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I needed to write a sql statement in SQL2000 that took a string containing all the values i wanted to match IN a parameter, but the parameter is an integer. Essentially, I wanted to write SELECT * FROM Foo where … Continued

For those fortunate enough to be going to Mix in Vegas this year, there’s a bunch of Live Services sessions you should check out: Developing with Windows LiveWednesday, March 5 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM, Delfino 4003Speaker(s): Angus Logan, Miguel … Continued

If you’re after an evaluation developer account so you can use the Virtual Earth and MapPoint APIs, just request a developer account here: https://mappoint-css.live.com/mwssignup/

Installed ASP.Net 3.5 Extensions Preview today to use in a project and had some fun working out where the dlls were now living. Finally found them in C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Also remember, after switching your System.Web.Extensions and … Continued

It’s been a few months since the last update, so here’s the stats for January and February New Articles Who’s Online Integrating MapPoint Web Service with Virtual Earth 6 Client Side Clustering Invoking server side code using AJAX Part 2 … Continued

The first release is out of the community project on codeplex to give native JavaScript Intellisence to Virtual Earth inside Visual Studio 2008. http://www.codeplex.com/VEJS Essentially this is a little bit of documentation code that you reference during development for intellisence … Continued

Boy has this month just flown by!  Just a few of the highlights: My MVP expertise was changed from Live Services to Live Services Platform Microsoft Australia User Group site was released We did more travelling this month visting Sydney … Continued

I always get caught by this..so time to write myself a note.  I’ve installed Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite and i go to connect to TFS but the menu options are missing..what did i forget to do? Just need to … Continued

We’ve been working away on the new version of the Microsoft Australia Find a Partner site and it has now been released! So’s what’s new since the last version?  The key features that the end users i.e. YOU see are: Upgraded … Continued

After what sounds like a very sucessful event 0 GirlGeekDinners Sydney are holding their 2nd event – A Picnic in the Park – to celebrate International Women’s Day. For full details on the event, check out the facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21228582696

Client wanted to move ViewState off the page to reduce page weight.  Hadn’t done this for awhile (read ages) so I found this article and the discussion about where to move it to.  So I went with cache and allow … Continued

Client wanted a text box they could type a date into but also a calendar control if they didn’t want to type.  So I went with a Textbox, a compareValidator to ensure the entered data was of type Date and … Continued

A client wanted a cool, predictive dropdownlist.  So I decided to give the AJAX AutoCompleteExtender a go. It was really easy to use, didn’t have to write a lot of code and works a treat…what else could I ask for? … Continued

Here are some tips for anyone looking to get an Ager Airconditioning unit. Ager will NOT honor the warranty if the owner of the property changes, no matter what the problem with the unit.  There’s no way to transfer it or … Continued

International Women’s Day will see the launch of a new Australian girlie IT book : Tech Girls are Chic. “The book presents 16 gals working in a range of Information Technology (IT) jobs in Australia. It shows the diversity of … Continued

Our presentation at the Gold Coast .Net User group on SQL 2008 Spatial and Virtual Earth has now been postponed till the 20th March.

Last night we did presentation 7 of 9 in our User Group tour.  We presented on Valentine’s Day at the Perth SQL UG.  We were thinking about grabbing some roses or the like for those who came along but in … Continued

Got confirmation through that I’m shifting MVP expertise from Windows Live to Windows Live Platform.  See new profile here: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Bronwen.Zande

Last night we did presentation 6 of 9 in Sydney, in our series our User Group presentations. Around 20 people battled the rainy afternoon that we may have brought with us.  So thanks for those guys for turning up and giving … Continued

Are you in the UK and interested in learning how to develop with the Windows Live Platform?  Then there’s a couple of event coming up that you might be interested in… From UK ISV Blog The Partner Readiness have just … Continued

I was reading the GeekGirlBlogs feed this morning and noticed Martha is kicking off Girl Geek Dinners in Ireland on the 27th of February.  So if you’re in Ireland and want to catch up with some other like-minded ladies check … Continued

For those that don’t know I moderate the Virtual Earth forums at MSDN: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=537&SiteID=1 The forum is buzzing with questions and awesome answers from the likes of Ricky, Derek, Brian, Jeff, Roberto, Mike and many others. If you really want … Continued

We’ve been working on a new Microsoft Usergroup site for the last few months, and it’s just been released! You can check it out here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-au/cc185136.aspx It allows users for find any of the Microsoft User Groups in Australia visually … Continued

One of our clients that John has been working with for awhile has release their new site http://clikitysplit.com. ClikitySplit.com is the world wide web’s first visual, rich multimedia, dynamic, marketing and search engine.  Using ClikitySplit, consumers worldwide can quickly, visually, … Continued

Next week we’re travelling to Sydney and Perth to deliver our presentation on SQL 2008 Spatial with Virtual Earth. If you’re around in Sydney on the 13th we’re going out to dinner and drinks with some of the ladies from … Continued

Had a few chats with Catherine about catching up for dinner when we’re in Sydney next week, which then grew into lets invite some other girls too, which then turned into…let’s see if we can get the bloggers on geekgirlblogs … Continued

We’ve had a busy and eventful start to 2008..and boy has it just flown by! It kicked off really well when I was awarded a Microsoft MVP award. Already i’ve met quite a few other MVPs, had an introduction lunch … Continued

Some exciting news just in! The first Girl Geek Dinner Sydney is to be held on 21st February.  Sign up for the event on facebook or check out the website. The first event is at Lindt Chocolate Cafe, Cockle Bay and … Continued

Yesterday we presented at both the newly formed SQL UG and the .Net Usergroup in Hobart.  Both had small crowds (in comparison to the 100 attendees we had in Melbourne) but both had people with lots of good questions. It … Continued

So you heard about Live Services and not sure what they are or want to hear a bit more about about the different services? There’s a series of webcasts available that i first saw here. Session 1 – Windows Live … Continued