I received a rather nasty shock to discover that you can't use the BindingNavigator Validating event to stop navigating to the next, previous, first or last record in a DataSource if there are validation errors on your Form. If you are using a DataGridView...

SQL Server 2008 has been released to Manufacture (RTM). It is now available for download from MSDN and TechNet....

The July 2008 edition of the WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server Newsletter has been e-mailed to everyone on the distribution list. For those not on the distribution list you can view the newsletter using the following URL http://www.wardyit.com/newsletters/jul2008.htm...

If there is one consistent thing that I have learned about programming it is that there is always more to know. Being a visual learner, I gravitate towards videos. Here are some excellent videos on Windows Forms Controls, Data Binding and Windows Forms...

The WARDY IT Community Dinner is a casual event for IT professionals in South East Queensland. It is a fun way to meet new people and find out how other IT professionals are dealing with the challenges that we face every day. For something different the...

I'm working on an application where the presentation is very important and I want it to look great. I am overriding the Form's OnPaint() method so that I can create a Gradient background. I thought that I had done a fantastic job until I started to resize...

Michael O'Dea-Jones, WARDY IT Solutions Senior .Net Developer has started blogging. His blog can be found here ....

I am trying to get an audit trail going and want to record the user who created and modified the record in the database. I'm developing a .Net Windows Forms Application and assumed that the Current Principal's Identity was being set magically to the current...

WARDY IT Solutions has continued to demonstrate its experience with the Microsoft data platform and has been awarded as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft...

The release of SQL Server 2008 is getting very close. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference it was announced that SQL Server 2008 will be available on the price list for partners and customers. Full details of the Press Release can be found here...

Often when reporting there is a need to determine what Monday's date was for the previous week. For example give me all sales from Monday to Sunday for last week. The following Reporting Services snippet will calculate what last Monday's date was: DateAdd("d",...

After missing a month due to Tech-Ed US the WARDY IT Community is back for the new financial year. The WARDY IT Community Dinner is typically held on the second Monday of the month and is a great opportunity to share knowledge, information and experiences...

The much anticipated release of SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 has been made just in time to be announced at the IT Professional week at Tech-Ed US. Andrew Fryer announced in this blog post that RC0 is available for download for MSDN and TechNet...

The WARDY IT Community Dinner is a casual event for IT professionals in South East Queensland. It is a fun way to meet new people and find out how other IT professionals are dealing with the challenges that we face every day. For something different the...

I have been rewarded for the second year as a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) for Windows Server System - SQL Server. Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded...

Jeff Wharton will be presenting a session on SQL Server CE for developers at Code Camp Oz 2008 . Code Camp Oz is a free .Net community event that is held at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga (NSW) over the Anzac Day long weekend in April. For more...

Not only is Jeff Wharton presenting at Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2008 IT Professionals, but I am also. I will be presenting the session Using Server Management Objects to Manage Microsoft SQL Server ....

I will be presenting at the Wellington SQL Server User Group in New Zealand on Thursday the 13 th of March. In this session I will be presenting on SQL Server indexing and the new features in SQL Server 2008. For more details regarding this presentation...

The February 2008 edition of the WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server Newsletter has been e-mailed to everyone on the distribution list. For those not on the distribution list you can view the newsletter using the following URL http://www.wardyit.com/newsletters/feb2008.htm...

As I travel around a lot of people see me running Windows Vista and are surprised. Often the comment is something like 'How can you run Vista and still be productive?'. I am the first to admit that there were challenges to start with. However these challenges...

The WARDY IT Community Dinner is typically held on the second Monday of the month and is a great opportunity to share knowledge, information and experiences with other IT professionals in South East Queensland. Due to popular demand we are finally heading...

Winning Speaker Idol 2007 at Tech-Ed Barcelona was not enough for Jeff Wharton . Not only will Jeff be presenting at Tech-Ed Europe 2008, he has just received notification that he will be presenting at Tech-Ed US 2008 in Orlando....

Over the last week there have been two significant rereleases for SQL Server. The first in the long anticipated release of the February Community Technology Preview for SQL server 2008 (aka CTP6) which can be downloaded from here . The second is Cumulative...

If you are looking for the Perfect gift for Valentine's Day then why not check out SQLServerDVD.com . Production of the first DVD with Kalen Delaney is almost complete hence the pre-order price of only $19.95 plus shipping is only available until Valentine's...

Don't miss the opportunity to see Kalen Delaney present on SQL Server Architecture, Internals and Optimisation. Kalen Delaney is the author of the bestselling books Inside SQL Server 2000, Inside SQL Server 2005 – The Storage Engine and Inside SQL Server...