SQL Lunch Live Meetings Mike Huguet, January 1, 0001 The Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group has started up a technology live meeting during lunch time. Please see Patrick Leblanc’s blog for more details in participating both as a presenter and as a participate. ... SQL Lunch Live Meetings 0 0 1
Next Year’s SQL Saturday in Baton Rouge on 8/14/2010 Mike Huguet, January 1, 0001 Even though we just hosted SQL Saturday #17 in Baton Rouge recently, we are already planning for next year. If you are interested in speaking or attending, go ahead and register for SQL Saturday #28 in ... Next Year’s SQL Saturday in Baton Rouge on 8/14/2010 0 0 0
Accessing Resources/DB from an ASP.NET Application Hosted in Shar... Mike Huguet, January 1, 0001 This past week I was reminded of the “fun” in which hosting an application within SharePoint can present. We are developing a custom application for our client in which some areas must reside within a ... Accessing Resources/DB from an ASP.NET Application Hosted in Shar... 0 0 1
Listen to me talking about ORM in Arabic - DotNetArabi Podcast Mohamed Meligy, January 1, 0001 Emad Ashi (@splashup on twitter) interviewed me in the 5th episode of his first Arabic podcast series DotNetArabi to talk about Object Relational Mapping in .NET in Arabic. Podcast Page: Mohamed Meligy ... Listen to me talking about ORM in Arabic - DotNetArabi Podcast 0 0 0
Is Software Development Hard? Jeff Ferguson, January 1, 0001 A recent episode of .NET Rocks asked this very question, and listening to the episode made me consider my thoughts on the matter. [Disclaimer: Some of this post may be interpreted as “beating up on Microsoft”. ... Is Software Development Hard? 0 0 3
SQLbits conference in Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales. 19th to 21st ... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 SQLbits is a great conference. This time around there is three distinct days and it happens to be taking place in my part of the world, just “over the bridge” in Wales at the marvellous Celtic Manor (which ... SQLbits conference in Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales. 19th to 21st ... 0 0 0
NHibernate EnumStringType error, and praise for Open Source Thomas Weller, January 1, 0001 NHibernate's EnumStringType is a custom user type to realize an arbitrary mapping between an enum in your domain code and a related set of strings in your database. While playing around with it, I stumbled ... NHibernate EnumStringType error, and praise for Open Source 0 0 4
How To: Prevent SQL Injection in ASP.NET Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Mike Brind has written a very good example about "Preventing SQL Injection in ASP.NET". If you are new to Data Access manipulations in ASP.NET then I would strongly suggest you to read the article mentioned ... How To: Prevent SQL Injection in ASP.NET 0 0 1
Winnipeg SQL Server UG Launching in September! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’m very pleased to announce the newest technical community to Manitoba: the Winnipeg SQL Server User Group, a PASS Associated Organization! Myself and Michael DeFehr are running this group and are excited ... Winnipeg SQL Server UG Launching in September! 0 0 6
Lets go develop on 64 bit! BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Over the last few months I have made the move to 64 bit – Windows 7 RTM on my laptop and Windows 2008 standard server with hyper-v on my dev box. I’m also running 64 bit Office 2010 and a number of other ... Lets go develop on 64 bit! 0 0 1
Announcing SDEC09 – The Software Development and Evolution ... D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 On October 14th, 2009, Winnipeg will be the site of the first annual SDEC09 – Software Development and Evolution Conference, hosted by Protegra! We’re really excited to put this on and think its going ... Announcing SDEC09 – The Software Development and Evolution ... 0 0 0
Quick Tip: Cast DataItem in ListView to Business Object samerpaul, January 1, 0001 So this is one of those things that has slipped past me for all these months and now that I’ve discovered it, I can’t believe I went without it. I recently found out that I can access a business object ... Quick Tip: Cast DataItem in ListView to Business Object 0 0 3
