January 2008 - Posts

• Keep Your Server Clean by Using Virtual Applications

  It's pretty well understood that it's highly desirable to keep servers lean and mean. But what do you do when you need to use a tool, particularly if it is needed only once? You could install the utility application and then remove it, but that does introduce Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:37 PM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks

• SQL Server 2008 Spatial Data

  Once you start investigating SQL Server 2008 spatial features, you quickly discover that there are three problems: Loading useful data. Writing spatial queries. Seeing the results. It's very easy to experience scope creep while sorting things out. For Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:21 AM by John Paul Cook | 1 Comments