November 2008 - Posts

• Bankers Rounding. Don’t Bank on it. It’s the Default.

  They say you learn something new every day. In IT I learn at least a dozen new things every day. Did you know that there are two different rounding methods in .Net? I didn't. Now I've come across them in two different applications in the same week. They Read More... Posted Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:11 AM by michael@wardyit.com | 1 Comments

• The Mo Stays. The Hair Goes.

  Just in case you didn't know, I have been growing a moustache as part of Movember . I would now like to introduce you to my Mo . This is the first moustache I have ever grown and I am quite proud of my effort. Apart from the dribbling, it's a great companion. Read More... Posted Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:59 PM by michael@wardyit.com | 0 Comments

• Rule “Restart Computer” Failed

  Something hinky went wrong when I installed SQL Server 2008 on my Development machine and the "Restart Computer" rule kept failing no matter how many times I rebooted. After some Googling I found this page which suggested clearing the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Read More... Posted Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:49 AM by michael@wardyit.com | 11 Comments

• How to work out how long a SQL Instance has been running

  Recently I had to come up with a way of determining how long a SQL Instance had been running. It turns out that there are a few ways to do it and here is my preferred way: SELECT crdate FROM sysdatabases WHERE [name] = 'tempdb' This works because the Read More... Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 11:42 AM by michael@wardyit.com | 0 Comments

• Liberation Day, Cloud Computing and Steve Balmer

  On the 6 th of November I joined other local developers at the Microsoft Offices in Brisbane and around the world to listen to Steve Balmer talk to developers 1 . He was excited and so was I. Steve confirmed one of my truths which is that "the really Read More... Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 10:47 AM by michael@wardyit.com | 0 Comments