Fernando G Guerrero

IT Project Caveats - No. 6: UI, Help and Documentation

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:30:19 GMT

Fernando G Guerrero writes "Everybody knows a good UI is important; everybody adds help and documentation to his or her solution. Well, are you sure? In my opinion, it is worth repeating the importance of those three things. You can start with UI. Web applications are now fashionable; many Windows applications are converted to thin-client versions. Many times the new interface means pain for end users...."

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Caveat No. 4: The Database Design

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:42:42 GMT

Fernando G Guerrero writes "Those who read my blogs regularly could complain that I am repeating myself this time. Of course, I have written comments about design couple of times. Nevertheless, I think there is never enough emphasizing how important a good database design is. Relational design, suitable for OLTP applications, is based on science, namely on set theory. This is one of the rare spots where application development can rely on mathematics."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Business Intelligence

Excel 2007 and Data Mining means no More Spaces in Object Names!

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:08:50 GMT

Fernando G Guerrero writes "....Why is this important for me? Because finally I will be able to use the DMX NATURAL PREDICTION JOIN, without having to specify all original & user-friendly names in the query, and I will be able to get rid of the DMX Query Builder. Why I do not like DMX Query Builder? Because I am an old-fashioned guy, and I do not like query builders at all."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System

Not the ultimate level of security - Application Roles and Connection Pooling

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:43:53 GMT

Fernando G Guerrero writes "Application roles seem like the ultimate level of security in SQL Server. Unfortunately, in SQL Server 2000 you cannot use them together with connection pooling. This means you cannot have a scalable solution that would use application roles. The problem is with security context of the connection - it is not reset properly when it is closed. SQL Server 2005 has a new system procedure...."

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TechNetEventsBloggers.net : Topics : Server : SQL
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SQL Server 2005: What Makes the Difference? Part 6: UDM

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:00:24 GMT

Fernando G Guerrero writes "OLAP cubes are a great enabler of many typical business analyses, analyses that deal with large quantities of data, and use basic mathematical operations mostly (pivoting, drilling down and up and similar). However, traditional OLAP systems have some common problems..."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2006 : Topics : SQL Server

SQL Server 2005: What Makes the Difference? Part 4: XML Support

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:56:22 GMT

Fernando G Guerrero writes "Many database administrators and developers feel uncomfortable with all of the XML support built in the SQL Server 2005 Database Engine. I count myself between database and not application developers; still, I am very impressed with the XML integration..."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2006 : Topics : SQL Server

SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition CTP

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:34:04 GMT

Fernando G Guerrero writes "Microsoft release the CTP of SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition. This edition of SQL Server 2005 is designed for developers who need light weight, in process relational database solution for their applications that can be developed and deployed on desktop as well as on mobile devices... "

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2006 : Topics : SQL Server

SQL Team's new blogs

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:40:33 GMT

Fernando G Guerrero writes "Just a short note to announce the opening of two new blogs run by the SQL Server team..."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2006 : Topics : SQL Server