Keeping your enums in sync with database strings Thomas Weller, January 1, 0001 In some scenarios, you may have a database that contains text data in a column which is restricted to a certain set of discrete values. In such a case it is a good idea to use an enumeration for representing ... Keeping your enums in sync with database strings 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for August 23, 2009 -- #672 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Paulio, Jesse Liberty, René Schulte, Pete Blois, Benjamin Roux, UXPassion, Pencho Popadiyn, Kris Meeusen, Scott Marlowe, and Matthias Shapiro Shoutouts: The UXConnection has this interesting ... Silverlight Cream for August 23, 2009 -- #672 0 0 0
C# 3.0 Deep Dish with a slice of C# 4.0 Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 On Tuesday night (August 25), I will be presenting “C# 3.0 Deep Dish with a slice of C# 4.0” at CapArea .NET User Group (but I have to give Brian Noyes credit for the catchy title). The primary content ... C# 3.0 Deep Dish with a slice of C# 4.0 0 0 0
Own RSS/Atom feed in ASP.NET MVC Lukasz Kurylo, January 1, 0001 Create a rss or atom feed is very simple in asp.net mvc. In V1.0 there isn’t a build-in mechanism to work with feeds, however we can very quickly build our own. All we have to do is create a xml structure ... Own RSS/Atom feed in ASP.NET MVC 0 0 2
Live Framework CTP to shut down September 8th - ‘Live&rsquo... BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Before we had Azure and the various bits and pieces that became Azure at PDC 2008 Microsoft had a number of disparate groups working on various ‘cloudy’ projects. these included BizTalk Services, Red dog, ... Live Framework CTP to shut down September 8th - ‘Live&rsquo... 0 0 0
Microsoft issues SQL Azure, CEP platform previews | ITworld BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 IDG News Service — Microsoft on Tuesday released technology previews of SQL Azure, the database for its Azure cloud infrastructure platform, and SQL Server StreamInsight, its entry in the CEP (complex ... Microsoft issues SQL Azure, CEP platform previews | ITworld 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for August 22, 2009 -- #671 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this catching-up Issue: Brad Abrams, Matthias Shapiro, Jesse Liberty, Walt Ritscher, Erik Mork, Gavin Wignall, Tim Heuer, Rob Zelt, Jeff Prosise, and Dan Wahlin. Shoutouts: The Expression Blend and ... Silverlight Cream for August 22, 2009 -- #671 0 0 0
Keeping your enums in sync with your database Thomas Weller, January 1, 0001 In large projects you may have have a big number of enumerations in your domain code that have all to be kept in sync with some corresponding database stuff. Ensuring this correspondence is boring, repetitive ... Keeping your enums in sync with your database 0 0 0
Second blogger from my office Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Second blogger from my officeOne of my colleagues is facing the maelstrom that is corporate blogjection and has become a geek with a blog. Have a heart as he is a poor under-paid support analyst ... Second blogger from my office 0 0 1
SQL Server Function to add working days on to a date RoddyCrossan, January 1, 0001 This is my first post so please be nice to me… I have recently been asked to look at automating the recalculation of the SLA target on helpdesk calls which had the clock stopped prior to closure. When ... SQL Server Function to add working days on to a date 0 0 24
Trim Leading Zeros from a string in SQL Server Rhames, January 1, 0001 This user defined function is based on a function posted at this very useful site: http://www.sql-server-helpe... I have modified it slightly to handle spaces within ... Trim Leading Zeros from a string in SQL Server 0 0 4
What’s new in ASP.NET 4.0 – Part II – Routing i... Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 When I wrote the first post in this series, there was tremendous amount of interest generated and also a lot of feedback requesting to post some of the advanced features. Like I said earlier, ASP.NET 4.0 ... What’s new in ASP.NET 4.0 – Part II – Routing i... 0 0 21
