Finding installed version, edition and service pack version of SQ... Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 Today I wanted to find the version of SQL Server 2008 installed in my machine. I did a quick search and the first support article from Microsoft had the answer to it http://support.microsoft.co... ... Finding installed version, edition and service pack version of SQ... 0 0 1
Jugando con LINQ José Marcos García Espinosa, January 1, 0001 Decidí comenzar (y no serán raros los posts sobre programación) hablando de LINQ, que es un tema al que le había sacado la vuelta durante mucho tiempo porque me parecía algo complicado y no había visto ... Jugando con LINQ 0 0 0
Custom Paging in Grid view Agha Usman Ahmed, January 1, 0001 So, it takes too long for me to write this post. even though I completed the coding stuff a week back but it is really hard to manage time these days. In this post, I will explain and demonstrate you how ... Custom Paging in Grid view 0 0 10
DevTeach 2009 Vancouver Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 I’m speaking again at DevTeach this year in June in Vancouver. Here is a comprensive list of things going on. Party with Vancouver IT community Monday June 8th URL: http://party.cuga.ca/Home.aspx Vancouver ... DevTeach 2009 Vancouver 0 0 0
ASP.NET Sessions at Tech.Ed India 2009 Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 I am back from delivering Tech.Ed India 2009, particularly the web platform track where I delivered three sessions across 2 days. In addition, we also had Stephen Walther from the ASP.NET Team deliver ... ASP.NET Sessions at Tech.Ed India 2009 0 0 3
Complex-Event Processing (CEP) Explained for Microsoft BizTalk Us... Charles Young, January 1, 0001 Last Monday, Microsoft used the TechEd keynote to announce their plans to include a Complex-Event Processing (CEP) engine in SQL Server 2008 R2. This article attempts to explain CEP from the perspective ... Complex-Event Processing (CEP) Explained for Microsoft BizTalk Us... 0 0 0
Tracking down SharePoint 2010 PointToShare, January 1, 0001 Last week was certainly an exciting weeks for many of the Microsoft bloggers in the community. Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009 in Los Angeles, one of the largest technical industry events of the year took place, ... Tracking down SharePoint 2010 0 0 0
PHP driver for SQL Server now in Web Platform Installer Sergey Zwezdin, January 1, 0001 Web Platform Installer is a tool, which contains many libraries, components and ready to use solutions. This tool very useful, because allow to save many time. Also, it is free tool and you can download ... PHP driver for SQL Server now in Web Platform Installer 0 0 1
Programming Entity Framework – Julie Lerman – O&rsquo... Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 Long past due is a review of Julie’s book, Programming Entity Framework, ISBN 978-0-596-52028-1 Julie adopted Entity Framework early on, from before it was even available to most MVP’s. This book is a ... Programming Entity Framework – Julie Lerman – O&rsquo... 0 0 2
Datatable to JSON Agha Usman Ahmed, January 1, 0001 In this post I will explain you, how can we serialize Datatable to JSON. So that, it can easily pass to JavaScript to get the AJAX done. First of all fill a Datatable with some results. DataTable dt = ... Datatable to JSON 0 0 8
Platform Builder: Problems with .NET CF 3.5 and Windows CE 6.0 Bruce Eitman, January 1, 0001 A customer contacted me a few weeks ago to tell me that their managed code application failed when running on Windows CE 6.0 with the .NET CompactFramework 3.5. It ran fine on Windows CE 5.0 with .NET ... Platform Builder: Problems with .NET CF 3.5 and Windows CE 6.0 0 0 5
NINE Questions with Sharepoint Joel NINEQuestions, January 1, 0001 I don’t know Joel personally, but some recent posts of his caused a stir within the community, and he seems like a pretty interesting dude… so that makes him a perfect candidate for a NINE Questions interview. ... NINE Questions with Sharepoint Joel 0 0 48
Shutdown Server Services on your Server mikedopp, January 1, 0001 Um so you know its your dream to use windows server 2003/2008 as your desktop Operating system right? So most of you just said no. However for the small amount that might just be curious here is a little ... Shutdown Server Services on your Server 0 0 0
Automated Index Defrag Script Baskar B.V, January 1, 0001 Check this link for a great post on index defrag script http://sqlfool.com/2009/03/... ... Automated Index Defrag Script 0 0 0
Error :Procedure or function has too many arguments specified Patrick Olurotimi Ige, January 1, 0001 Procedure or function has too many arguments specified? When i use a stored proc and don't name it the same params as the column names i get this error. My solution was to only make sure your stored proc ... Error :Procedure or function has too many arguments specified 0 0 0
Fun With Changing Service Account Passwords Mark Rackley, January 1, 0001 Have I mentioned lately that I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed? It seems I was brilliant when setting up my SharePoint VM and I used my user account when setting up my VM’s service accounts. Smart ... Fun With Changing Service Account Passwords 0 0 2
Windows Azure, TDS, WCF, Silverlight and a few problems on the wa... paulschapman, January 1, 0001 Project Sourcecode: NewsMashup In Part I of this series of articles I discussed the database that lies behind the application. Moving from the backend to the client side, it is now time to discuss the ... Windows Azure, TDS, WCF, Silverlight and a few problems on the wa... 0 0 0
