Attaching Modified Entities in EF 4 Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 Lately I’ve been working with EF 4.0 and finding that many of the new features are catching up with the features previously available in other framework like LINQ to SQL. One example of this is the ability ... Attaching Modified Entities in EF 4 0 0 11
SQLBulkCopy versus standard INSERT statements Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 Part of my current project involves several batch processes that are run after normal working hours. Most of these jobs are doing either one of two things: importing data from a text file or exporting ... SQLBulkCopy versus standard INSERT statements 0 0 0
Lets build a simple blog engine [eboard] - 2 Rajesh Pillai, January 1, 0001 Welcome to the 2nd series of building a blog engine. In the first part we have laid out the foundation for this application and modeled the DB structure for quick mockup. You can read the first part here ... Lets build a simple blog engine [eboard] - 2 0 0 2
Hello World !!! rajeshpillai, January 1, 0001 I am typically starting this blog with the "Hello World" kind of post. Just to give an brief summary to the curious out there this blog will be a place where I will be putting down my experience with technologies ... Hello World !!! 0 0 0
Performance bottleneck - Low latency interface kapilc, January 1, 0001 Background: Out of first few tasks that were assigned to me in my new project, I was asked to help testing team with promoting an existing partially tested BizTalk interface. After little bit of code re-factoring ... Performance bottleneck - Low latency interface 0 0 2
Microsoft Business Intelligence Project Booster Kit Patrick Olurotimi Ige, January 1, 0001 I just came across this article and i taught its a good resource for BI Developers and other Analysts. Hope it helps ... Microsoft Business Intelligence Project Booster Kit 0 0 3
Calling SSRS report using either T-SQL or SSIS Kevin Shyr, January 1, 0001 [Update: 2009-12-30] We got it working using SSIS. Read this post: http://geekswithblogs.net/L... [Original post] Would ... Calling SSRS report using either T-SQL or SSIS 0 0 1
Synchronous Vs Asynchronous Statistics auto update in SQL Server Max, January 1, 0001 Asynchronous statistics auto update in SQL Server would ensure that the statistics are not updated when a query is executed, ensuring timely response. For this option, we need to set AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS_ASYNC ... Synchronous Vs Asynchronous Statistics auto update in SQL Server 0 0 0
How do I move a table from one schema to another in SQL Server? Paula DiTallo, January 1, 0001 This should work for SQL Server 2005/2008-- ALTER SCHEMA SchemaNameForTarget TRANSFER SchemaNameOfSource.MyTableName example: ALTER SCHEMA RiskEvaluation TRANSFER dbo.ConvertibleDebenture ... How do I move a table from one schema to another in SQL Server? 0 0 0
SQL Azure and Entity Framework sessions from PDC 2009 Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Two areas I am looking at right now are SQL Azure and Entity Framework 4. PDC had plenty of content on both these areas. Just need to find the time to watch some of it! I have added direct links to the ... SQL Azure and Entity Framework sessions from PDC 2009 0 0 0
Re-inventing the Wheel Darren Gosbell, January 1, 0001 Interestingly I had two instances last week when I thought different parts of Microsoft were re-inventing the wheel. The first was while listening to Episode 496 of Dot Net Rocks, where they were talking ... Re-inventing the Wheel 0 0 0
Free Online and Offline .NET, SQL and Azure Training Resources fr... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I was asked a little while back to pull together the best training resources for .NET development to feed into a MSDN UK site. I thought it would be useful to share here as well. By no means everything ... Free Online and Offline .NET, SQL and Azure Training Resources fr... 0 0 0
LiNQ to desestrés José Marcos García Espinosa, January 1, 0001 En mi trabajo actual casi no utilizo el SQL Manager. Esto debido a que yo sólo me encargo de cosas del front (funcionalidades e interacción con el usuario) y lo referente a bases de datos lo ve otra persona. ... LiNQ to desestrés 0 0 0
Command Line Parsing on Windows with Mono.Options Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 When you have command line arguments to parse (whether on Windows or Linux), the place to look is Mono.Options. To date, I have not found anything better to get the job done. It is a single C# file if ... Command Line Parsing on Windows with Mono.Options 0 0 1
Analysis Services 2008 Performance Counters showing zero Darren Gosbell, January 1, 0001 I had an issue recently with my SSAS 2008 performance counters - they were all showing up as 0. I could see them listed in Performance Monitor, but none of them worked. The counters for my SSAS 2005 instance ... Analysis Services 2008 Performance Counters showing zero 0 0 3
NHibernate 2.1 Configuration for SQL 2005 BobPalmer, January 1, 0001 This took a lot of google foo and twiddling, so I figured I would post this. That, and I fully expect I'll be scratching my head a few weeks from now and wondering where I put my sample XML ;) The configuration ... NHibernate 2.1 Configuration for SQL 2005 0 0 3
Processing Excel uploads with BizTalk and nServiceBus EltonStoneman, January 1, 0001 [Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/E... Following on from the sample for processing Excel uploads with nServiceBus, I have a comparable version using BizTalk on MSDN Code Gallery here: BizTalk ... Processing Excel uploads with BizTalk and nServiceBus 0 0 53
