Whats in URL?
Folowing on from my previous post about BOL URLs I
thought it would be a good idea for there to be an option in BOL to display the
web URL for a page as these are much easier to provide to people.
So I asked my friend Alan and it seems he'd had the same idea. I've you also
think it is a good idea then vote here https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=293703.
If you want a web URL now then you can follow Alans tip
"There is a relatively simple way to
find the topic online if you're looking at a topic in the local BOL. The MSDN
(and TechNet) Libraries support both URLs with their 8-digit topic identifiers
and URLs with our topic GUIDs. Using your topic example below, all of these URLs
go to the same copy of the topic:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms142509.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d4bdd16b-a2db-4101-a946-583d1c674229.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms142509.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d4bdd16b-a2db-4101-a946-583d1c674229.aspx
FYI, I
just found an interesting bug. If you click the last of the four links, you get
a BOL page wrapped in the Exchange Tech Center templates.
So, if I'm
sitting on a local BOL topic, I:
1. Copy
the GUID from the URL displayed by DExplore.
2. Open
any MSDN Library BOL topic in my browser.
3. Paste
the GUID over the 8-digit identifier.
4. Click
the link to verify it takes me to the right online topic.
5.
Sometimes I just paste the GUID-based URL in my emails. Other times I use the
TOC to flip to another topic and then back to the one I want so that MSDN flips
the URL to the one with their 8-digit identifier and paste that URL into my
email."
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