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SQL Server 2005: Immediate Deadlock notifications

Wed, 21 May 2008 09:48:15 GMT

Deadlocks can be a pain to debug since they're so rare and unpredictable. The problem lies in repeating them in your dev environment. That's why it's crucial to have as much information about them from the production environment as possible. This is one way of getting it immediatly when it happens,

Ease your SSMS experience: SSMS Tools PACK 1.0 is out!

Mon, 19 May 2008 08:46:02 GMT

A popular free add-in for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is now in release version 1.0. With many new and improved features it speeds up your SSMS development.

Create a dynamic map of countries from map in svg fila and xml data

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:01:07 GMT

See how to convert a map of EU countries in svg file to a Silverlight application with ViewerSvg. The tutorial will also show how to read the data from xml file and how to use data binding. The application will show the basic data about the country that is selected with the mouse. There is also a slider that shows when the countries were joining the EU.

Convet an excel graph to a dynamic graph in Silverlight (tutorial)

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:01:07 GMT

See how to convert an excel graph with Paste2Xaml to a Silverlight application. To show the power of Silverlight we add a starup animation and a dynamicaly showing graph data on moving the mouse over graph's bars. The tutorial can be also used for WPF applications.

See how simple is to create a great user interface for you app

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:46:04 GMT

See how simple is to create a great user interface for your WPF or Silverlight application. You can simply use almost any vector drawing application (Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Inkscape, Visio, Autocad, Excel, Word, etc.) and then with the ViewerSvg or Paste2Xaml convert the drawing into XAML. Or even simpler, you can use one of the thousands vector images that are already available on the internet - see links. There are also samples that demonstrates the power of vector images and how simple is to create a great effects with them.

SQL Server 2005: Get full information about transaction locks

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:16:03 GMT

Get information about what locks are being held by the transaction, what SPID owns the transaction, on which objects the locks are being held, what SQL statement caused the locks, etc...