Hosted exception collection for .NET applications made easy – Exc... Liam Westley, January 1, 0001 I own a company, Tiger Computer Services Ltd, which is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) providing .NET software solutions to clients in the London area. One of the most significant considerations when ... Hosted exception collection for .NET applications made easy – Exc... 0 0 2
BizTalk Server 2009 - Rule deployment issue Charles Young, January 1, 0001 There is a small configuration issue with the Microsoft Business Rules Composer in BizTalk Server 2009. This will only affect you if you deploy the rules engine by itself without the rest of BizTalk Server. ... BizTalk Server 2009 - Rule deployment issue 0 0 4
RoundhousE: Version Your Database Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 Versioning your database is as important as versioning your code. How much time do we waste currently before we are even productive when we have to fix or enhance something in a database? RoundhousE versions ... RoundhousE: Version Your Database 0 0 1
SQL Azure slides and links from EdgeUG session Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 A big thanks to all those who attended http://edgeug.net/ last night to hear about SQL Azure and SQL Server 2008 R2. I really enjoyed it and once again “Merry Christmas”! Links http://bit.ly/startazure ... SQL Azure slides and links from EdgeUG session 0 0 0
Why does SubSonic’s SimpleRepository ‘Add<T>&rs... Jesse, January 1, 0001 Last time I was taking a look at SubSonic’s SimpleRepository functionality and wondering about the return value of the ‘Add<T>’ method. More specifically, I was wondering why the ‘object’ instance ... Why does SubSonic’s SimpleRepository ‘Add<T>&rs... 0 0 2
Windows Phone Camp - News and RSVP Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 I’m very excited to see some progress and buzz at Tampa Code Camp since we announced. We are still accepting speaker submissions and we are working having more sessions now. Continue spreading the word ... Windows Phone Camp - News and RSVP 0 0 0
Processing an Excel upload with nServiceBus EltonStoneman, January 1, 0001 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style ... Processing an Excel upload with nServiceBus 0 0 53
ASP.NET MVC Application – AlbumCredits.com Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 Recently my company just released the first version of a new MVC web site: AlbumCredits.com. This project, led by Oskar Austegard, is was I consider a highly successful real-world implementation of MVC. ... ASP.NET MVC Application – AlbumCredits.com 0 0 9
NHibernate Event Listener Registration With Fluent NHibernate Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 I’m a huge fan of NHibernate. It has excellent documentation and just makes the whole job of getting things into and out of the database much more enjoyable. There is a whole series of posts on NHibernate ... NHibernate Event Listener Registration With Fluent NHibernate 0 0 3
Validating business objects with AOP (2: persistence with NHibern... Thomas Weller, January 1, 0001 This series of posts discusses the use of an Aspect-oriented programming approach for implementing the validation part of a business domain, using the ValidationAspects aspect library, that sits on top ... Validating business objects with AOP (2: persistence with NHibern... 0 0 0
#PDC09 or PDC08 R2? andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Today was the first day of Microsoft's 2009 Professional Developer Conference, and it kicked off with a 2-hour keynote address led by Ray Ozzie. Ozzie enumerated various new features and launch dates for ... #PDC09 or PDC08 R2? 0 0 2
SQL Server Modelling - November CTP Charles Young, January 1, 0001 Hot on the heels of one CTP (StreamInsight) and timed to coincide with the opening day of the PDC, Microsoft has just released the latest version of the technology formally known as 'Oslo'. SQL Server ... SQL Server Modelling - November CTP 0 0 0
Getting Started with Entity Framework 4 – Simple Model Firs... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 [This is the first in a series of posts on getting started with the new features in Entity Framework 4 based on the demos I did in my session at TechEd Europe in Berlin last week (Nov 2009). ] When adding ... Getting Started with Entity Framework 4 – Simple Model Firs... 0 0 0
Tools Roundup 2009 Jennifer Zouak, January 1, 0001 Here is a list of the items in my "essentials" toolkit this year (in no particular order): Remote Desktop + Citrix Metaframe + Rogers wireless USB key -- lets me work on the train!!! Microsoft Visual Studio ... Tools Roundup 2009 0 0 0
PDC09: In Review ChrisD, January 1, 0001 My thoughts and observations of this year’s Microsoft PDC conference in LA. Day 1: Just registered for the conference. They had many reps available to move attendees through the registration process. We ... PDC09: In Review 0 0 0
ADO.NET Data Architecture Mai Nguyen, January 1, 0001 DataSet The dataset is a disconnected, in-memory representation of data. It can be considered as a local copy of the relevant portions of the database. The DataSet is persisted in memory and the data in ... ADO.NET Data Architecture 0 0 0
Fugly code TehGrumpyCoder, January 1, 0001 OK... particularly fugly code... wow. I'm about 2/3 of the way refactoring this huge beast of an application. I'm pulling SQL out of the code behind and putting it into the database layer. I'm using StringBuilder ... Fugly code 0 0 0
