I get asked quite a bit about why we are continuing to add new features, or as one user put it “What is with the feature frenzy? Are you in a hurry?” And some of you put it in different terms on the user questionnaire, “Stop adding new features and optimize what you have”. I want...

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TSQL Stored Procs in VistaDB The first beta for TSQL Stored Procedures is scheduled for this Friday (Nov 16, 2007). This marks a huge milestone for VistaDB. We plan to release a three beta builds approximately 10 days apart. I fully expect to get a lot of feedback over the next couple of weeks of things...

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3.2 Update this week We are currently planning to release a new build of 3.2 this week. The build will include some updates to the parser for complex GROUP BY statements, but the largest update is the relaxed keywords. We took a good hard look at the keyword support in SQL Server 2005. Our initial update...

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Mike and I had a great time at the devLINK 07 show.  I think we are both pretty wiped out today, but we did take some time to discuss things we learned from the show.  We also discussed the things we thought we knew, but users told us otherwise.  There are lessons to be learned whenever you are willing to listen to people, and this show was great for quality one on one time with people.  Somewhere around 500 people attended this year, and with a crowd of that size you can actually speak to people and spend time discussing things.  It also helps that it is a Dot Net developer show, so we got to speak with lots of people who are in the trenches all day with code, not marketroids who just want to ask about buzzwords.

 

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This build we spent our time on stabilizing API reports from users, and attempting to find some of those rare parser bugs. We now have over 400 NUnit tests, many of them specifically added to error cases found in the parser. We have also made efforts to give better messages when the syntax appears wrong...

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I just wanted to post an update on our own dog food progress. We are currently running VistaDB 3.2 on the download site, and on a number of other parts of the backend systems. I built a page that will let you see the exact @@VERSION string in use on the server here: About Site Information Page VistaDB...

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VistaDB 3.2 We are going to skip the release of 3.1… Not really, we are just skipping the name. The current naming has always been confusing and a number of people have complained about it in the past. 3.20.1.BUILD is the current DLL versioning. Engine 3 Runtime 2.0 Release 1 Build x Confusing because...

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Wow, it has been 120 days (4 months) since I took over VistaDB. It has been an amazing ride, and I want to thank all of you for your continued support and feedback. We continue to exceed my expectations in some areas, and fall short in others. I think that is pretty normal for any complicated development...

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The Mono project has announced a plan to produce a Silverlight alternative called Moonlight. I am pretty excited about it. But first, a little background about Mono. Mono support for VistaDB 3 Run your Dot Net app under Linux / Unix. This is one of the coolest features of VistaDB 3 (to me). The fact...

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Build 28 is available now as a full setup. Even though this is a development build we included a full setup for testing with the largest number of people. The one drawback to this is that the setup will force you to remove previous installs, so you can't have Build 25 and Build 28 on the same machine...

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Non-subscription version First, I would like to announce the return of the VistaDB 3 edition without a subscription. I have gotten a number of emails from people asking me to do this, and with very valid arguments. So after much deliberation I have decided to return the 3.0 product with no subscription...

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The Development Build 27 represents a new optimizer for SQL queries. Specifically it is a way of building 2 bit per byte image masks in RAM to represent the result sets of SQL operations. MikeO has spent a lot of time on this and he very pleased with the results so far. The basic premise is to use a...

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LINQ is the next generation query system for managed languages (It stands for Language Integrated Query). You can view the LINQ FAQ here . The exciting thing to me about LINQ is that the database and the query system are no longer tied tightly around SQL. You can query anything, objects, XML, databases...

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I have received a number of PM's on the forums and emails asking me how a user can tell if they have the most recent version of VistaDB. It is a very valid point, and one that has been on my mind a lot lately. I setup a poll on the forums to ask about it (please vote). It seems that a number of people...

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Today marks 60 days since I took over the development team for VistaDB. I just wanted to write up a brief “how are we doing” blog entry. We have exceeded my expectations in some areas, and failed in others. But that is to be expected. The best plans in the world always look great on paper...

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C-Sharp Corner has just done a good review of VistaDB 3. The Verdict If you are looking for a lightweight database which is easy to deploy on target servers and client machines and want to avoid licensing issue of SQL Server, VistaDB perhaps may be a good choice for you. Being a small company, VistaDB...

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I recently watched Wes Dyer and his whiteboard presentation (Windows Media) about LINQ and deferred execution from the MSDN site. This is not a novice presentation; Wes goes into a lot of examples and behind the scenes information about LINQ. Wes works at Microsoft on the LINQ team. For those of you...

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OK, I have updated the roadmap and we have decided on a feature set for the next couple months. This is primarily based upon feedback from talking with customers and where they want us to be. A few things just could not fit into this schedule (TSQL Stored Procs), but will be addressed later. This is...

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Per developer licensing VistaDB has always been a per developer seat license. This will not change, and we will never charge royalties on the runtime engine for your applications. These are basic tenets that I will not allow to be changed. All customers will always have free access to the support forums...

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What can you expect going forward? I fiercely believe that VistaDB is a premier database product, and that being the world’s first managed embedded database is a big deal. Otherwise I would not have incorporated it into my own products so heavily. I personally felt that the 3.0 ship date was a little...

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San Diego, Calif. - March 14th, 2007 - Lorant Corporation (d.b.a. Vista Software) is pleased to announce today that Dr. Jason Short and his new entity VistaDB Software, Inc. has signed an agreement today to acquire the VistaDB product line from Vista Software. "I am very excited to announce that...

