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xSQL Software 4th of July Giveaway

Posted by Jason Massie Click to IM Jason Massie on Friday, July 04, 2008 at 11:19 AM to SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005
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I ran across this on Digg. I have not had a chance to mess with the product yet but I have heard good things about their xProfiler tool. I just thought I would pass this on:

 

To celebrate the 4th of July instead of fireworks we have decided to give away 1000 RSS Reporter licenses worth $99 each. Hurry, only the first 1000 will benefit from this.

Important notes:

  • One license per person / organization only.
  • Any license you obtain from xSQL Software can not be resold

FREE RSS Reporter 5 SQL Server Instances License - a $99 value, no strings attached
To receive your free licenses:

  • Go to the RSS Reporter order page here
  • Select the "5 SQL Server Instances" license
  • When you reach the shopping cart page plug in the special discount code: JULY4GIVEAWAY on the "Discount" text box and click the "Update Cart" button to apply the 100% discount.
  • Enjoy the product and send us your comments and suggestions!

Expiration: this offer expires at the end of the day on July 4, 2008.

 

Here is the scoop on RSS report from their site:

RSS Reporter

Generate standard RSS feeds for SQL Server job status, ad-hoc queries, database size and space usage.

  • Jobs from multiple SQL Servers into one RSS feed

  • Drill down on a job RSS feed to see the details

  • Filter and sort job feeds by status, execution time, etc.

  • Graphical database size/space RSS feed

  • Turn any T-SQL query into a standard RSS feed

  • Access feeds anytime from any connected device

  • Supports SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000.

 

While you are at it, check out the rest of their products.

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RE: SQL Server 2008 Launching Next Week?

Posted by Jason Massie Click to IM Jason Massie on Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 1:55 PM to SQL Server 2008, Rumor mill, Rumor mill
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My crack investigative journalism skills web surfing has brought me to two more tidbits of info:

Benjamin Figueroa, Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist, is "Preparing contents for SQL Server 2008 RTM launch".

While a tweet is hardly scientific prove, it does give a little more weight to the rumor we heard yesterday.

Also to paraphrase Buck Woody, the SQL team has nothing but time now so expect more blogging. Read the