Monthly Archives: July 2007

Installing SQL Server 2008 (Katmai)

Posted on Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 by Colin A. Mackay

I’m just installing SQL Server 2008 (Codenamed Katmai) June 2007 CTP. The installation isn’t without its problems – which is fine for the moment. It is a CTP after all. The main problem is with the prerequisits. The installer will … Continue reading →

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Aye! Right!

Posted on Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 by Colin A. Mackay

I just got this email purporting to be from PayPal. I don’t believe the email. Dear valued PayPal member: It has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment … Continue reading →

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Useless Error Message

Posted on Monday, 2 July, 2007 by Colin A. Mackay

Exception Processing Message 0xc0000013 Parameters 0x75BE023C 0x8343FCBC 0x75BE023C 0x75BE023C Well here’s a pointless error message from Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 running on Windows Vista. What actually happened is that I picked from the list of recently opened files a presentation that … Continue reading →

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Photos of my talk

Posted on Monday, 2 July, 2007 by Colin A. Mackay

John Thomson was kind enough to send me a couple of photos from my presentation on An Introduction to Unit Testing with Mock Objects. I’m told that the head count was 65+ for my session Tags: ddd5 photo presentation mock … Continue reading →

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Mock Objects with the User Interface

Posted on Sunday, 1 July, 2007 by Colin A. Mackay

In response to one of the questions I was asked during my presentation at DDD5 yesterday on how to  use of Mock Objects with ASP.NET I’m giving the link to the dnrTV show that contains the answer to the question: Jean … Continue reading →

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It happens every time!

Posted on Sunday, 1 July, 2007 by Colin A. Mackay

Every time I go to Microsoft at TVP something goes wrong with my travel plans. This time it was for DDD5 (Developer Day 5) The previous time it was because the M6 was shut, the time before that I got … Continue reading →

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