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How to Truncate Your Database Transaction Log
Sometimes those transaction logs get a little large and unwieldy! For dev machines I almost never want the transaction log to ever be larger than 1GB. I often find some transaction logs of 10GB and larger and there is little in the way of GUI tools to...

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Easily Generate Business Objects From The Database
I know the title of this post is a little bit of a misnomer, business objects will never map 1 to 1 with relational database objects. However, when just starting out and when you get to control the schema of the database, it sure makes a good starting...

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NUNUG Meeting Review :: SQL Server 2008 by Pat Wright
Pat is an excellent presenter and a friend. I am also excited about SQL Server and Pizza so this meeting was a winning combination for me! It was also nice to see some familiar faces and had a small but decent turnout. Environment The meeting started...

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Database Naming Conventions
Naming conventions are like arm pits. Everyone has them and they all stink! Well, at least that's the perspective of pretty much every developer an DBA alike. I will present my own personal philosophy for naming conventions on databases and hopefully...

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Connection Pooling vs Audit Logging
These past two weeks have been very exciting for me. I have gotten to be involved in some R&D for one of the companies that I consult for. I LOVE R&D! There is always a better way to do things and poking your head out from the sand every once...

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SP1 for the .Net Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 Released to Beta
As promised by Microsoft when Visual Studio 2008 launched late last year, there is a service pack for available both for the .Net framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008. Information about the release can be found on ScottGu's Blog and mostly include...

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