Buck Hodges

SQL error in get with beta 3

October 12, 2005 Oct 12, 2005 10/12/05

Buck Hodges

On the forum, a couple of users have run into this issue with get, so I thought I would mention it here.There's a known issue in beta 3 where mapping a server path to a local path that exceeds the NTFS limit results in a SQL error message.  The RTM code will give you a nice message to that effect rather than the SQL error ...

Ed Hintz has started blogging

October 12, 2005 Oct 12, 2005 10/12/05

Buck Hodges

Ed Hintz has started blogging with a post that describes some of the differences between working with SourceSafe and working with TFS.  Ed's the dev lead for the source control client team and is the person to whom I report.  So, check it out and be sure to let him know about the things you do and don't like in the TFS source ...

TFS version control command line: tf.exe

October 5, 2005 Oct 5, 2005 10/5/05

Buck Hodges

For folks who like command lines or those who've found the typical command line experience a little spartan, you should try tf.exe.One interesting feature of our command line is that it uses dialogs for a number of commands when you are running it interactively (i.e., you don't specify /noprompt or /i).  For instance, you get the same ...

Brian Harry posts about the changes between beta 2 and beta 3

October 1, 2005 Oct 1, 2005 10/1/05

Buck Hodges

A while back I wrote a little about what's changed since beta 2 and the release of beta 3.Brian Harry, the person who heads Team Foundation (he is Product Unit Manager), has just written the post about what changed.  In What's new with TFS Beta 3?, he covers the whole product, as you might expect.  You'll want to read ...