By Wes Stueve on 3/14/2008 2:54 PM

I'm running 2005, but a client of mine is on 2000. I thought I was in for trouble, but here is the solution: http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread532998.html.

Here are some hints in case you want to try on your own first:

Generate the script for your database object, split it so that the foreign key run after the second step.

Generate two bulk copy scripts with a select statement from sysobjects: one for exporting 2005 and one importing batch file for 2000.

By Wes Stueve on 3/9/2008 3:35 PM

Two years ago or so, I started recruiting computer science students from UMKC. It's only around 15 minutes or so away from Henderson Engineers (my former employer), and I figured that I could recruit some good students to help out with the development and give back a little to the community. It also has the added benefits of training potential employees who can hit the ground running, an unparalleled screening process, and keeping fresh ideas flowing in. I had great success with this, and it is a testament to the quality of study available at UMKC.

I had eight UMKC students or alum working under my supervision at some point or another, and I recruited one more right before I resigned. From what I hear, he is fantastic. I have to admit it was kind of a no brainer since he had a serious chance of interning for the NSF, which is why I didn't hire him sooner. I really felt like it had been a win-win situation. These young men and women helped us get a lot of stuff done, and we were able to provide them with guidance, perspective and experience.

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By Wes Stueve on 3/9/2008 7:34 AM

Microsoft provides a very good extension model for Visual Studio 2005. One of my favorites is the snippet library. It helps to make short work of repetitive tasks. One that I use more than any other is the property snippet. I have created an improvement on this and these are the instructions for setting it up.

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