...
Author: vsdata Date: 01/28/2005
SQL Reporting Services in VS2005 (by yag)
A few days ago, I pointed to a blog entry by Jackie Goldstein in which he discussed his favorite...
Author: vsdata Date: 01/21/2005
Click Once rocks! (by yag)
While on the tour in India, Steven and I discussed an internal application that was deployed to over...
Author: vsdata Date: 01/19/2005
Four most compelling issues in VS 2005 around data access (by yag)
Jackie has a post discussing the move from Access to .NET. As part of it, he focuses on what he...
Author: vsdata Date: 01/18/2005
Duncan Mackenzie on FoxPro and an anniversary (by yag)
Duncan has a blog entry reminiscing about FoxPro. I had no idea that he was an old Fox guy also. It...
Author: vsdata Date: 01/14/2005
Data Design Time Changes from VS2005 Beta 1 to Beta 2 (by yag)
One of the things that my team (VS Data) does is serve as a focal point around data thinking in the...
Author: vsdata Date: 01/12/2005
Happy New Year (by Mairead)
Happy New Year to everyone from the VS DATA team. Roll on 2005 :-)
Author: vsdata Date: 01/01/2005
Excellent series on Corporate Transparency (by yag)
Like Josh, I fall more on the "we should show this to customers” side of things - but I think that...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/31/2004
My condolences (by yag)
My condolences to all those affected by the earthquake and tidal wave. I was in Chennai and...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/26/2004
VFP9 Ships! (by yag)
I know lots of the folks on the team have already mentioned it - or mentioned that we're really...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/17/2004
VFP 9 SHIPS!!!!! (by John Koziol)
We are done with the puppy. See Ken or Calvin's blog or the product website...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/17/2004
Problems connecting to Oracle on Windows Xp Sp2? (By Mike Droney)
One of the many new features of Windows Xp Sp2 is that Windows Firewall is turned on by default. For...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/17/2004
Application events in VB2005 (by yag)
One interesting thing about VB2005 is that it ships with a lightweight application framework that...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/17/2004
Visual FoxPro 9.0 news (by Ken Levy)
I just posted several news items related to Visual FoxPro 9.0 and other Visual FoxPro topics on my...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/16/2004
Channel9 video on Visual FoxPro 9 (by yag)
Ken Levy, our groups Product Manager, was interviewed for a Channel 9 video about the upcoming...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/16/2004
Binary serialization of datasets (by yag)
ADO.NET 2.0 includes binary serialization of datasets for remoting. Via Beth Massi's new blog,...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/16/2004
A Simple Walkthrough for deploying a SQLCLR Stored Procedure (by Brad)
Walkthrough: Simple deployment of SQLCLR Visual Basic Stored Procedure The Yukon release of SQL...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/14/2004
SQL Server Express 2005 December Community Tech Preview (by Mairead)
The SQL Server Express Team has released their December Community Tech Preview and it's available...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/08/2004
Providing more information on Basic SQL Functionality (by Mairead)
One of the responses that I got back from my posting on what you would like to see on the VS DATA...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/08/2004
The Limits of Architecture vs. The Architecture of Limits (by John Koziol)
With every new version of Visual FoxPro our customers get lots of new functions and commands to...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/07/2004
Learning more about SQL Server Express 2005 (by Mairead)
If would like to get extra information about SQL Server Express 2005, check out the Whitepaper that...
Author: vsdata Date: 12/02/2004
Using CLR Integration in SQL Server 2005 (Mairead)
Quite a few of the SQL folks have written a whitepaper on using CLR integration in SQL Server 2005....
Author: vsdata Date: 11/30/2004
What would you like to hear about from the VS DATA Team blog? (by Mairead)
The VS DATA team has been blogging on articles such as our extensibility component DDEX, the new and...
Author: vsdata Date: 11/30/2004
Blog entries about SQL Server Management Studio (by yag)
I'm just cleaning up a few last items before I head to India, and noticed that Bill Ramos is...
Author: vsdata Date: 11/27/2004
SQLCLR Demo on MSDN TV (by Milind)
Sometime back I had done a short demo for MSDN TV that shows creating a simple user defined data...
Author: vsdata Date: 11/12/2004
DDEX - II (by Milind)
Visual Studio ships with .NET data providers for SQL Server, Oracle and SQL Server Mobile Edition....
Author: vsdata Date: 11/05/2004
Back in the Saddle (John Koziol)
To borrow Aerosmith from their excellent Toys in the Attic album. Anyhow, I've been fighting some...
Author: vsdata Date: 11/04/2004
Database Diagramming Kano Survey (by Tim)
We're rerunning our database modeling survey in Kano format. If you're interested in the future of...
Author: vsdata Date: 11/02/2004
SQL Server Express and VB6 (by yag)
Scott Swigart over at 3Leaf has posted a blog entry titled "SQL Express: The Little Engine that...
Author: vsdata Date: 10/27/2004
Use Whidbey to Debug TSQL/CLR Procedures On Yukon Server(By Samuel Zhang)
There is a nice feature in Visual Studio 2003 that allows user to debug TSQL on SQL Server. With...
Author: vsdata Date: 10/26/2004
Developer Division Updates now on Channel 9! (by yag)
A number of months ago, Mairead O'Donovan of my team discussed how we were doing in shipping the...
Author: vsdata Date: 10/25/2004
Data Designer EXtensibility (by Milind)
Visual Studio 2005, as in past releases, provides a strong design time experience for SQL Server....
Author: vsdata Date: 10/06/2004
Fox Devcon Keynote (by yag)
It was a blast. We went for the record longest keynote, I think - basically, all demos (except for a...
Author: vsdata Date: 09/30/2004
The Return of Database Diagramming! (by Tim)
Due to popular demand, starting in the October CTP you will be able to create database diagrams...
Author: vsdata Date: 09/30/2004
Mount St. Helens unrest (by yag)
I found this one interesting: Seismic activity at Mount St. Helens has changed significantly during...
Author: vsdata Date: 09/27/2004
Data Designer EXtensibility (DDEX) and VSIP (by yag)
Soma just blogged about our partner ecosystem in Visual Studio and our VSIP program. I just wanted...
Author: vsdata Date: 09/24/2004