Tag: SQL Server

  • Slides from VSLive Dallas 2008: WiX, LINQ to SQL Architecture, Web Testing, Windows Azure

    I spoke at VSLive Dallas 2008 last week.  Here are my slides. Win and Web Installers with WiX code, slides, more  Windows Azure Tour code, slides Architect Applications End-to-End with LINQ to SQL code, slides Visual Studio Team System Web Testing slides, code/discussion -Ben — Want to run one of these talks at your company…

  • Oracle For SQL Server Developers, Vol. 3

    Here’s another post in the Oracle For SQL Server Developers series (vol1, vol2).  The goal with this post is to help you get a feel for some common column data types in Oracle. Tip #16: Data Type Equivalents for Numbers SQL Server Oracle int NUMBER float, real NUMBER(precision, scale) In Oracle, a number can be…

  • Oracle For SQL Server Developers, Vol. 2

    Here’s another post in my Oracle for SQL Server Developers series.  Tip #7: What is SQL*Plus and how do I connect to Oracle with SQL*Plus? SQL*Plus is a command-line client for talking to Oracle.  It’s similar to SQL Server’s sqlcmd.exe.  It’s usually installed in $ORACLE_HOMEBINsqlplus.exe so on my machine with a default install that path…

  • Oracle For SQL Server Developers, Vol. 1

    When I first started working with the Oracle database back in 2001, I remember how difficult it was to figure ANYTHING out.  I had plenty of experience managing SQL Server, designing databases with SQL Server, and implementing applications with SQL Server but getting even the most basic tasks done in Oracle was a major feat.…