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SQL Server 2008 Brochure - Download

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:25:11 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Brochure is available to download. It contains many information like available Server Editions, Top New Features, New Available Technologies and additional resources.

dnrTV Aggregator Part 2 - LINQ to XML

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:46:02 GMT

In Part 1 of this series I went over the creation of a Windows Service and it's remote client. For this installment, I will be covering the use of "LINQ to XML" to gather the feed, and the saving and loading of the XML configuration files. I'll also show some code to download and unzip the videos using SharpZipLib from ic#code.

Generate a CASE statement in LINQ to SQL

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:16:35 GMT

If you're wondering how to generate a Case statement by using LINQ to SQL here's how. I also go over how to concat case statements... And by the time you get to the end you should understand how to nest case statements as well :)

Gallery of Visual Studio Programmer Themes

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:16:02 GMT

Scott Hanselman gives us a fantastic run down of some of the best Visual Studio themes. This is the best consolidated list I have seen and there are screen shots with all of them.

How to build a 3D game using XNA

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:16:03 GMT

Dan Waters has just published a 14 part video cast series on how to build a 3D game, complete with audio, input, and character animation. 2 Hours and 25 Minutes of total content!

LINQ to SQL Part 3

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:51:43 GMT

We have seen a couple examples of how to use LINQ to SQL in the previous posts LINQ to SQL Part 1, LINQ to SQL Part 2, and how easy it is to use. The next question now becomes, What if your company strictly uses stored procedures for all of its data accessing? Companies today can have stored procedures number from the hundreds to the thousands. With LINQ to SQL, you can still call your stored procedures and even mix and match the type styles.

Performance comparison between Linq, NHibernate and Stored Procs

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:16:02 GMT

A detailed article on a performance comparison between Linq, NHibernate and Stored Procs with ADO.NET