Monthly Archives: October 2007

My plans for DDD6

I’ve been looking through the agenda for DDD6 and there is a lot of fantastic sessions there and I’m going to have to make some hard choices on the day. So what appeals to me: In the first session I’m … Continue reading

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MVP Open Day

That was a great couple of days. Lots of good information was exchanged. Lots of interesting people were met. What was most interesting was that the audience, being made up of highly skilled experts, were much more on the ball … Continue reading

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DDD6 Full… Already!!!

Registration opened yesterday for ~350 people + a wait list. It DDD has broken records again by being booked up in about 1 day!!! I didn’t believe it so I went to the registration site and sure enough it says … Continue reading

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My session is a GO for DDD6

I’ve just had a confirmation email through that my session has been selected for DDD6. A panel of experts will answer the audiences questions on the subject of recruitment chaired by Colin Mackay. This session is for you if you … Continue reading

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A following on Twitter

I’ve noticed that I have about double the number of followers than those that I am following. I’m not entirely sure what that means. I’m only following people that I’ve actually met. Does that mean I say interesting things, or … Continue reading

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I’ve been podcasted!

Oh no! I’ve been podcasted. Craig Murphy caught up with me at SQL Bits and demanded to know what I thought of the sessions that I attended. I’m not sure if I really am that repetitious of if it was … Continue reading

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Recruitment Session at DDD6

Just some more information for any of those that might be interested in my session at DDD6. A panel of experts will answer the audiences questions on the subject of recruitment chaired by Colin Mackay. This session is for you … Continue reading

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What is a DAL (Part 4)

As has been mentioned previously, one of the purposes of the DAL is to shield that application from the database. That said, what happens if a DAL throws an exception? How should the application respond to it? In fact, how … Continue reading

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What is a DAL (Part 3)

In this continuation of my series on the DAL I’m going to show the ability to create several DALs and have a Factory class instantiate the correct DAL based on settings in a config file. One of the purposes of … Continue reading

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SQLBits

I haven’t said much about SQLBits, a community conference that I was at last weekend in Reading. It was a brilliant day out and I hardly spent anything. The snacks and lunch were free at the venue (Microsoft Campus) and … Continue reading

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