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Wile E Coyote is a true geniusI will NEVER lose my passion for chasing things with inventive fervour, usually blowing myself up in the process February 09 Victorian Bush FiresOur prayers and thoughts go out to those affected by this tragedy... We pledge to do what we can... starting by giving blood...
I am thankful for those who came through it, and offer my support in prayer and thought.
Feel free to talk here... to add your comments and share in the support for these communities.
January 13 Linq to SQLGreg raised an interesting comment on his blog... Does Linq to SQL have a future...
It is interesting the thrust of his point is one I commonly hear in working with MSAccess... The argument for expediency because of mission critical requirement vs using the tool irresponsibly.
Anyone who dares to look under the covers and "Understand" the gizzards is bound to be horrified... I would point you at the vehicle you drive to work, polluting atmosphere and creating greenhouse gases in the manufacture of the fuel, we would all walk to work if we truly understood what we are doing to the planet...
But we all drive, because it is expedient and necessary that we move quickly from one place to another to be effective at what we do.
The good thing about the tool is it puts coders into productive mode without waiting on DBA's to dig the data out... provided you recognise the limitation and consequence of this... I believe it to be a responsible use of the product, and that is where I see its major role. But giving up your process to some generic utility in the final production is a very dangerous practice... it can leave you open to all manner of support issues, not to mention criticism of your professionalism. This I know from personal experience, where something that I designed to do a temporary job became a deployment well beyond its intended purpose.
That position also strengthens the position that DBA's should move the data around, and coders should work with the moved data. Specialisation... One should have a basic understanding of what is done within the area of specialisation is doing to the rest of the project, or your value to the team is reduced. I love seeing results, but even I draw the line before "at any cost"...
If Microsoft is pushing the products into ISP or Large Data Farm Clients, I feel it is to promote interaction between the various teams in those organisations. I stress this is a personal feeling and it is in no way intended as a criticism. It is a valid use of the products in those organisations. By bolting them on to Team Services or WPF - they can not avoid a wider take up of the products in that segment.
So Greg - your clever plant of com ce com ca MS Access is spot on... It is exhibiting the same growth pattern. October 02 Linking to DataAfter nearly 2 years of trying, I still have not come up with a stable, simple, secure, reliable and universal way to link to a data file. There is always some degree of trade off in doing anything with data.
I am familiar with MS Access as a data store for small projects. It works very well and if designed correctly it will scale up to say 20 mb of data. It does get quite wobbly at 100 mb... but at 50mb... any design flaws start to hurt.
The beauty of using it is that it has the entire container of access/security in the one object. That is also its drawback... Its ODBC ships with the Windows OS now... so you don't even need office loaded on the client to invoke it. For legacy systems, its easy to install the odbc as part of your own application install. It just fails to stand up to remote connection. It gets extremely unstable, and unreliable once you get into ASPx.
No worries... use an SQL Express or SQL Clone for small applications.... admittedly it makes it easier to connect, but installation becomes the stumbling block...
So how do you get around the indecision of which way to leap?
I think in planning your application you need to look hard at how easy it is to install in environments of XP AND Vista. You can not ignore legacy systems if you want market penetration. So stay tuned and I will tell you what I decide, and over the coming months we can learn together how to have confidence in your data sources.
Cheers. September 30 Timely PostI have been ill for most of this month... I hate being sick...
I wanted to respond to Joannes Comment but realised I need to join yet another blogging fraternity to do so... So in stead I shall just say Joanne that Rudd is to Turnbull as Gough was to Fraser... Although I feel that Turnbull's comments on the state of our financial stability in the face of Rudd's appeal for calm were irresponsible. They did him no favours with me. Those who dont learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
A lot of people will be hurt if panic sets in as it already has overseas. Bottom line, its a time when politics should unite to give us a strong front... not jockey for position and damn the consequences.
I wish I could say I have answers, but wiping billions off the value of peoples investments because a bunch of drongos panic - well one answer is not to act like a drongo - Dont Panic...
People stop spending when they have no money and can't borrow any. simple fact. Nothing to spend. Further they therefore convert assets to repay debt. More assets for sale wipes their value even lower. Gloom and Doom merchants' fodder.
Stop spending folks and people lose jobs - etc etc etc... we lower inflation sure, and of course interest rates fall because the money hoarders can't shift it, cause there is no one to lend it to who can pay it back. So the hoarders buy up the cheap assets, and rent them out .... and turn even more money out.
August 13 HappinessThere appears to be a reoccuring meme about my life... Happiness. A lot is being said and thought of around me, its pursuit (Mitch), its lack of (Myself), its indifference to - my current Boss.
I can't help but notice that people who have a fulfilling life tend to be happy. They tend to have set some goal and can measure positive achievement.
Your view of your goal achievement gets clouded by pressure, abuse, demands of your job, or your relationships, fatigue and even diet.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO WRITE OUT YOUR GOALS AND TICK THEM OFF.. PUT THEM UP WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM.
Simple but effective happiness.
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