Von Ryan’s Express
Might be one of those rare instances where the movie is better than the book.
Archive for February, 2009
Cops and Robbers
Straight ahead with little filler.
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
I guess it’s a classic, but I found it pretty pointless. Might be better on stage.
This Republic of Suffering
A couple interesting chapters. Easy to skim.
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library)
Bad News
First 1/3 is pretty good, then it drifts and sputters to a close.
One Minute To Midnight
A lot of detail. Some interesting new info on the FROG cruise missiles.
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
The database principal owns a schema in the database, and cannot be dropped
To delete the user go to Sql Server Management Studio, expand your database -> Security and select Schemas. In the Object Explorer Details (if not visible go to the View Menu select Object Explorer Details) you can see a list of the schemas and the owners.
Now locate the schema(s) of the user you want to delete, right click and select properties. In General you can see the schema owner, change it to the new owner (dbo for example).
When the user you want to delete has no schemas, you can delete it.
Phantom Prey
One of Sandford’s weaker efforts.
Nobody Runs Forever
Unique voice and story that keeps moving.
The Fall of Fortresses
Some interesting experiences, such as finding cannon shells in the wing gas tanks that failed to explode and contained a note inside saying “This is all we can do for you now.”
Dead Watch
Starts off strong, but fizzles out.
Saving changes is not permitted – Sql Server 2005
When adding an identity column to a table, I would sometimes get the following error:
“Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can’t be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created.”
In order to prevent this warning from occurring, Go to Tools > Options > Designers > Table and Database Designers > Uncheck the checkbox ‘Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created check box’
Where Light and Shadow Meet
Superficial and unenlightening. Can read it in about an hour or two.
The Tin Roof Blowdown
I was very surprised not to like this book. Burke is one of my favorite authors, so I hope he is not running out of gas. Nothing much new in the story lines and switching from first person to omniscient narrator interrupts the flow. It seems to be a mandate in detective fiction that, as the series ages, the protagonist’s home life becomes the central story, rather than the detecting. McBain kept it to a minimum, Parker wallows in it and Mosley actually makes it interesting. I hope Burke comes back with something stronger.
