This question popped in the microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming forum yesterday. A person wanted to change a column from varchar 500 to varchar 2000. This is actually pretty easy to do in SQL Server, you can use the alter table alter column command

Let's take a quick look at how this works

First create this table

I was listening to show number 426 on dotnetrocks: Rob Boucher on Application Architecture Guidance! They mentioned the Patterns And Practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0, this guide is available for free on codeplex.

Although it is a Microsoft technology centric guide, there should be chapters for every developer in your group.

Here is one example from the book

Key Design Principles

When getting started with your design, bear in...

Today, Jimmy Bogard made a post over at LosTechies.com about DDD and it not being about patterns but all about the Domain and how you model it.

Since his words are better then mine, I would like to quote him.

One question Rob Conery asked me during a conversation on DDD was, “How do I recognize an application built with DDD?” We...

Which books should you read/buy when you are a programmer? I have listed 5 books that have helped me a lot. The books that I have chosen are not specific to any language although some of the books have examples in one language only. Design Patterns has examples in smalltalk and C++ but since the code is not very complicated you should have no problem converting it to your language of choice. I have included links to sample chapters for the books where I could find them. For some of the books I have also provided links to the author’s site; some of them have additional material so that...