Official Publication of Creating Windows Azure Applications with Visua(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 2 years, 5 months ago

Though they were previewed earlier this month, we have now officially released the first of Windows Azure series of How Do I videos. Below you find a list of the videos that have been created, along with links to their location in the How Do I Video library. read more...

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Comma Separated Values (CSV) from Table Column(blog.sqlauthority.com)

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You need it yesterday, bookmark today and use it tomorrow! read more...

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Videos of C# Authors at PDC(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 2 years, 6 months ago

Here are links to a few short video interviews with C# MVPs and luminaries speaking while they attended PDC 2009 last week in Los Angeles. This is a chance to hear the interests and opinions of folks who are immersed in the culture and technology surrounding C#. All three of these interviewees are with authors who are currently working on new books about C#. Hear their take on new technologies such as Azure and Dynamic in C#, as well as their thoughts on the latest developments in existing technologies such as LINQ, WPF and Silverlight. read more...

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A Common Design Problem – Should the Primary Key Always be a Clustered(blog.sqlauthority.com)

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The question is does the change of any column as Primary Key should also create a Clustered Index? Moreover, is there any case, where one would not do the same? read more...

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Interesting Observation – TOP 100 PERCENT and ORDER BY(blog.sqlauthority.com)

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If you have any similar ideas as the above one, please leave a comment here. read more...

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Understanding Table Hints with Examples(blog.sqlauthority.com)

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Today we have a very interesting subject to look at. I tried to look for help online but have not found any other documentation besides what we have from the Book Online. Let us try to understand what are the different kinds of hints available in SQL Server and how they are helpful. read more...

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Community Convergence LVII(blogs.msdn.com)

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Welcome to the fifty-seventh issue of Community Convergence. In this post I’ll focus on new articles from the C# team, as well as events taking place at PDC. read more...

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Videos: Azure Services in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 with Jim Nakashima(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 2 years, 6 months ago

Here are three videos showing how Visual Studio 2010 provides support for the development and deployment of Azure Services applications. In these short How Do I Videos, I filmed Jim Nakashima as he demonstrated practical techniques for quickly deploying applications to the cloud. These videos will eventually be published in the How Do I section of the C# Dev Center. I’m hosting them here for now, so that they will be available in time for PDC. read more...

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Policy Based Management – Create, Evaluate and Fix Policies(blog.sqlauthority.com)

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This article will cover the most spectacular feature of SQL 2008 – Policy-based management and how the configuration of SQL Server with policy-based management architecture can make a powerful difference. Policy based management is loaded with several advantages. It can help you implement various policies for reliable configuration of the system. It also provides additional administration assistance to DBAs and helps them effortlessly manage various tasks of SQL Server across the enterprise. read more...

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Insert Data From One Table to Another Table(blog.sqlauthority.com)

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Following three questions are many time asked on this blog. How to insert data from one table to another table efficiently? How to insert data from one table using where condition to anther table? How can I stop using cursor to move data from one table to another table? There are two different ways to implement inserting data from one table to another table. read more...

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Microsoft SDK for Facebook Released(blogs.msdn.com)

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Microsoft has created an SDK to make it easier for you to write Facebook applications. read more...

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SQL SERVER – An Interesting Observation Related to Datatypes(blog.sqlauthority.com)

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Recently, I have been working on Query Optimization project. While working on it, I found the following interesting observation. This entire concept may appear very simple, but if you are working in the area of query optimization and server tuning, you will find such useful hints. read more...

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How Do I Video on Generate from Usage by Karen Liu(blogs.msdn.com)

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Karen Liu, the Lead Program Manager for the Visual C# and Visual Basic IDEs, has created a new video on Generate from Usage (GFU), a feature found in Visual Studio 2010, Beta 2. This post recaps what is included in the video, including the sections on how GFU can be used to enhance the practice of test first development. The video is shot in both VB and C#. Since this is a C# blog, I’ll show only C# code. read more...

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Classic, Lightweight and ScriptFree MSDN Library Views(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 2 years, 6 months ago

There have been a number of changes to the MSDN library of late, and to the way it is integrated with Visual Studio 2010. Kathleen McGrath and Mark D'Urso have created a nice little video that walks you through some of the new features such as the classic, lightweight and script-free views, as well as the new feedback mechanism. If you have questions about how the new features in the library work you might find that this is a useful way to spend 9 minutes and 36 seconds. read more...

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Bill Wagner on Dynamic Method Bags in C# 4.0(blogs.msdn.com)

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C# MVP and wunderkind Bill Wagner has written an article entitled Dynamic Method Bags which is now available on MSDN. Bill explores the new dynamic feature in C# 4.0. Most posts on this subject explain how to use dynamic to call Python, Ruby or Office. In his article, Bill explains how dynamic can be used not to call another language or tool, but to call your own C# objects without directly using the reflection API’s. The solution he provides combines generics, expression tress and dynamic to create a “type that allows developers to add new methods at runtime” and call those methods through dynamic dispatch read more...

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A New Article on Detecting Memory Leaks in .NET Applications(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 2 years, 6 months ago

MSDN has published an excellent article by Fabrice Marguerie entitled “How to Detect and Avoid Memory and Resource Leaks in .NET Applications.” In the article, the author explains how memory leaks are introduced into .NET applications, and what you can do to discover and eliminate them. The code shown in the article is in C#, but the topics covered will likely be useful to a broad range of .NET developers. read more...

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