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Release of report generator for Silverlight

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:44:36 GMT

Report Sharp-Shooter for Silverlight is a new solution designed to create Web reports of the next generation. The use of Silverlight technology guarantees correct report display with the ability to delicately set the appearance, compatibility with the most popular browsers, no necessity to install additional software on the client side. Report Sharp-Shooter for Silverlight provides high interactivity and offers possibility to preview, pan, zoom, and export reports to the most wide-spread formats, quickly search for necessary information and conveniently navigate the report.

Do you think that you know how to deliver reports over the web?

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:18:11 GMT

It's amazing but although reports are the essential part of any business application, nowadays there is no simple, convenient, safe and universal way of distributing reports over the web. I know that many developers don't agree with this statement. Ok, let's analyze the difference between client and web reporting solutions.

Visions in Online Crystal Ball: Is SilverlightT 2.0 - "THE NEXT BIG TH

Tue, 27 May 2008 06:22:18 GMT

The Holy War has begun. Forums and blogs are full of flames on «AjaxT vs FlashT vs SilverlightT vs JavaFXT». Currently it is obvious that in the near future SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) application distribution model will capture considerable part of both corporate market and home users sphere. It is estimated that about 25% of corporate applications will be distributed as SaaS by 2011. I won't go into detail of advantages of this distribution model, as there are many publications on this topic. It is enough to say that SaaS applications don't require installation on client computers. As a result only provider should take care of application setup, management and maintenance; this helps dramatically scrimp on software licensing and save considerable sum on hardware and IT personnel.

10 Visual Studio Shortcuts You Must Know

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:31:02 GMT

A great list of 10 Visual Studio Shortcuts any software developer must know and use.

LINQPad as a Code Snippet Execution Engine

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:01:02 GMT

LINQPad is an awesome tool to quickly execute code. Besides the obvious LINQ testing features that its name implies, LINQPad also can come in quite handy as a generic .NET code snippet execution utility that allows you to run any .NET expression or single statement block. It's a great tool for your toolbox to quickly check behavior of BCL functions for example...

SQL SERVER - 15 Best Practices for Better Database Performance

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:01:02 GMT

I have written 14 best practices here, read them all and let me know what is as per your opinion should be the 15th best practice.

Easter Egg in the VS 2008 Installer?

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:16:10 GMT

I can't reproduce it, but I'm pretty sure I saw an easter egg when installing Visual Studio 2008.

What is wrong with the ASP.NET Community

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:16:03 GMT

Dan Hounshell expounds on the state of the ASP.Net community. Weigh in using his commenting system with your own thoughts.

Book Review: LINQ in Action

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:31:02 GMT

Rick Strahl reviews "LINQ in Action". He sounds pretty pleased with the book.

How to get data dynamically from you LINQ to SQL data context « C# Dis

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:09:09 GMT

Lately I have been playing around with LINQ to SQL and let me tell you this. It is super cool! :D So today I wanted to check how I can grab data from all tables that are mapped in my LINQ to SQL mapping file. I discovered that it is really easy. In fact it is just a few lines of code. Have a look .

Implementing table inheritance in SQL Server

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:09:43 GMT

When designing a database, we sometimes come across situations where there are multiple types of entities that we are modeling, but we'd like them to all have certain attributes or relations in common. Using "sub-type" tables is a simple way to implement table inheritance in SQL Server.

Custom Entity Classes Using LINQ to SQL Part 1 - DataObjects

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:01:02 GMT

Want to use LINQ without using th LINQ to SQL Classes file? Maybe even add it into an existing object model you already have set up?

One-To-Many (Master-Detail) Forms with LINQ to SQL

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:23:31 GMT

Practical example (Winforms) of creating master-detail form.

SQL Server, Clean your Database Records and reset Identity Columns, Th

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:06:23 GMT

Reset SQL Server Database

Different ways to find the identity value inserted in the SQL server -

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:05:50 GMT

When inserting a row in the database with an identity column as a primary key, most of the time we need to capture the new identity value generated. In SQL Server there cane as many as three approaches for the same.

LINQ: How to do joins between a relational database and xml data

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:32:42 GMT

At my Houston MSDN Event (http://www.msdnevents.com) I had a student ask me if it was possible to do a Join between different data sources using LINQ. Specifically, he asked about joining XML data with SQL data. So I thought "What the hell, let's give it a shot." It turns out you CAN do joins between different data sources with no problems that I can see. Here is my example of how to join SQL and XML data using LINQ.

Connect to a SQL Database and Use the LINQ to SQL Designer

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:05:02 GMT

To begin working with LINQ to SQL in Visual Studio 2008 you will need a database that you can query and a copy of SQL Express. If SQL Express is not installed on your system, you can download it here. Follow these steps to install and access the copy of the Northwind database that accompanies the samples that ship with Visual Studio 2008.

Super easy SQL Server 2005 Database Schema change auditing

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:46:02 GMT

Here's a very simple way to make use of xml type in SQL Server 2005: audit all the object/schema changes to the database with a simple database-level trigger. It's like a poor man's source control for schema changes. But also, it could come in very handy for forensic purposes when diagnosing post-rollout issues or accidental schema changes. Anyway, it's simple and handy for what it does.

Tracking Database Record Changes at the Field Level

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:33:30 GMT

Example of how to create a table that stores who edited which field and when by using a database trigger. Example code for SQL Server.

LINQ to SQL and Serialization

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:44:18 GMT

LINQ to SQL provides entity objects that can be used easily for object access to data members. But these objects can be difficult to deal with if you need to serialize them in Web Services or in other ways because relationships are often circular. Here's a discussion of things to watch out for and how you can get around the issues.

Linq to SQL: Many to Many Tables

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:59:59 GMT

Showing two ways to query a many to many table relationship using Linq to Sql and outlining the performance differences between them.

SQL SERVER - 2005 - Create Script to Copy Database Schema and All The

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:46:02 GMT

This is very simple but powerful. Explained with Images.

Getting MS SQL Server Database Dump

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:23:23 GMT

How to get a dump of SQL Server 2000/2005 database. The Database Publishing Wizard.

LINQ to SQL and stored procedures, my quest continues

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:01:01 GMT

A discussion about LINQ to SQL and how it contradicts existing database developer best practices.

Working with Data

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:09:14 GMT

Learn SQL, data binding, ADO.NET Datasets, and how to connect to SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases. Also, learn to build your own SQL Query program that works with Access databases. Excerpt: Database access is the perfect example of source code reuse. The basic operations are always the same-add, retrieve, update, and delete records. The only thing different is the structure of the data. Yet, each database system has its own native programming library that is not compatible with other databases, making it difficult to port applications to other database systems. So, it is not surprising that numerous database libraries have been developed over the years to encapsulate the implementation details of database operations. In this article, we talk about how to access a database using ADO.NET-the set of classes that .NET provides for database access.