#PDC09: Here We Go Again andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Until recently, Microsoft’s policy toward Its Professional Developers Conference (PDC), was that it should be held only once every two or three years, and should focus on Redmond’s technology “futures.” ... #PDC09: Here We Go Again 0 0 1
Why does SubSonic’s SimpleRepository ‘Add<T>&rs... Jesse, January 1, 0001 I’ve been spending some time lately digging into SubSonic 3 and have really enjoyed working with it so far. I love the how “low friction” it is to get up and running. I’ve been particularly impressed with ... Why does SubSonic’s SimpleRepository ‘Add<T>&rs... 0 0 1
Geeking out with NHibernate and Membership Providers BobPalmer, January 1, 0001 My wife finally cornered me into rebuilding her website. This decision was partially influenced by her trying to find the FrontPage 97 CD so she cound change some content... and enough was enough. Because ... Geeking out with NHibernate and Membership Providers 0 0 5
RoundhousE: Configuration Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 This week I introduced RoundhousE and it’s getting quite a stir. Let’s take a look at the configuration. We are going to focus on the MSBuild/NAnt task configuration for now because the console isn’t yet ... RoundhousE: Configuration 0 0 9
Getting started with Windows Mobile Development : Managed Code TechTwaddle, January 1, 0001 I stumbled across this series of posts by Maarten Struys and Dougturn on "Getting started with windows mobile development with Visual C#". I remember Joel too having mentioned it in one of his posts. I ... Getting started with Windows Mobile Development : Managed Code 0 0 3
Iowa Code Camp Kevin Grossnicklaus, January 1, 0001 This last weekend I had the opportunity to head up to Des Moines, Iowa and give a presentation at the a regional developer event called the Iowa Code Camp. Due to a bunch of recent travel and speaking ... Iowa Code Camp 0 0 2
Connect to VMWare virtual machines using Remote Desktop Muljadi Budiman, January 1, 0001 Had a short training on VMWare on Tuesday, the software development department finally got the official permission (read: get a license) to use VMWare Workstation. I’m no stranger to Virtual Machines (VMs) ... Connect to VMWare virtual machines using Remote Desktop 0 0 43
Ling2Sql custom mapping gotcha with entity base class , January 1, 0001 If you are doing custom Linq to Sql mappings, it currently doesn’t support having your own base Entity class that you extend all your entities from. I found out the hard way through painful debugging. ... Ling2Sql custom mapping gotcha with entity base class 0 0 0
Using SQL Server Management Studio R2 with SQL Azure Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 As I mentioned earlier this week, we now have a CTP release of a version of SSMS that is SQL Azure aware. I thought it might be useful to share my first few minutes with it. First up, I cleared out my ... Using SQL Server Management Studio R2 with SQL Azure 0 0 0
RoundhousE DB Migration: Action Shots Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 I just started the appetites with my last post on RoundhousE. RoundhousE itself has a migration sample to help you get familiar with how it works. You can get to that by using a subversion client to download ... RoundhousE DB Migration: Action Shots 0 0 2
TechEd Europe 2009 Highlights and Lowlights Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 It is Friday 13th Nov 2009 - which means it is the last day of TechEd Europe in Berlin. Overall I have had a good week – high quality sessions, lots of time with customers and colleagues and a very smooth ... TechEd Europe 2009 Highlights and Lowlights 0 0 4
Visual Studio’s Cross-Platform Détente andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 I like it when Microsoft bridges its technologies out to other platforms. I like the PHP Driver for SQL Server and the samples in the PHP On Windows Training Kit so much that I did a whole session on them ... Visual Studio’s Cross-Platform Détente 0 0 0
RockNUG Code Samples Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 Thanks to everyone who attended my LINQ to SQL presentation at RockNUG last night. The code samples can be downloaded here: LINQ to SQL demo code. As a point of clarification from last night’s Q&A ... RockNUG Code Samples 0 0 0
Enter The Dragon: RoundhousE DB Migrations Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 One of the coolest projects I have been working on is how to solve issues with database versioning and migration. A project dubbed RoundhousE. RoundhousE is an open source automated database deployment ... Enter The Dragon: RoundhousE DB Migrations 0 0 9
SQL Server Management Studio now supports SQL Azure Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I have had a bit of a “SQL Azure” day at TechEd Europe. I sat through David Robinsons excellent intro to SQL Azure development (smooth, on time, great Q&A), caught up with David afterwards to exchange ... SQL Server Management Studio now supports SQL Azure 0 0 1
Winnipeg SQL Server UG November Event – Highlights from the... D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 November Event: Highlights from the PASS Summit Michael DeFehr, Protegra The annual summit for the Professional Association for SQL Server was held in Seattle in the first week of November. With over 160 ... Winnipeg SQL Server UG November Event – Highlights from the... 0 0 0