How to Automate a Simple Deploy Using DataDude (Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition)
Saturday 24 October 2009 @ 8:38 am
  Not sure why this was hard, but I wanted to make a trivial command file to deploy my database (or any change to it).  For those of you that don’t know the DataDude project, I have to say it’s one of the coolest tools that has come out the Microsoft Visual Studio Team [...]
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First Blood Using the New Microsoft Web Platform Installer
Saturday 4 April 2009 @ 9:57 am
  At http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/523/web-platform-installer-walkthrough/ ) Step 2:  Click Install now  (Can’t find PHP, starting searching the web now)  {Note: 4/14/2009. Turns out I missed an easy step.  See bottom of article for that step} Found this link:  php on the web server choice, but I do see WordPress so I chose to install [...]
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First Experience with Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition, I love it!!!
Saturday 17 January 2009 @ 3:06 pm
As a developer who has spent much of my life doing DBA type work, I really appreciate the simplicity and elegance of what SqlManager to manage my data.  I can continue to do that, then when I’ve made my changes, I can simply connect VS2008 Database Edition to my updated development database and it will [...]
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