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A future world without the SQL Server Image/Text/NText data types. Now's the time to start planning for that future...
Jose Barreto's Blog - SQL Server 2008 and Unstructured Data "SQL Server 2008 introduces two new options to store unstructured data, in addition to the current BLOB support we have in SQL Server 2005. ...
From : Gregs Cool [Insert Clever Name] of the Day
2008 Mar 23
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 312; Sentence Count: 37; Grade Level: 3.4
Things in Metadata that are missing in Reflection
System.Reflection is a high-level way of describing Types in .NET targetted at managed code consumers. The API is easy to use, but does not expose all the information that's actually present and affecting deci...
From : Mike Stalls blog
2008 Mar 15
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 454; Sentence Count: 29; Grade Level: 3.3
ASP.NET Case Study: Hang on WaitOne, WaitAny or WaitMultiple
One of the synchronization methods in .NET is the ResetEvent. It comes in two flavors, the AutoResetEvent which resets itself immediately after it is set, and the ManualResetEvent which as the name sugge...
From : If broken it is, fix it you should
2008 Mar 12
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 1291; Sentence Count: 172; Grade Level: 5.2
Introducing SQL Server Data Services ( SSDS ) by Nigel Ellis - Mix08 Video Download of Presentation
The speakers for the Microsoft Sync Framework, ADO.NET Data Services, and SQL Server Data Services mentioned the one-two punch you get from leveraging these services together. SQL Server Data Services is a web...
From : David Hayden - Florida .NET Developer - C# and SQL Server
2008 Mar 12
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 52; Sentence Count: 5; Grade Level: 7.5
Let Live Search know when you update your website
UPDATE: Google also has a ping service that works in the exact same way. You can find it at http://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=[your sitemap URL] Microsoft’s Live Search along with Yahoo and Ask d...
From : .NET slave
2008 Mar 12
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 264; Sentence Count: 27; Grade Level: 5.1
Binary vs. Source compatibility
Binary Compatibility means that when something is updated, you continue to work without needing to even recompile. Source Compatibility means that you need to recompile to keep things working, but you d...
From : Mike Stalls blog
2008 Mar 11
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 317; Sentence Count: 22; Grade Level: 9.6
CurrentCulture, CurrentUICulture and DateTime strings
There are a lot of blogs out that that tries to explain which is what, and why it is the way it is. To those of you who just want to know what the results are. I wrote a quick little app to show what happens....
From : Kathy Kam
2008 Mar 11
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 108; Sentence Count: 8; Grade Level: 7.5
What's wrong with one of GetNumberFormat's callers? And what's wrong with GetNumberFormat?
Please read the disclaimer; content of Michael Kaplan's blog not approved by Microsoft! Some of you may recall Igor Levicki, the guy who had 64-bit keyboards working before MSKLC 1.4 was released who I mentio...
From : Sorting It All Out
2008 Mar 10
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 2560; Sentence Count: 53; Grade Level: 12.0
Why changing SendTimeout does not help for hosted WCF services?
In .NET 3.0, you would handle two different timeouts: · Binding.SendTimeout This is the timeout that specifies how long the client can wait for the transport t...
From : Wenlong Dongs Blog
2008 Mar 10
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 337; Sentence Count: 29; Grade Level: 4.1
Decompiling Silverlight 2 Apps – Enter the XAP
When you build a Silverlight 2 application, you compile your source files (inc. XAML and embedded resources) into assemblies (dlls). Those assemblies (plus any 3rd party ones plus MS assemblies that are not pa...
From : The Moth
2008 Mar 09
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 317; Sentence Count: 33; Grade Level: 4.2
Silverlight Browser Integration aka HTML Bridge
Given that Silverlight applications sit in the browser via a plug in, it would be silly if you couldn't interact from managed SL code with other browser elements, such as html elements and script so that you c...
From : The Moth
2008 Mar 08
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 400; Sentence Count: 28; Grade Level: 9.5
Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 - MIX 08 Presentation
Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 - MIX 08 Presentation by David Hayden, Florida ASP.NET Web Developer Brad Abrams hit a homerun with his MIX 08 P...
From : David Hayden - Florida .NET Developer - C# and SQL Server
2008 Mar 07
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 398; Sentence Count: 34; Grade Level: 4.4
Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Control Samples
My sample and its source is now live on http://silverlight.net! It show case a variety of controls we have built for the Silverlight 2 Beta 1. We have quite an good set of controls. It shouldn't surprise my re...
From : Kathy Kam
2008 Mar 05
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 198; Sentence Count: 21; Grade Level: 3.9
patterns and practices Complete Catalog
What's the full patterns & practices catalog? I created a quick index of the patterns & practices catalog since I've needed to hunt down a few things. I figured this might be useful to shar...
From : J.D. Meiers Blog
2008 Mar 04
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 284; Sentence Count: 17; Grade Level: 12.0
SQL Server 2008 FILESTREAM - Writing a file to a FILESTREAM column
Zach Skyles Owens - SQL Server 2008 FILESTREAM and WPF MediaElement - Part 2 (Writing FILESTREAM Data)Wow... It's been a long time coming. I promised that I would explain in more detail how to write FILESTRE...
From : Gregs Cool [Insert Clever Name] of the Day
2008 Mar 04
Readability
Readability Stats: Word Count: 468; Sentence Count: 60; Grade Level: 4.1
