Error in Managed .NET Sybase Provider

Getting this error with your Sybase .NET driver? There is limited discussion that I found via Google, so I thought I would mention the solution here:
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ERROR Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at at Sybase.Data.AseClient.Unmanaged.ExecuteCommand(IntPtr pCommandHandle)
at Sybase.Data.AseClient.AseCommand.Execute()
at Sybase.Data.AseClient.AseCommand._ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior commandBehavior)
at Sybase.Data.AseClient.AseCommand.System.Data.IDbCommand.ExecuteReader()
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To fix this, contact Sybase and [...]

Pictures in the Cloud – SSDS demo app

I’ve been playing around with SQL Server Data Services, Microsoft’s new concept for the ‘datacenter in the cloud’.
Anyhow, I’ve been having a bit of hack around to show how pictures can be stored by this kind of service. There isn’t any reason to use this over the other online photo sharing sites, but it demonstrates how to [...]

New Sydney ALT.NET User Group

Sydney has a few user groups which are great to show off Microsoft products and API’s. Still, Mich Denny has pointed to the new Sydney ALT.NET user group for those subjects that fall outside of the mainstream domain.
In particular, I’m looking forward to see RhinoMocks in action.
There are a lot of great ideas that don’t [...]

Google Chrome great for your Google Applications

I don’t actually like downloading anything that isn’t Microsoft.. I’m a certified MS fanboy.
I hate iTunes and the many services it installed in the background. I hate Flash as a main reason my browser crashes. I hate anything that tries to install a Google/Yahoo/Whatever toolbar into my browser. I really hate any software that needs [...]

Presenting the SSMA tool at the SQL Down Under Code Camp 2008

I wrote before about the Microsoft SSMA toolfor Sybase/Oracle to SQL Server Migrations.
I’m actually going to present this at the SQL Down Under Code Campin Wagga Wagga, Australia on the 11th October 2008.