15Dec 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Delphi Developer Days 2016 Baltimore

Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software Events
  Delphi Developer Days 2016 Baltimore [caption id="attachment_380" align="aligncenter" width="770"][/caption]   The Delphi Developer Days 2016 which was held in Baltimore was a top notch 2 day knowledge fest that went over various aspects of the Delphi language.  As always Cary Jensen, Loy Anderson and Nick Hodges gave the utmost sessions to the attending group.  Each developer was able to interact with one another dealing with various issues they may have using the Delphi language. All in all each session was roughly an hour and dealt with debugging, programming methods and tools to impact daily Delphi programming.  The room was packed with programmers in the Northeast section of the United States that all came to Baltimore.  Baron Software once again attended as done in the release past and had a…
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28Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Baron Software Supports IDERA DB PowerStudio

Software Releases, SQL Tips
Baron Software Supports IDERA's DB PowerStudio Baron Software is a longtime user of IDERA's DB PowerStudio which assists us in dealing with our clients in maintaining thousands of mission-critical multi-platform databases that are used for data warehouses along with highly robust data driven applications,” said Richard Baroniunas, software developer and DBA at Baron Software. “It is an utmost priority to use the absolutely best monitoring and troubleshooting software for our clients. All of Baron Software’s clients deserve the best software tools on the market and that is the reason IDERA’s DB PowerStudio suite is always used. The newest release of DB PowerStudio will create the client satisfaction that is our main objective. Read the Businesswire article Read the full article at BusinessWire.  Idera DB Powerstudio for various SQL servers give you the utmost ability to…
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27Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Saving SQL Column Headers Results

SQL Tips
Saving SQL Column Headers Results Sometimes you can run into problems that tend to take up time and could have been solved in a minute.  One of these strange problems is when you attempt to save a Microsoft SQL query result grid to a CSV file. Using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Now most of DBA or Developers tend to use the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to do the necessary general SQL work.  As you expected when you execute a query the results grid appears displaying the results.  I as countless others tend to copy the information and save it in an excel spreadsheet to do further analysis.  But there are times you may need to save the information into a CSV file for the purpose of…
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20Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

SQL Stored Procedures to get folder and files

SQL Tips
  SQL Stored Procedures to get folder and files There may be a time when you will need to get the file name contents from a folder for the purpose of using the information in your stored procedure.  The one undocumented stored procedure on Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is master.sys.xp_dirtree that you can use. In your stored procedure, we will go ahead and create a temporary table that will store the files with their correct extension.  The first thing we want to do is check whether the temporary table was left over and remove it.  Usually when you close out a session temporary tables will be destroyed but it is fine to check and do house cleaning in  your stored procedure. IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#FilesListing') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #FilesListing; The…
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20Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Nintendo announces the Switch game console

Computer PC Tips - bits and bytes, Hardware Reviews
Nintendo announces the Switch game console for March 2017 There isn't much information on the cost but it can be anywhere between $200 to $350 (USD).  This pricing is critical for Nintendo as to whether they think the Switch will compete against the Xbox or PS4.  Remember the Xbox one dropped it's price since the PS4 was winning on the console war.  Does this mean Nintendo cares about the war or are they going their own way with their fans? You can view the Switch console video which shows everybody either remotely, on planes, walking just playing their games.   Satoru Iwata, Nintendo "As proof that Nintendo maintains strong enthusiasm for the dedicated game system business, let me confirm that Nintendo is currently developing a dedicated game platform with a brand-new concept under the development codename 'NX'. It…
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