BIDS Helper release 1.4.1 Darren Gosbell, January 1, 0001 I am happy to announce that we recently put out a new release of BIDS Helper. I have copied the release notes out below, but one important "feature" that is not listed is that we now have a build script ... BIDS Helper release 1.4.1 0 0 0
Update on the Entity Framework V2 in .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I have started talking to developers about what they can expect in Entity Framework V2 such as in my session at DevWeek 2009 (Check out the slides and links). Folks have liked what they have heard and ... Update on the Entity Framework V2 in .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2... 0 0 0
Manufacturing activity management system developed with Visual We... Webgui, January 1, 0001 "Visual WebGui makes the delivery of sophisticated applications about as simple as it could be… We delivered this application with 1.25 developers part time over 4 months, including the SQL database design" ... Manufacturing activity management system developed with Visual We... 0 0 0
Windows Azure, TDS, WCF, Silverlight and a few problems on the wa... paulschapman, January 1, 0001 If you have had a chance to look at the downloadable videos from MIX 09 (http://videos.visitmix.com... then you will have heard that it will soon be possible to develop Azure hosted applications ... Windows Azure, TDS, WCF, Silverlight and a few problems on the wa... 0 0 1
Brandon .NET User Group May 14th D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 The Brandon .NET User Group will be hosting an event this Thursday, May 14th! From their website: In this session we will take you through building a data-driven web site using some of the latest tools ... Brandon .NET User Group May 14th 0 0 0
Calgary PASS Group Event May 13, 2009 D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 The Calgary PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) is hosting an event tomorrow night, with John Bristowe talking about SQL Server Data Services. They’ll also be giving away a free registration ... Calgary PASS Group Event May 13, 2009 0 0 0
Microsoft announces entry into Complex Event Processing (CEP) mar... Charles Young, January 1, 0001 NewsFlash...Microsoft today announced their long-awaited entry into the Complex Event Processing market. The press release is at http://www.microsoft.com/pr... ... Microsoft announces entry into Complex Event Processing (CEP) mar... 0 0 7
Pivot Data in GridView - A Generic Pivot Method with DataTable Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 This example shows how to “PIVOT” the original data that is displayed in the GridView. To start then lets grab two GridViews from the Visual Studio Toolbox and place it to your webform. The ASPX source ... Pivot Data in GridView - A Generic Pivot Method with DataTable 0 0 13
Error while Deploying Reports on SQL Server 2008 Reporting Servic... ssmantha, January 1, 0001 I installed SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Reporting Extensions on a 64-Bit Windows Server 2008 system. While Deploying the reports I encountered the following error ... Error while Deploying Reports on SQL Server 2008 Reporting Servic... 0 0 2
Security versus Auditing hroggero, January 1, 0001 I have seen an interesting issue surface recently, one that many other corporations are probably facing: the dividing forces of security and auditing. It could be argued that auditing practices should ... Security versus Auditing 0 0 0
Presenting at SQL Server User Group - May 28 2009 hroggero, January 1, 0001 Well - I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at the SQL Server User Group of South Florida this coming May 28 2009 in Miramar (at the Devry University Campus). This group is run by Scott Klein. ... Presenting at SQL Server User Group - May 28 2009 0 0 0
Interesting .Net String Functions thanigai, January 1, 0001 Introduction: .Net 3.5 has some interesting string functions. I almost admire their usage. Following are those functions that we will be discussing here. String.IsNullOrEmpty() String.Split()(Available ... Interesting .Net String Functions 0 0 4
Belgian Community Day 09 site is live, registrations open. Kurt Claeys, January 1, 0001 The new site for the Belgian Community Day 09 is open. “Eleven Microsoft User Groups combine their efforts to organize this unique networking and knowledge sharing event. A unique opportunity to learn ... Belgian Community Day 09 site is live, registrations open. 0 0 1
How to get data from Microsoft SQL Server using PHP Timmy Kokke, January 1, 0001 Intro For the blog engine I’m writing for the WinPHP contest I needed a place to store data. Because windows specific features need to be used, Microsoft SQL Server is the logic choice. Getting data from ... How to get data from Microsoft SQL Server using PHP 0 0 10
Filter GridView Data based from Date Ranges Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 This example shows how to filter data in GridView based from two given dates. For example you have two Calendar Control which is allows you to select the Start Date and End Dates accordingly. These selected ... Filter GridView Data based from Date Ranges 0 0 0
Conversation Starter: To Sproc or NOT to Sproc Lee Brandt, January 1, 0001 With the flat response from the series so far, I thought I’d stir the pot a little. Again, I am not trying to start a flame war, I just want to share my opinion and start a conversation about it. I’ll ... Conversation Starter: To Sproc or NOT to Sproc 0 0 8
