Googling for using Linked Server functionality in SQL server to link a MySQL database returns lots of results. However, reaching a final answer may take 5 or 6 hours of cursing. Below, I am describing my adventure hope saving you some curse: 1) Install “MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver” Connector for ODBC [here] 2) Go to ODBC Data Source Administrator (Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Data Sources (ODBC)) 3) Add a new System DSN: ...

Today 6th December 2011, dates my first year anniversary in this company. Since I was a teen, my dream was to work in a big enterprise as a tech lead and now I have it (at that time we praised BillG not SteveJ). Working in these big companies is a little different from working for a small local company (my previous job) or working on your own start-up. I experienced: ...

My first experience with Internet coincided with Yahoo! web site. At that time there were two portal giants for the non-US users. Aside from AOL, that was a darling for the the US customers, we knew only Yahoo! and MSN. I remember my father and his colleagues thought Yahoo! as a door to the internet. Even if they want to go to MSN, they first typed yahoo.com in the browser, of course with http://www. in the beginning, and then they type msn.com. ...

Last year, I did a research as a part of my MBA thesis on failure of CRM implementations in developing countries and compare the effective reasons from developed countries to the ones in developing countries. I uploaded the last chapter of it so you can review it. Get the report