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October 2008 Update: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP

Now available, prebuilt is available for download Source is also available from Codeplex: CodePlex

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 10/19/2008

Hidden in the Mists of the Forest

Hidden in the mists of the autumnal forests (northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere it is...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 10/16/2008

Where to Start With F#

Robert Pickering, the author of “Foundations of F#” hosts an informative wiki; an excellent place to...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/30/2008

Microsoft, Open Source and IronRuby

John Lam is interviewed by James Turner at OSCON 2008. To understand the interface between Microsoft...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/29/2008

SQL Server Driver for PHP: Last Inserted Row ID

After a mysql_query with an INSERT statement, a quick call to mysql_insert_id provides the ID of the...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/22/2008

SQL Server Driver PHP commands compared with MySQL PHP commands

Over the years I have used the inbuilt PHP drivers for MySQL. The best mechanism for mapping the two...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/22/2008

Codeplex now supports SVN

Woohoo! Codeplex now supports SVN. As an SVN user (via TortoiseSVN) and follower of a few Codeplex...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/15/2008

Vista as my PHP Developer Workstation

Prior to joining Microsoft, I always setup my Windows laptop as a PHP/Apache development...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/13/2008

C# REPL for Mono

There is something cute about REPL with C#

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/08/2008

Slides from Sydney PHP User Group

Microsoft, PHP and IIS7View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/05/2008

MySQL to SQLServer 2008 Express [redux]

Last week, the SQLServer 2008 Express team released a download with the SQL Server Management...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 09/01/2008

Speaking at Sydney PHP Group

Pop along. PHP and IIS7, plus other SQL goodness. Also find out what exactly is a demon core?

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 08/27/2008

In Which I Get My Own IIS7

Thanks to our resident Hosting Geek: Jorke, I have an internet-facing Windows 2008 / IIS7 web site....

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 08/19/2008

MySQL to SQLServer [Express] 2008

Being a historical LAMP guy, the first problem is how do I get my data across? The release of free...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 08/18/2008

I LOL everytime I see “M$”

A common internet and twitter shorthand for Microsoft is MS. Not-so-Microsoft friendly people use...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 06/04/2008

Witty weaving

Witty is a Twitter client that is a neat little WPF application. Having removed Snitter from my...

Author: NickHodgeMicrosoft Date: 01/30/2008

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