SQL Azure Database Preview released bullpit, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has released a trial version of SQL Azure DB. Get more details here SQL Azure Database Preview released 0 0 0
SQL Server 2008 Data types Part1 EmadTech, January 1, 0001 Hello Folks, Today I'll will mention the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Fileds data types, you need to choose the right data type for the database fileds for more speed efficency, and i think the most important ... SQL Server 2008 Data types Part1 0 0 0
On “Oslo” at Douglas Purdy BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Doug Purdy at Microsoft blogged this latest info on Oslo today…. I haven’t posted anything about “Oslo” since ~May. Before I mention what we have been up to, I want to give a little recap. Back in September ... On “Oslo” at Douglas Purdy 0 0 1
Using ActiveRecord with SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 alexmoore, January 1, 0001 On a recent project I needed to test my application with lots of data so I remembered my good friend the Faker Gem from the Ruby world. I didn’t know how to connect ActiveRecord to SQL Server, so I searched ... Using ActiveRecord with SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 0 0 3
A Week Later and Still Using Windows 7 Mike Huguet, January 1, 0001 Here I am after a week of putting Windows 7 to the test while working frantically on a tight timeline project and am happy to say that all is well. It has crashed a time or two and I still cannot install ... A Week Later and Still Using Windows 7 0 0 3
Automating SQL Server 2000 based database generation with OSQL in... Stacy Vicknair, January 1, 0001 This week I had a need for NUnit based unit testing against a class that depended on a provided SqlConnection. Up to this point I had been able to mock external objects and their behavior based on interfaces, ... Automating SQL Server 2000 based database generation with OSQL in... 0 0 0
Velocity CTP3 Set up for ASP.NET Session State Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 Historically I have always viewed ASP.NET session state as “pure evil.” In-proc session state is about as unreliable as you can get given that you can have timeouts, ASP.NET might recycle itself, IIS might ... Velocity CTP3 Set up for ASP.NET Session State 0 0 2
SQL Server: Disaster Recovery...some tips bullpit, January 1, 0001 Again a nice arctile by Don Jones, where he talks about different SQL Server backup options and disaster recovery plans...a good read. SQL Server Disaster Recovery by Don Jones ... SQL Server: Disaster Recovery...some tips 0 0 0
SQL Server: Optimizing Indexes bullpit, January 1, 0001 A good article about types of SQL Server Indexes and how to optimize them when they go bad... Optimizing SQL Server Indexes by Don Jones ... SQL Server: Optimizing Indexes 0 0 0
What is everyone's opinion on LINQ? JosephBaggett, January 1, 0001 I have looked at LINQ and still get this uneasy feeling that it is definitely a love/hate relationship, but I figure I would ask the community on their views on it. Here are my personal issues with it ... What is everyone's opinion on LINQ? 0 0 0
ASP.NET 4.0 QueryExtender, AutoCompleteExtender and UpdatePanel &... Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 (this is a repost since the initial post had a few issues that couldn’t be corrected) I am playing with the ASP.NET 4.0 QueryExtender released as a part of the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1. It provides endless ... ASP.NET 4.0 QueryExtender, AutoCompleteExtender and UpdatePanel &... 0 0 15
Handling contention in SQL2K5 BobPalmer, January 1, 0001 At my current organization we run a huge number of batch processes, and many of these have to go through a rules engine. Essentially, the rules engine grabs all of the stuff that needs to be processed, ... Handling contention in SQL2K5 0 0 0
Back to the EF Book ScottKlein, January 1, 0001 For all of you who have been tracking this post for its Entity Framework content, that sort of took a hiatus while I was working on SQL Saturday. The good news is that I am back working on the Entity Framework ... Back to the EF Book 0 0 0