A few updates Steffi, January 1, 0001 Hi guys and gals, As some of you may know, I have quit working on SharePoint for the past five months, to focus more on my very last months of studies, for which I am programming a social website which ... A few updates 0 0 1
Nik Kalyani-DotNetNuke Webinar Review Brian Scarbeau, January 1, 0001 So I just spent an hour attending the DotNetNuke Corporation Webinar entitled DotNetNuke Demonstration. Needless to say, I'm a fan of DotNetNuke and I can't get enough knowledge of the product. Nik began ... Nik Kalyani-DotNetNuke Webinar Review 0 0 0
No scoping for SQL Server stored procedures… Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 It’s always nice to learn something new… Today I learned that variables in SQL Server stored procedures have no scope rules. Take this example: -- Declare @Outer int Set @Outer = 1 While 1 = 1 begin Declare ... No scoping for SQL Server stored procedures… 0 0 0
Save CheckBoxList Selected Items and Retain them on PostBacks. Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 I decided to write this example because I always encounter this kind of issues at http://forums.asp.net . This demo basically shows how to save the CheckBoxList selected items in the database and retain ... Save CheckBoxList Selected Items and Retain them on PostBacks. 0 0 10
Slides and links from NxtGenUG session on Entity Framework V1 and... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Had a great time on Tuesday (5th May 2009) at NxtGenUG in Oxford. A very friendly crowd, a fun user group and great to watch the banter between Alex and Barry first hand, rather than over twitter :-) I ... Slides and links from NxtGenUG session on Entity Framework V1 and... 0 0 0
CMAP Presentation Code Samples – Building and Consuming WCF... Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation last night at CMAP. The link to download both the code and power point is here. It also includes the SQL script for creating the database. I was asked what ... CMAP Presentation Code Samples – Building and Consuming WCF... 0 0 1
Using LINQ To SQL in the F# WCF Web Service, Part 1 Nick Holmes, January 1, 0001 To use LINQ To SQL, we need a Data Context object to provide our point of entry. It might be possible to use a System.Data.Linq.DataContext object directly, but its more usual to derive from this class ... Using LINQ To SQL in the F# WCF Web Service, Part 1 0 0 0
Problems with WCF Data Contracts in F# Nick Holmes, January 1, 0001 [Update: This blog post was orignally posted in early 2008, in another blog. Things have changed a little in F#, and Ted Nedward has provided updated information related to this, showing how to create ... Problems with WCF Data Contracts in F# 0 0 0
Building a Mini URL Service – Part 2 – The Algorithm Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 Part 1 – Part 2 The first order of business is what URL shortening approach should be used to take some very long URL, which in IE7 is limited to 2,083 characters (KB208427) and provide a nice compact ... Building a Mini URL Service – Part 2 – The Algorithm 0 0 0
An F# WCF Web Service Nick Holmes, January 1, 0001 For all the power and flexibility that WCF provides, creating a basic web service in C# is easy enough. Essentially, it's just a POCO adorned with some special attributes. Doing the same thing in F#, then, ... An F# WCF Web Service 0 0 0
Slides and links for SQL Data Services session at DDD Scotland Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I gave an update on SQL Data Services at DDD Scotland on Saturday (2nd May 2009). The deck was very similar to this one I gave at DevWeek which is already hosted on Slideshare. The final deck will be on ... Slides and links for SQL Data Services session at DDD Scotland 0 0 0
Great Classes - Coming Up - Great Price! TwinCitiesITandDevEvents, January 1, 0001 Word 2007 Level 1 May 6 Office 2007 New Features May 8 Access Level 2 May 11 - May 12 Distinguishing Yourself in a Competitive Market May 11 Change Management: How to Initiate and Implement Change May ... Great Classes - Coming Up - Great Price! 0 0 0
NINE Questions with Shawn Weisfeld NINEQuestions, January 1, 0001 I’ve known Shawn for a few years now, mostly through his work with the developer community and of course his affiliation with INETA. I figured it was time you got to know him as well. Here are NINE Questions ... NINE Questions with Shawn Weisfeld 0 0 12
NINE Questions with Jim Duffy NINEQuestions, January 1, 0001 I’ve known Jim Duffy for almost 6 years now, and I can honestly say he thinks he’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. When I first asked Jim to do a NINE Questions interview, back in September, ... NINE Questions with Jim Duffy 0 0 12
NINE Questions with Jessica M. Moss NINEQuestions, January 1, 0001 I ran into Jessica at the MVP Summit and again recently at the Roanoke Code Camp, where she gave some BI talks. Jessica is an interesting person who not only codes in VB, but she digs sci-fi as well. Definitely ... NINE Questions with Jessica M. Moss 0 0 36
NINE Questions with David Penton NINEQuestions, January 1, 0001 David Penton is another one of those folks that I’ve known for a while via the InterTubes but never had the pleasure of meeting in person until the MVP Summit. He also works on one of my favorite products, ... NINE Questions with David Penton 0 0 2
NINE Questions with Kent Tegels NINEQuestions, January 1, 0001 I’ve known Kent for a couple years now, having run into each other time and again around the various Heartland tech events. Kent’s a busy dude but he managed to spare a few cycles for me to answer these ... NINE Questions with Kent Tegels 0 0 2