Category: Visual Studio

Revisiting my Blog

I have spent a decent amount of time over the years, trying to convince myself to spend some time on my blog.  I have updated the OS of the VM that runs it.  I have migrated from whatever platform I started on (I think I had two different ones going at one point.) I have… Continue reading Revisiting my Blog

Icon Extractor in VB.NET – The Code Project – VB.NET

I was looking for a way to get a particular graphic, and came across this utility.  I thought it might be useful later. Background The general idea is to pull out icons that are embedded resources to DLL’s or EXE’s. The way it’s done is with the old fashioned Win32 API’s. Icon Extractor in VB.NET –… Continue reading Icon Extractor in VB.NET – The Code Project – VB.NET

SQL and ODBC

I was trying to figure out how to get some data from an ODBC source and put it into SQL, and found a post with an interesting possible answer:  Recently, I discovered an issue with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) regarding how the Execute SQL Task item handles returning a result set to the control flow. Lets start by… Continue reading SQL and ODBC

Product instance … has had update 3054 installed…

So when I tried to install the update that I downloaded in my earlier post, I got the following message: The product instance SQL Tools has had update 3054 installed. You do not need to install this update. An update equal to or greater than 3159 should be downloaded. Isn’t that special…  Guess I need… Continue reading Product instance … has had update 3054 installed…