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On a Windows XP Professional with XP3 attempts to upgrade/install SQL Server
2008 failed. The correct authentication was not recognized and only a few
files were created.
Conclusions:
First attempt: To upgrade an existing SQL Server 2008 Enterprise (evaluation)
[Mysorian] failed in the last step of the upgrade. However the following
files were added to the SQL Server folder on the machine. It appears that the
upgrade process created not only Upgrade files but also install files as
shown here.
Second attempt: Tried to install a new server[Ganga]: failed.
Later in the maintenance mode, the repair option to repair the failed fresh
install worked but cannot connect to the named instance of SQL Server 2008 R2
Nov CTP.
Named instance Ganga of the fresh install... (more)
AJAX has dominated the web space so extensively that it needs no
introduction. Connecting to a server via XMLHttpRequest and making a partial
page refresh is what makes this technique so attractive. However, use of
these AJAX requests, although very attractive, can pose dangers as well.
JavaScript acts as a vector to infect websites with worms, such as SAMY,
using cross-site scripting, a... (more)
Microsoft cannot sleep comfortably. There is assault from all flanks- be it
mobile, be it OS, be it the venerable Office, almost anything one can think
of. Now SQL Azure has a competitor. Amazon Web Services is out with a
relational database service, the Amazon RDS. It is still in beta and seems to
do everything that SQL Azure will and can do: infrastructure provisioning,
software mainte... (more)
Enterprises are increasingly being called upon to provide a high level of
user experience with compelling and interactive content. Serving enterprise
content and data securely to internet / intranet has become a very common
necessity and is routinely handled by web servers. Web services technology,
on the other hand, addresses the application-to-application transparent
interaction over t... (more)
JavaScript has suddenly matured and perhaps these are its best of times.
There is a large number of JavaScript libraries vying for your attention and
capture your heart. Review the article describing the various libraries on
Wikipedia.
It all really started with the introduction of Dynamic HTML[DHTML] when
Javascript provided the scripting ability to interact with the web page which
had ... (more)
Jayaram Krishnaswamy is a technical writer, mostly writing articles that are related to the web and databases. He is the author of SQL Server Integration Services published by Packt Publishers in the UK.
His recent book, 'Learn SQL Server Reporting Services 2008' was also published by Packt Publishers Inc, Birmingham.
He writes articles on several topics to many sites.
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