Silverlight Cream for August 07, 2011 -- #1125 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Kunal Chowdhury(-2-), Mike Talbot, Michael Washington, Davide Zordan, Pontus Wittenmark(-2-), WindowsPhoneGeek, Pete Brown, Dhananjay Kumar, Erno de Weerd, Jesse Liberty(-2-), Peter Torr, ... Silverlight Cream for August 07, 2011 -- #1125 0 0 0
Working on part 2 of series for PHILLYNJ.NET RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 Just an update .... I'm currently working on the next presentation in the multi-part of a series on the Applied Design Patterns project called “AdventureWorksDesignPatterns” . It has been a busy summer ... Working on part 2 of series for PHILLYNJ.NET 0 0 0
Interview question - there's a lot wrong with this code :) Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 I had some really great responses to my last post regarding some bad code I've shown to interviewees - pretty much everything I intended to be bad was spotted, as well as some interesting points I hadn't ... Interview question - there's a lot wrong with this code :) 0 0 4
Silverlight Cream for August 04, 2011 -- #1124 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Oren Gal, Oscar Agreda(-2-), Michael Washington, Mike Gold, John Papa, Paul Sheriff, Jesse Liberty(-2-), András Velvárt, and Derik Whittaker. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "here is a Complete ... Silverlight Cream for August 04, 2011 -- #1124 0 0 0
Dallas TechFest 2011 August 12-13 T, January 1, 0001 After a few months of work, I am very happy to announce that the Dallas TechFest Speaker line up and schedule is full and finalized. You can find it on the Dallas TechFest website or on Michael Perry’s ... Dallas TechFest 2011 August 12-13 0 0 0
Migrate Database to SQL Azure Richard Jones, January 1, 0001 This is very cool Just found this fab, tool to generate all the insert statements you need from a SQL database. If you have SQL Server 2008 R2 Installed - Run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Publishing\... ... Migrate Database to SQL Azure 0 0 0
Using GMap.NET – Great Maps for Windows Forms & Present... saifkhan, January 1, 0001 Recently I was working on a project where I needed to implement mapping functionality - I am not new to mapping technology, as a matter fact, a few years back I created my own Winform mapping control which ... Using GMap.NET – Great Maps for Windows Forms & Present... 0 0 58
New Version Avaliable - Windows Azure Tools for VS2010 Shaun, January 1, 0001 This morning I got the information that the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011 Upgrade had been released. The version of this new upgrade is 1.4.40727.1601 with the Windows Azure ... New Version Avaliable - Windows Azure Tools for VS2010 0 0 0
Interview question - what's wrong with this code? Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 NB: This post is followed up here. You can learn a lot about good code from reading bad code, and at least something about how well someone codes from what they can tell you about bad code. With this in ... Interview question - what's wrong with this code? 0 0 5
TempDB - some things to know Leonard Mwangi, January 1, 0001 I was having a conversation today with one of my clients about TempDB data files and how to spread them out to alleviate contention on SGMA pages, I came across a great article by Sunil Agarwal which I’d ... TempDB - some things to know 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day - 31/Jul/2011 - Beginning SQL Server 2008 ... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the day from Apress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration. "Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration is essential for anyone wishing to ... APress Deal of the Day - 31/Jul/2011 - Beginning SQL Server 2008 ... 0 0 0
SQL Injection -and why are there so many website security breache... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; ... SQL Injection -and why are there so many website security breache... 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for July 27, 2011 -- #1121 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Max Paulousky, Ollie Riches, Derik Whittaker, John Garland, WindowsPhoneGeek, Manas Patnaik, Xianzhong Zhu, John Papa, Dhananjay Kumar, Jesse Liberty, Peter Torr, Gill Cleeren, and Jonas ... Silverlight Cream for July 27, 2011 -- #1121 0 0 0
Using CTE to concatenate rows by group TomPepe, January 1, 0001 CTEs or common table expressions can be used to make recursive SQL stantements. CTEs are ANSI-99 standard. Please read www.sql-server-performance.... for more information. I have only ... Using CTE to concatenate rows by group 0 0 0
Visual Studio Lightswitch 2011 Launch! Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 As of today, the official release of Lightswitch is now available. Visit: http://www.microsoft.com/vi... or you can download from your MSDN subscription. What is Lightswitch? It ... Visual Studio Lightswitch 2011 Launch! 0 0 0
Finding the last instance of a string using Replace - the general... Jon Egerton, January 1, 0001 I was looking for a method to easily find the last instance of a search string within a longer string. I found a few instances of ways to do this that involve functions that loop through until no-more ... Finding the last instance of a string using Replace - the general... 0 0 0
Preparing for Data Federation in SQL Azure Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 This blog will help you prepare for an upcoming release of SQL Azure that will offer support for Data Federation. While no date has been provided for this feature, I was able to test an early preview and ... Preparing for Data Federation in SQL Azure 0 0 0
