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Monday, March 31, 2008 11:30 PM

Non-Technical News: All Is Finally Right With The World..

Last Tuesday and Wednesday very little was right with the world, as the first two games of the 2008 regular Major League Baseball season were played half a world away, and they started at 3AM Seattle time.  I'm all for globalizing the appeal of the
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Monday, March 31, 2008 5:45 PM

DWWTWT?: March 31

The week begins and the month ends with my ninth straight walk. Three tables today, since it's the end of the quarter as well as the month: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 173
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Friday, March 28, 2008 5:15 PM

DWWTWT?: March 28

Friday brought a walk through a cold, spitting rain: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 172 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None (did not compete) 90 Eight walks in a row! This is
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:30 PM

DWWTWT?: March 27

The streak continues with another walk on another cold morning: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 171 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None (did not compete) 90 Tomorrow we'll go
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:45 PM

See You At Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2008 Developers!

Happy news this week that I'll be traveling to Orlando, Florida the first week of June to attend and present at Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2008 Developers June 3-6 at the Orange County Convention Center . I'll be revisiting the three presentations
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:00 PM

DWWTWT?: March 26

This morning featured yet another walk down a brisk, slightly damp 156th Avenue NE : Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 170 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None (did not compete)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:00 PM

DWWTWT?: March 25

This morning featured a walk down a brisk 156th Avenue NE : Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 169 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None (did not compete) 90 I hope your week is off
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Monday, March 24, 2008 5:00 PM

DWWTWT?: March 24

The week begins with a brisk walk on a chilly morning : Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 168 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None (did not compete) 90 I hope your week is off to
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Friday, March 21, 2008 5:00 PM

DWWTWT?: March 21

The week ends with yet another brisk morning and another walk to building 40, to listen in on most of Kim Tripp's SQL Ranger talk : Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 167 Walked
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Friday, March 21, 2008 7:15 AM

Database Programming: The String Concatenation XML Trick, Finalized

It's an especially Good Friday when we can close the loop on a technical conversation, and I believe that our modifications to The Technique That Lance Found , also discussed here and here , are complete.  Scott Whigham left a comment on the most
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:00 PM

DWWTWT?: March 20

Another brisk morning, another walk to building 40, this time to listen in on the first day of Paul Randal's SQL Ranger talk : Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 166 Walked to the
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:45 PM

DWWTWT?: March 19

Today featured another walk, this time to building 40 to deliver a SQL Ranger data normalization talk : Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 165 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:15 PM

Database Programming: The String Concatenation XML Trick, Sans Entitization

When last we checked in on The Technique That Lance Found , Adam had noted that the method entitizes XML special characters, a state of affairs which limits its utility somewhat.  I tried to leverage Tony Rogerson's technique , which Adam passed
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:00 PM

DWWTWT?: March 18

Today featured a bracing walk on a clear, dry, cool morning : Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 164 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 154 None (did not compete) 90 Hope your week is off
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:45 PM

R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)

Sad word today from the world of letters that Arthur C. Clarke has passed at 90. While his most remarkable book was made into a most remarkable film (which bears little resemblance to the book, in my opinion), Clarke was an incredibly prolific writer,
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Monday, March 17, 2008 6:45 PM

DWWTWT?: March 17

Today Gale had a doctor's appointment, so timely discharge of all my obligations required the deployment of internal combustion : Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 163 Walked to
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:15 AM

Another Word On For-Fee Aggregators

One more post before I turn in.. Blogging is about passion and community, which may well be two sides of the same coin.  Our passion makes us a community.  Even though I don't read the output of my fellows in the SQL Server blogosphere nearly
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:30 AM

Database Programming: The String Concatenation XML Trick Revisited (Or, Adam Is Right, But We Can Fix It)

A find shared by one friend leads to correspondence from another.. The redoubtable Adam Machanic left a comment on The Technique That Lance Found which points out that special XML characters in a string will get entitized. As usual, Adam is correct. If
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Friday, March 14, 2008 10:30 PM

DWWTWT?: March 14

Today all three boys had baseball practice, the youngest an hour earlier than the other two. Not only did I drive to work, I spent the late afternoon driving young men in cleats all over Redmond. Not a great day for my carbon footprint : Commuting Options
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:30 PM

DWWTWT?: March 13

Today is a tough one to call.. I telecommuted most of the morning before taking my wife to her latest doctor appointment (she's allowed to walk without her crutch when she's up to it -- hooray!). We had a nice lunch; then I brought her home and drove
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:00 PM

Database Programming: The String Concatenation XML Trick

Courtesy of my good friend and once-and-always colleague, Lance Larsen, who writes: I recently ran into this little trick. Joining two tables having a one-to-many relationship and stuffing a set of column values from the many side into a single column
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:30 PM

DWWTWT?: March 12

Today featured another walk through a dry morning: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 163 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 151 None (did not compete) 90 Three in a row! Happy hump day..
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:30 PM

DWWTWT?: March 11

Today featured a walk through light rain: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 162 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 151 None (did not compete) 90 Hope your week is going well.. -wp
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:45 PM

Don't Forget! SQL Server 2008 Web Chat On Thursday, March 13

I wanted to mention this one more time, since my previous post on this topic suffers from a cryptic title.. Join the Microsoft SQL Server development team to learn more and ask technical questions about the February CTP release of SQL Server 2008. The
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Monday, March 10, 2008 7:15 PM

DWWTWT?: March 10

The week and the fourth Ranger rotation start with a walk through light rain: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 161 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 151 None (did not compete) 90 Have
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Friday, March 07, 2008 6:45 PM

Yet Another Blog You Should Check Out

The comment space for yesterday's rant about the web site that's charging for access to MSDN and TechNet blog content is busier than any has been for awhile.  I also got this email via the contact mechanism on the blog: I was just about to ask you
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Friday, March 07, 2008 6:45 PM

DWWTWT?: March 7

Both kids who are in town are off of school today, so I'm going to take the opportunity to take them to Snoqualmie Pass and throw them in the snow. From a commuting perspective, this is a non-competitive day: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:15 PM

SQL Server 2008 February CTP Scheduled For March 13

Forwarding along a nugget that my inbox served up.. Join the Microsoft SQL Server development team to learn more and ask technical questions about the February CTP release of SQL Server 2008. The web chat starts here at 11 am Pacific Daylight Time on
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:00 PM

Are You Paying To Read This Post? You Don't Have To!

In the age of the blog, it may well be that republishing is the sincerest form of flattery. The same RSS technology that many of you use to read the blog through wonderful rollers like this one also can be turned to far more nefarious purposes. I'm going
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 6:45 PM

DWWTWT?: March 6

Despite favorable weather conditions, lunch-time errands required internal combustion. Color today a could've-been walker, or perhaps a reluctant drive: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 6:30 PM

DWWTWT?: March 5

A beautiful cloudless sky and temperatures in the low 50s begat another stroll down 156th Avenue NE: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 160 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 150 None (did
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:00 PM

DWWTWT?: March 4

A dry, temperate morning led me to beat feet down 156th Avenue NE: Commuting Options Selected since 12 June 2006 Mode of Transport Number of Invocations Telecommuted 37 Walked 159 Walked to the Bus 17 Drove 150 None (did not compete) 89 Hope your week
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Monday, March 03, 2008 6:00 PM

DWWTWT?: March 3

We've got two offspring out of town this week, which means I'm on deck to be Gale's primary caregiver (for those of you who are new to this space, she fractured her left leg five days before Christmas). Those responsibilities and a light rain led me to
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