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jQuery Templates Talk Slides and Code

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:19:05 GMT

The slides and code from the talk given at DevConnections March 2011.

Windows Azure Drive (aka X-Drive)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:45:39 GMT

With today's release of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK version 1.1, also the Windows Azure Drive feature has been released. Announced at last year's PDC as X-Drive, which has nothing to do with a well-known German car manufacturer, this new feature enables a Windows Azure application to use existing NTFS APIs to access a durable drive. This allows the Windows Azure application to mount a page blob as a drive letter, such as X:, and enables easily migration of existing NTFS applications to the cloud. This blog post will describe the necessary steps to create and/or mount a virtual hard disk on a Windows Azure role instance.

Siaqodb launched

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:20:01 GMT

We just released first version of Siaqodb ready for production.Siaqodb is object database for .NET, Mono and Silverlight. As release notes: -automatic object schema refactoring: For example you design a class and at a certain point you want to add/change/remove members of that class, but you already had saved in DB objects with old Type definition. Now siaqodb support automatic change of objects stored in DB...

Review: Laplink PCMover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:26 GMT

An in-place upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 is not a path supported by Microsoft, but Laplink has a utility that allows you do this. My overall experience was that the tool is easy to use and works very well. There were a couple of hiccups I found, which are detailed in the post.

Getting Started with TDD using MbUnit and C# and VB.NET

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:51:32 GMT

An introductory article into Test Driven Development using MbUnit/Gallio, with examples in both C# and VB.NET.

Rectangles, Temporary Tables and Table Variables

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:36:41 GMT

A brief braindump of optimizing queries using table variables or temporary tables.

Cheap offsite version control

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:00:13 GMT

If you're any sort of developer, one of the most important tasks you can do is secure your code-not just keeping a good version history, but also keeping the code in a safe place in case your computer fails or house is destroyed. Most of us have a hosting plan which we use to tinker and host our own personal stuff. Mine has far more disk space than I'm likely to use, plus the drives are backed up and securely located-just the kind of thing you need for your source code.

Beyond SoundEx - Fuzzy Searching in MS SQL Server

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:01:20 GMT

In this post see how you can perform fuzzy deduping operations and fuzzy string matching by bringing the power of an open source string metric library (SimMetrics) into sql server

Programmatically Encrypt Decrypt Configuration Sections in web.config

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:46:02 GMT

The ASP.NET Configuration API provides support for encrypting and decrypting configuration sections in web.config. This feature comes extremely handy when you need to hide sensitive information like passwords. In this article, we will explore how to encrypt and decrypt sections of the web.config.

Finally released Comment Manager extension for BlogEngine.NET

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:20:27 GMT

I'm really pleased to announce that has been released an extension to editing ed managing comments on BlogEngine.NET. This extension is fully plug and play and it's not required any changes to core.

Visual Studio and Code Analysis

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:18:08 GMT

Even with the newest releases of StyleCop, FxCop, and Visual Studio 2008, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the suite of technologies and products that make up what should probably be termed "Microsoft Source Analysis".

Who is afraid of ADC? - Introduction to AJAX Data Controls - Part II

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:47:51 GMT

The suite of ADCs (AJAX Data Controls) has made a splash in the AJAX community. Of the four ADC controls, Gridview has attracted most of the attention, usage and questions. So how to use the ADC Gridview?

Add GeoURL Meta tags with GeoURL Extension

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:41:50 GMT

Add GeoURL Meta tags to your blog and build that local community spirit today!

DiscountASP.NET Launches SQL 2008 Hosting (500 MB)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:41:34 GMT

DiscountASP.NET proudly announces the launch of Microsoft SQL 2008 hosting, available to all DiscountASP.NET customers as a new hosting add-on option in both US and UK datacenter locations. With the launch of SQL 2008 hosting, we introduce new SQL 2008 management tools in the control panel, including an on-demand SQL 2008 database backup tool, an automated SQL 2008 database restore tool, and an automated Attach MDF File tool. Customers can manage their SQL 2008 databases with Microsoft SQL Management Studio.

ASP.NET Browsers Filter!!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:16:03 GMT

Yesterday .NET SP1 released and many new features for ASP.NET where added. But yesterday i also discovered a feature that ASP.NET has from version 2.0 Let's say we have a button. We can decide what value will the properties have for different browsers!!! And we can do that with this way...

KickIt plugin for Live Writer on CodePlex

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:43:00 GMT

New version of John Papa's KickIt plugin for Live Writer on CodePlex

GridView with Thumbnail Images - Part 2

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:51:38 GMT

Part 2 of this article will also generate the thumbnail image for the images stored in database and display it on the GridView. Like Part 1, when the user clicks on the thumbnail image displayed on the gridview it will display the full image, but inside a DIV tag on the same page instead of a popup, which gives a better user experience.

Comparing with NULL in where clause using Linq to SQL

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:34:06 GMT

In Linq to SQL, there is no 'IS' operator as SQL. And this IS operator is used for comparing a field's value to NULL in SQL where clause since two NULLs are not equal and using the regular '=' operator between two nulls evaluates to false. In this article, I have shown you the problem that you must know before you write Linq to SQL code in your application and also a work around to this problem.

List SQL Servers using SqlDataSourceEnumerator

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:35:31 GMT

You can list SQL servers available in a network

Write code, Win FREE MSDN Subscription!

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:28:35 GMT

As of today, there are 58 days left to submit your entries in the Community Coding Contest. There are more prizes than just two MSDN Premium Subscriptions with Visual Studio Team System 2008 Suite being given away; a few companies have donated additional prizes too! View the Prizes page for a full list of the prizes being given away. Also, if we get a ton of entries, we may be able to get more prizes donated! Once the entry phase of the contest is finished, the website will be opened up for the community to vote on the winners. We aren't going to have a panel of judges that might give the prizes to people they know. YOU the community are going to be in charge to judging the contest, on any criteria you want, to decide who wins these awesome prizes!

How to migrate dasBlog to BlogEngine.NET

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:46:04 GMT

Reasons and migration steps from dasBlog (old and handy) to BlogEngine.NET (new and shiny)

Convert Your VS 2008 Website to a Web Application

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:49:47 GMT

You can use the workaround of converting a VS 2008 website to a web app, even though the option exists only for web applications.

Rewrite URL and HttpHandler problems on IIS with certain characters

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:17:23 GMT

Trying to rewrite URL's or custom handle URL's on IIS 6/7 can lead to HTTP errors on the IIS level. The problem is that some characters like a question mark (?) are considered illegal by IIS when they are a part of a URL...

LINQ to XML Video Demo

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:16:18 GMT

Mike Taulty, an evangelist from Microsoft UK, does a demo on features in LINQ to XML for the Vista Squad user group. A great demo by a great speaker.

Setting up a Project in Subversion (Svn)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:31:02 GMT

Short screencasts on how to set up a Project in Subversion (Svn).