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Patching issue on SQL 2000 breaking BizTalk Deployment.

Campbell McNeill — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:24:00 GMT

Had this issues when I tried to deploy a BizTalk 2004 assembly to a recently patched SQL 2000 SP4 Instance:

[Microsoft.BizTalk.Deployment.DeploymentException] [System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException] Failed to load msxmlsql.dll. [System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException] Failed to load msxmlsql.dll.

A few sites pointed to potential fixes but these appeared to be red herrings. In the end our DBA re-applied SP4 and the issue was cleared up. Most bizarre. Will teach us to deploy security updates so quickly!

Visual Stuidio and NDoc Integration

Campbell McNeill — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:31:00 GMT

Just been messing around trying to integrate nDoc with VS 2003.

I've got it so that I can compile using the external tools, but unfortuantly I can seem to make this as slick as I would like. I've added the console with the following:

Title : NDoc Compile
Command: C:\Software\OpenSource\ndoc\1.3.1\bin\net\1.1\NDocConsole.exe
Arguments: -project=$(SolutionDir)Solution.ndoc
Initial Dir: $(SolutionDir)

This ties me to the solution.ndoc though for hte ndoc project file. Would be good if I could get the add in to automatically look for .ndoc

Anyone got any ideas?

Visual Studio 2005 and Integrated unit testing

Campbell McNeill — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:10:00 GMT

Please, help? Do I really need to buy VSTS to get integrated unit testing?

I've got an MSDN subscription which I thought was kind of universal but it seems I dont get any of team system. Now, I wasn't particuarly bothered with a lot of the stuff but I dont get the integrated unit testing in the pro edition.

I guess this means that I am going to be sticking with NUnit and as such recommending that my clients do exactly the same.

I don't see why Microsoft should be putting this kind of an additional expense on independant consultants, not given the amount of money I have made them in server licences from my clients!

Podcasts - A cracking resource

Campbell McNeill — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:23:00 GMT

Hi, don't know how many of you have found the wonders of podcasts as yet. I'm quite into them, as a good podcast can make the walk to work a better use of time than it would be listening to the latest Green Day album.

As yet the podcast scene is in its infancy but there are several good resources out there. The best one I have found is delivered by the folk who host my blog. It covers all manner of useful developer information including plenty of interviews etc.

Check out Podcast Studio .NET

If like me you are the proud owner of an ipod then iTunes 4.9 includes pod cast access and this podcast is synicated through this. This makes it a lot easier to make sure you have the latest episode.