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Please vote for VistaDB 3.0 in this year's asp.netPRO Readers Choice Awards: http://www.aspnetpro.com/readerschoice/default.asp VistaDB 3.0 is listed on the last page under Utility and in the dropdown combobox for Product of the Year!...

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Just a quick note to announce that VistaDB 3.0 has been verified to work with Xenocode Postbuild 2007! See here for details: http://www.vistadb.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1220

We just released an important update to VistaDB 3.0 that includes fixes made since 3.0 was released two weeks ago, including issues related with the VistaDB installer on 64-bit WinVista and recent fixes to the core engine, query processor and Data Migration Wizard. This latest update increases the build...

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VistaDB 3.0 has been officially released one day ahead of schedule! A very big thank you to everyone that has helped make VistaDB 3.0 a success and to those that have supported us during the many months of beta testing. Your testing and feedback have made VistaDB 3.0 into world class database for .NET...

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We made some fixes to reported issues in VistaDB 3.0 RC2 and posted an update today. Please download this update. Download RC2 update here: http://www.vistadb.net/downloads.asp 30-trials -- download from the link in the email you received. VistaDB 3.0 is now just 2 days away from final release!...

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VistaDB 3.0 is now just 3 days away from official release! A reminder that you have until Feb 24th to take advantage of our pre-release offer and get $100 off VistaDB 3.0. This is our last announcement before final release. Key features in VistaDB 3.0: - Truly embedded SQL database for .NET, Compact...

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After 2 years of development and over 20,000 man hours, VistaDB 3.0 is now just 8 days away from official release! Feedback on the latest Release Candidate 2 build is excellent and so the final release date of VistaDB 3.0 has been set for Feb. 24th, 2007! 8 days remaining to save! We invite new customers...

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We fixed some minor issues that were reported with VistaDB 3.0 RC2 today and have uploaded new builds (dated Feb. 15th) for both registered VistaDB 3.0 customers and for people wishing to try VistaDB. VistaDB 3.0 Customers http://www.vistadb.net/downloads.asp 30-day Trials Re-use the link that was sent...

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This is the final 3.0 Release Candidate before official 3.0 release. VistaDB 3.0 RC2 Changes New! Transaction Processing (Read Commited isolation) New! Isolated Storage support for ASP.NET applications New! Silent mode data migration using Data Migration Wizard New! Optimized GROUP BY clause New! Query...

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Just a heads up that Mono v1.2.3 has been released. For those that don't know, Mono is a port of the .NET framework to Linux, which lets your .NET (WinForms and ASP.NET) applications run on Linux, Mac OS X, and various other operating systems. This Mono updates includes lots of improvements including...

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We posted an update to VistaDB 3.0 RC1 today that includes minor fixes to the SQL query processor, Data Builder and the Data Migration Wizard. Please download this update from here: http://www.vistadb.net/downloads.asp

VistaDB 3.0 is getting closer to official release! VistaDB 3.0 RC1 is now available for download! New! ASP.NET support for partially trusted callers New! Support for Mono 1.x support added New! VistaDB.Timestamp column type added New! ErrorBox sample provides custom VistaDB exception handling New! 400...

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The next build of VistaDB 3.0 (RC1) expected this weekend will include an updated VistaDB NET 1.1 assembly that supports both the .NET 1.1 framework and Mono 1.x . That's right -- the exact same VistaDB assembly runs on both Windows and Linux platforms unchanged ! This is a perfect example of the power...

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The hot new Apple iPhone runs OS X. The Mono framework supports OS X. And VistaDB 3.0 supports Mono. We are asking Mono and .NET experts to help us find out if VistaDB 3.0 can be the first SQL database engine that runs natively on the new Apple iPhone. Comments are open to this post so please chime in...

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VistaDB 3.0 Release Schedule 1. RC1 is scheduled for Jan 19th. This build will include: various fixes to reported issues, improved SQL sub-queries, new VistaDB Error dialog, polished DMW and read-only Query Plan support for Data Builder 2. RC2 is planned for end of January. This release will introduce...

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Welcome to our new VistaDB blog! Please update your VistaDB RSS feeds with our new RSS feed link: New VistaDB RSS feed link: or http://www.vistadb.net/blog/?feed=rss2 Our old RSS feed will no longer be updated. We will be using this blog to post news about VistaDB along with relevant industry information...

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A list of companies using VistaDB technology: http://www.vistadb.net/customers.asp

We posted a new update to VistaDB 3.0 CTP that includes a memory leak fix along with other minor fixes. Data Migration Wizard now supports migrating from SQL CE. This build is our last CTP build before we prepare VistaDB 3.0 for release in January. We strongly suggest that customers download this build...

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A free 30-day fully functional trial for VistaDB 3.0 CTP is now available for download from http://www.vistadb.net/evalrequest.asp

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EntitySpaces , a VistaDB industry partner, has announced plans to release a 1.5.2 update of their popular EntitySpaces persistence layer and business objects library for Microsoft .NET that will include new support for VistaDB 3.0 . According to Mike Griffin, President of EntitySpaces, LLC and original...

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VistaDB is the world's first fully managed and typesafe embedded SQL database engine developed in C# for .NET, Compact Framework and Mono. It features a small 600KB footprint assembly which allows developers to build ASP.NET and WinForms applications that target desktops, mobile devices and web servers...

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