Some compatibility differences between versions of SQL Server Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 In our environment most of developers use SQL Server 2008,but in production we have SQL Server 2005, and some databases still have compatibility level 80(SQL server 2000) It sometimes causes problems E.g. ... Some compatibility differences between versions of SQL Server 0 0 2
Long running query requests with IIS 7 Brian Biales, January 1, 0001 I have a need for a highly responsive web page that must at least appear to be "pushed" information from the server as it happens, much like you'd see with an HTTP protocol based chat window. The client ... Long running query requests with IIS 7 0 0 0
SoftArtisans and the MS BI Ecosystem andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 In a number of talks I’ve given, including a session at last year’s Microsoft BI Conference, I’ve mentioned that if you’re not looking at partner offerings in the Microsoft Business Intelligence ecosystem, ... SoftArtisans and the MS BI Ecosystem 0 0 1
Hello World ChristianMaslen, January 1, 0001 Technorati Tags: C#,Parallel,Accelerator,GPU Many language and API developers have their example of the “Hello World” program. Either to illustrate the simplest possible program that shows how to get something ... Hello World 0 0 0
Leverage T4Scaffolding for WCF Web API Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 MvcScaffolding is a tremendous productivity improvement for MVC developers. Earlier this year, Steve Sanderson posted the definitive 7-part series on MvcScaffolding which is a must-read for anyone serious ... Leverage T4Scaffolding for WCF Web API 0 0 20
TSQL - Where clause with nullable variables Guilherme Cardoso, January 1, 0001 This tip is really simple but usefull if we're concatenating strings to write a Where clause. For example: DECLARE NVARCHAR @SQL = 'SELECT ... FROM ...' IF(@IDAluno IS NOT NULL) SET @SQL = @SQL + '' WHERE ... TSQL - Where clause with nullable variables 0 0 0
TFS Backup Plan Wizard - A backup plan already exists for the TFS... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Technorati Tags: Team Foundation Server 2010,Power Tools,TF254027 Error Recently moved from TFS 2010 server to another TFS 2010 server and trying to configure a backup plan using the Backup plan wizard ... TFS Backup Plan Wizard - A backup plan already exists for the TFS... 0 0 7
Cascading IF-ELSE-ELSEIF A.K.A. Nested IF-ELSE Statements in a SS... Compudicted, January 1, 0001 Today it will be a concise post, but I hope quite helpful and informative. As most SSIS developers know SSIS Expressions are used to drive several key tidbits of a package components as the Conditional ... Cascading IF-ELSE-ELSEIF A.K.A. Nested IF-ELSE Statements in a SS... 0 0 4
Getting to know the SQL Server Learning Center Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 In exploring the SQL Server site at microsoft.com, I came across the Learning Center option. It is a wealth of information to become familiar with the features and capabilities of the platform. It has ... Getting to know the SQL Server Learning Center 0 0 0
SQL Server “Denali” CTP3 download availability Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 SQL Server “Denali” CTP3 has become available for download and testing. Here is where you go for it: http://www.microsoft.com/sq... And when you get there this is what the ... SQL Server “Denali” CTP3 download availability 0 0 0
showing a sql generated by NHibernate on the VS build-in console Lukasz Kurylo, January 1, 0001 After done mapping for my entities I wanted to test the basic CRUD operations. I stuck with a problem of inserting a data to tables in many to many relation, so I wanted to look at the generated sql by ... showing a sql generated by NHibernate on the VS build-in console 0 0 0
problem with target framework set to client version Lukasz Kurylo, January 1, 0001 I just wanted to add a log4net library to log all the sql commands generated by NHibernate, but there was one problem. After I downloaded this library using NuGet, I could add a code from this assembly ... problem with target framework set to client version 0 0 0
Developer Training Kits Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has released a number of training kits that have hands-on labs, articles, presentations and loads of information. The have become available for a range of products. They have also been updating ... Developer Training Kits 0 0 1
How do I restore a SQL Server database from a backup *.bak file? Paula DiTallo, January 1, 0001 If you aren't sure what is actually in the backup file, or even if you think you are sure--execute this statement from a fresh query window: RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'X:\MDD\Clients\Lg\H4\H4L.bak' ... How do I restore a SQL Server database from a backup *.bak file? 0 0 0
Biztalk receive location polling RESTful Service. (HTTP GET) Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hi there, Recently we had a requirement to integrate a RESTful Service with BizTalk Server. Well no biggie. You can use WCF – Custom Adapter and use webHTTP binding and add a webHttp Endpoint behavior. ... Biztalk receive location polling RESTful Service. (HTTP GET) 0 0 10
[NHibernate]Mapping a string field as nvarchar(MAX) in SQL Server... Lukasz Kurylo, January 1, 0001 I'm diving in the NHibernate 3.2 mapping by code recently. I throught that, mapping a string with specific max length to the appropriate database table will be easy, but it wasn't. I lost some time to ... [NHibernate]Mapping a string field as nvarchar(MAX) in SQL Server... 0 0 0
