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Database diagram support objects cannot be installed

If you ever get a message like this when trying to create a diagram in SQL 2005

"Database diagram support objects cannot be installed because this database does not have a valid owner. To continue, first use the Files page of the Database Properties dialog box or the ALTER AUTHORIZATION statement to set the database owner to a valid login, then add the database diagram support objects."

Here's step by step what you have to do:

EXEC sp_dbcmptlevel 'yourDB', '90';
go
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON DATABASE::yourDB TO "yourLogin"
go
use [yourDB]
go
EXECUTE AS USER = N'dbo' REVERT
go

jQuery Button Contest - Many Prizes!

To encourage people to promote the jQuery project and get as many people involved in the community as possible, jQuery is holding a contest to build a "Powered by jQuery" button.

The Rules:

  1. The contest will run until November 3rd. Winners will be announced November 5th.
  2. All entries must must be optimized for the web (8-bit PNG) and images should be no bigger than 173x31 (example).
  3. The jQuery team will have the right to the use the submissions anyway they wish. This will prevent any copyright issues in the future. The winner must also be able to provide a PSD (or AI) file so that the image can be maintained in the future.
  4. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place submissions.
  5. The general jQuery community will do the final voting, moderated by John Resig, creator of jQuery, and Rey Bango.
  6. You should make use of the jQuery hat logo in your button (you’re free to re-draw it, as necessary). If needed, here’s a raw PSD of the hat logo.

The Prizes:

  1. First Place Prize: Two Books - Ajax Design Patterns and John Resig’s upcoming Pro JavaScript Techniques
  2. Second Place Prize: One Book - Foundations of Ajax
  3. Third Place Prize: $10 Cash to a PayPal account of your choosing!

The prizes will be shipped anywhere in the world via regular post.

All submissions should be made in the comment section of this posting via a standard hyperlink. Make sure that you provide a valid email address when submitting your entry.

This is your chance to really help expand the jQuery community by creating a top notch button that will get a ton of exposure. Good luck to everyone!

Test all Flash Players

Don't you hate to only have one version of the Flash Player installed? I've been wanting a tool that allows me to switch to any version I want for the longest time... Alessandro Crugnola wrote a small little extensions for Firefox that allows you to quickly swap the Flash version installed, amazing! The icon resides in your firefox taskbar and allows you to switch back and forth over and over... It is not even restricted to the versions that come with the extension, he explains how to add additional versions too.

Alessandro Crugnola by the way is the same dude that wrote the Flash tracer plugin, he's on a role!

Ubuntu 6.10 Upgrade

Just upgraded Ubuntu to 6.10. I must say it was a painless process. After the upgrade I did not experience problems with Flash 9 as others have blogged in the past. Ubuntu upgraded my Firefox to 2.0 automatically, but kept my Flash 9 intact.

To upgrade, simply type gksu "update-manager -c" in a new console. It will inform you that this utility is still in beta or something, but it works perfectly. It kept my settings, resolutions, themes, preferences, et all.

The upgade took a few hours, but note that I am running Ubuntu on a VM with restricted resources.

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