MS Access: upsizing to SQL Server 2008

I’m currently researching ways to move my main MS Access application from a simple local network client/backend setup to a global, multiple remote sites configuration using SQL Server. One of the challenges is to upsize the current MS Access accdb backend database to SQL Server 2008. If you try it from Access itself using the... » read more

Technical ebooks: some publishers don’t get it

I like buying technical books. Unfortunately, here in Hong Kong, we have less choice: there are not that many technical bookstores that cater for English-language books and the selection is rather limited. So whenever a book isn’t available here, I buy it online as a PDF. It’s cheaper, saves postage and I can keep them... » read more