T-SQL function to Get Maximum of values from the same row Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Based on the ScottPletcher solution from http://www.experts-exchange... --SELECT dbo.GetMax(23, 45, 64, 22, 18, 224, 74, 138, 1, 98, 11, 86, 198) --Naturally ... T-SQL function to Get Maximum of values from the same row 0 0 1
Apress Deal of the Day - 11/July/2011 - Expert SQL Server 2008 D... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the day from Apress is Expert SQL Server 2008 Development "Focuses on sound development and architectural practices that will help you become a better developer, capable of designing ... Apress Deal of the Day - 11/July/2011 - Expert SQL Server 2008 D... 0 0 0
SQL Injection Attack - a resource TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://searchsecurity.techt... there is a free download on measures to combat SQL Injection Attack. (free registration is required). ... SQL Injection Attack - a resource 0 0 0
LINQ To SQL Very Slow Performance Without Compile (CompileQuery) TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://peterkellner.net/200... there is a very useful article by my fellow MVP Peter Kellner. This shows that ADO.NET is very much ... LINQ To SQL Very Slow Performance Without Compile (CompileQuery) 0 0 0
Tips for installing Team Foundation Server in a two-server enviro... BobPalmer, January 1, 0001 In my current job as a Senior ALM Consultant, part of what I do is help organizations get TFS set up and configured. While a single server installation is pretty easy (and using the basic configuration ... Tips for installing Team Foundation Server in a two-server enviro... 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for July 08, 2011 -- #1114 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this All-Submittal (but not all current submittals) Issue: Rod Falanga, Colin Eberhardt, and Kunal Chowdhury(-2-, -3-). Above the Fold: Silverlight/VS2010: "Creating Silverlight Application on network ... Silverlight Cream for July 08, 2011 -- #1114 0 0 0
Inside Red Gate - Testers simonc, January 1, 0001 Developers might write good code, but no matter how good they are the result will always have bugs in it. It's up to the testers in the team to make sure the final product is as bug-free as it can be. ... Inside Red Gate - Testers 0 0 0
Phoenix Silverlight User Group Meeting July 6 with Dave Campbell Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Phoenix Silverlight User Group Meeting July 6 featuring Dave Campbell Come out to Interface Technical Training tomorrow (July 7, 2011) in Phoenix to see me struggle through explaining how to use Jeremy ... Phoenix Silverlight User Group Meeting July 6 with Dave Campbell 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day - 5/July/2011 - Ultra-Fast ASP.NET: Buildi... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 deal of the day at http://www.apress.com/info/... is Ultra-Fast ASP.NET: Building Ultra-Fast and Ultra-Scalable Websites Using ASP.NET and SQL Server by Richard Kessig - ISBN 978-1-4302-2383-2 ... APress Deal of the Day - 5/July/2011 - Ultra-Fast ASP.NET: Buildi... 0 0 0
Flowing Bowling Game Kata I Ralf Westphal, January 1, 0001 Ron Jeffries challenged me to show how Flow-Design and Event-Based Components can help software development. This is the problem he posed in the Software Craftsmanship discussion group: Solve bowling scoring. ... Flowing Bowling Game Kata I 0 0 0
[TIP] Getting Unused Identity Values JTorrecilla, January 1, 0001 What’s the problem? Given a DB table with an Identity key in SQL Server, that field could not be repeated. Well, if you delete a row, the value would be lost. We are trying to reuse these values. Solution ... [TIP] Getting Unused Identity Values 0 0 1
WP7 Mango Beta–SQL CE Resources D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 One thing that’s really got me pumped about the Mango OS update is the inclusion of SQL Compact baked right in. We don’t need to include extra assemblies to get database functionality for our apps, as ... WP7 Mango Beta–SQL CE Resources 0 0 1
SQL Azure Backups: The options Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 One of the things that I have really enjoyed in the process of working with SQL Azure is the SQL Azure Management options. Mind you, it does not have a built-in backup tool, yes there are other options. ... SQL Azure Backups: The options 0 0 0
My experiences with WordPress running on Windows Azure Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 The installation process took some getting used to. but understanding the purpose and work done with the Azure Companion helped tremendously. There are 3 different ways from getting this in place, using ... My experiences with WordPress running on Windows Azure 0 0 0
Give no place for SQL Injection Attack TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://content.usatoday.com... is a very disturbing article on SQL Injection Attacks and how they ... Give no place for SQL Injection Attack 0 0 0
What Can We Learn About Software Security by Going to the Gym Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 There was a recent rash of car break-ins at the gym. Not an epidemic by any stretch, probably 4 or 5, but still... My gym used to allow you to hang your keys from a peg board at the front desk. This way ... What Can We Learn About Software Security by Going to the Gym 0 0 0
NoSQL NoReasoning, January 1, 0001 Last night, (Tuesday, June 28), at the KC .NET User group meeting, George Westwater gave a terrific presentation on NoSQL. The best way to define it (the best way is to see George explain it, and he says ... NoSQL 0 0 1