Douglas Reilly

The late Douglas Reilly was the owner of Access Microsystems Inc., a small software development company specializing in ASP.NET and mobile development, often using Microsoft SQL Server as a database. He died late in 2006 and is greatly missed by the SQL Server community as one of the industry's personalities.

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Douglas Reilly 27 July 2005

Geek of the Week: Rob Howard

Geek of the Week

Rob Howard is the founder of Telligent Systems who make CommunityServer, previously he was part of the Microsoft .Net team.… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 18 July 2005

Geek of the Week – Shawn Wildermuth

Geek of the Week

Shawn Wildermuth is a Microsoft MVP and consultant based in Atlanta, he has also wrote Pragmatic ADO.NET: Data Access for the Internet World and numerous articles.… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 11 July 2005

Geek of the Week – Bill Vaughn

Geek of the Week

William Vaughn is a well-known author who writes about Visual Basic and database-related topics. He previously worked for Microsoft, and now runs Beta V Corp.… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 05 July 2005

Database Geek of the Week: Bill Bach

Geek of the Week

Bill Bach, whose company, Goldstar Software, is perhaps the leading source for training and support for users of Btrieve and Pervasive databases. … Read more

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Douglas Reilly 21 June 2005

Geek of the Week – Bob Beauchemin

Geek of the Week

Bob Beauchemin is a developer who not only writes code and develops databases, but also teaches other developers to create applications and databases, often using the latest Microsoft technologies.… Read more

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Douglas Reilly 10 June 2005

Should you use ADO.NET DataReader or DataSet?

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In the beginning, there was the recordset, a central feature of classic ADO. In ADO.NET it was gone.… Read more

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Douglas Reilly 08 June 2005

Geek of the Week – Rebecca Riordan

Geek of the Week

Rebecca Riordan has written several books on database design, and understands how to present data for both the database and end users.… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 03 June 2005

Geek of the Week – Don Demsak

Geek of the Week

Don Demsak is a developer and consultant who serves the developer community by his participation in user group activities and Code Camps throughout the area. … Read more

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Douglas Reilly 19 May 2005

Geek of the Week – Wally McClure

Geek of the Week

In addition to being a Microsoft MVP, Wally is an ASP Insider and one of the authors of a new book from Wrox called Professional ADO.NET 2: Programming with SQL Server 2005, Oracle, and MySQL .… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 11 May 2005

Managing database changes

T-SQL Programming

Stored procedures are not the be-all and end-all of managing changes in a database, but they can be very important tools in allowing changes to be made to a database whilst not breaking client applications...… Read more

T-SQL Programming

Douglas Reilly 11 May 2005

Database Geek of the Week – Hilary Cotter

Geek of the Week

An interview with Hilary Cotter, a specialist in SQL Server full-text search and replication.… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 04 May 2005

Geek of the Week – Euan Garden

Geek of the Week

Euan Garden is a Microsoft group program manager for SQL Server, prior to that he spent four years as the manager of Microsoft's SQL Server Tools development team.… Read more

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Douglas Reilly 25 April 2005

Geek of the Week – Ken Henderson

Geek of the Week

Ken is a consultant who often works for high-profile customers, including the U.S. Navy and Air Force, as well as H&R Block. In addition to books, Ken writes articles covering all aspects of SQL Server.… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 18 April 2005

Geek of the Week – Jim Kyle

Geek of the Week

Jim has been publishing articles related to computers and electronics since at least the early 1960s. He runs a thriving consulting business helping folks repair their Btrieve/Pervasive SQL data files.… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 11 April 2005

Database Geek of the Week: Terri Morton

Geek of the Week

Terri Morton is a Senior Programmer/Analyst for MacDirect, a marketing firm in Pennsylvania. She is a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET as well as an ASP Insider.… Read more

Geek of the Week

Douglas Reilly 11 April 2005

To SP or not to SP in SQL Server

T-SQL Programming

There have been a number of discussions about whether to use SPs or not, often shedding more heat than light, Doug Reilly takes a look at the debate.… Read more

T-SQL Programming

Douglas Reilly 09 March 2005

Is there coding life after 40?

I was about 40 when a well-meaning vice president at my company pulled me aside at a party and told me that I was getting too old to code. … Read more