How to Compare / Test the Equality of two Queries in SQL Server

published 1 month, 27 days ago, submitted by powerrush 2 months, 2 days ago

blog.troyd.net — Compare / Test the Equality of two Queries in SQL Server using this short T-SQL read more...

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A Couple VB.NET Language Tips for C# Developers

submitted by crpietschmann 2 months, 8 days ago

pietschsoft.com — Originally, I started out as a Visual Basic developer, and have since moved mostly to C#. However, when doing consulting work, I do need to cross back and forth quite often. Here are a couple VB.NET tips that you probably aren't aware of if you're mostly a C# developer. Some VB.NET developers may not even know about them either. read more...

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Silverlight Progress Bar

submitted by crpietschmann 2 months, 9 days ago

jason.whitehorn.ws — One such puzzling absence from the Silverlight tool chest is a progress bar control. WPF has a progress bar, WinForms has a progress bar, but not Silverlight. Fortunately implementing one is not that hard and provided a great introduction to Silverlight's layout model. read more...

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WPF Toolkit adds Ribbon Control to .NET 3.5 SP1

published 2 months, 10 days ago, submitted by crpietschmann 2 months, 11 days ago

pietschsoft.com — The first release of the new WPF Toolkit was released today. This toolkit includes a new Ribbon control as well as the following: new WPF DataGrid, DatePicker/Calendar, and VisualStateManger. The coolest feature of this Toolkit (IMO) is the new Ribbon control. In .NET 4.0 there will be a ribbon control baked in, but thanks to the WPF Toolkit we have access to utilize the new Ribbon control today in WPF with .NET 3.5 SP1! read more...

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ALT.NET Podcast Episode 12: More jQuery in ASP.NET

submitted by powerrush 2 months, 24 days ago

altnetpodcast.com — In this episode Chris Brandsma, Rick Strahl, Dave Ward, Bertrand Le Roy, and Scott Koon conclude their discussion of Microsoft’s jQuery in ASP.NET announcement. Continuation or Episode 12. read more...

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Survey Time: What .NET Framework features do you use?

submitted by crpietschmann 2 months, 26 days ago

hanselman.com — "Hey folks, as I've said before, one of the things I like to do is take your comments, questions and feedback directly to the right folks inside Microsoft." - Scott Hanselman read more...

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Silverlight: Client-Side Database via LINQ and Isolated Storage

submitted by crpietschmann 2 months, 29 days ago

pietschsoft.com — When I did a search on "Silverlight Database" there weren't many results, and none of them actually mentioned a small database that you could embed into your Silverlight application. So, I thought I'd share a solution that I've used to store application data on the client using a combination of LINQ and Isolated Storage. This actually gives you a small "SQL"-like database since you can use LINQ to interact with it. read more...

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Load Virtual Earth on Demand

submitted by crpietschmann 3 months ago

liveside.net — The Virtual Earth JavaScript control is not small weighing in at 217KB when compressed in Version 6.2. When you require the rich experience of Virtual Earth this size is not an issue, the control is aimed at broadband users and within a few moments of interacting with the map you can easy exceed this with the rich imagery being loaded on demand. But what if your web page only needs to show the Virtual Earth map when a user asks for it or you just want your page to load super fast? You need to load Virtual Earth on demand. read more...

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