SQL Saturday HUGE Success! ScottKlein, January 1, 0001 The first ever South Florida SQL Saturday this past weekend (August 8) was a great success. We had exactly 500 registered and over 350 attendees at the event. There was a wide variety of topics from a ... SQL Saturday HUGE Success! 0 0 0
Array Parameters in SQL2K5 BobPalmer, January 1, 0001 A fairly common task in working with components and their associated SQL procedures is the need to work with an array of data. As we know, arrays are not natively supported in SQL2K/2K5. Here's a quick ... Array Parameters in SQL2K5 0 0 0
SQL: Trimming Leading and Trailing Non-Alphanumeric Characters Adam Pooler, January 1, 0001 Here’s a quick tip for string cleaning in SQL. Let’s say you have a string, perhaps one being imported from another data source, and you want to trim all the leading and/or trailing non-alphanumeric characters. ... SQL: Trimming Leading and Trailing Non-Alphanumeric Characters 0 0 8
Getting the Time part only from a SQL Server DateTime Rhames, January 1, 0001 Just some code to get the time part only from a DateTime field (is SQL Server 2000 or 2005), with the date set to a reference date declare @timetest datetime declare @refdate datetime set @timetest = getdate() ... Getting the Time part only from a SQL Server DateTime 0 0 0
Avoiding Windows 7 RTM Corrupt Disk Message with XP Dual Boot Mike Huguet, January 1, 0001 I decided to join in on the fad and perform a dual boot installation of Windows 7 RTM on my laptop with Windows XP. I am working on a project with a pretty tight timeline so installing from scratch was ... Avoiding Windows 7 RTM Corrupt Disk Message with XP Dual Boot 0 0 1
Microsoft StreamInsight Charles Young, January 1, 0001 SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP has just been released on MSDN and will be publically available on Wednesday. One little point grabbed my attention. The forthcoming CEP engine, formally known as 'Orinoco' ... Microsoft StreamInsight 0 0 0
My long overdue review of NDepend David Brown, January 1, 0001 To get the disclaimer out of the way first: I received a free NDepend Professional license for evaluation purposes, but that in no way influenced my opinion of the software. (Anyone who says otherwise ... My long overdue review of NDepend 0 0 0
SQL Saturday – Miami Vishal, January 1, 0001 Wow what an event considering that it was first SQL Saturday event in South Florida, now the next event we have to setup is where Scott Klein will jump in a pool full of alligators, (he had promised in ... SQL Saturday – Miami 0 0 2
Developer Evangelism at the Office Gary Pronych, January 1, 0001 I was reading the Developer Evangelist Handbook which is a good guide for public facing developer evangelists created by Chris Heilmann of the Yahoo Developer Network. Check out the online handbook here ... Developer Evangelism at the Office 0 0 0
W dzungli Codeplex – uzyteczne projekty (0) jakubmal, January 1, 0001 Jestem programistą .Net. I jestem programistą wygodnym. Lubię poświęcać czas na szukanie narzędzi, które w przyszłości pozwolą mi oszczędzić czas. No i najważniejszym pytaniem jest oczywiście – czy to ... W dzungli Codeplex – uzyteczne projekty (0) 0 0 0
SQL Server: Why do I get "multi-part identifier could not be boun... Paula DiTallo, January 1, 0001 Let's say you've developed a stored procedure that assigns a count value to a variable which looks like this: SELECT @HasDefaultShipTo = count(*) FROM StakeHolderLoc_Assoc WHERE assoc.StakeHldrID = @StkhldrID ... SQL Server: Why do I get "multi-part identifier could not be boun... 0 0 1
Are you a UK company selling applications that work great on Wind... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 A few years back I was the technical owner for SQL Server 2005 readiness in the UK with Independent Software Vendors. One of the things we did at the time was put together a detailed catalogue of UK developed ... Are you a UK company selling applications that work great on Wind... 0 0 3
Implementing SQL CLR Triggers rajap, January 1, 0001 For one of our new requirement , We have got into a situation in which we need to fire a SMS whenever an insert or update is happened in a database table. I gone through some articles and found out some ... Implementing SQL CLR Triggers 0 0 6