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Linq to MySQL, based on Matt Warren's provider

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:27:36 GMT

On each release Matt Warren's IQueryable provider is getting more and more interesting. On this post I'll show you how easy is to plug-in your custom QueryFormatter to start querying MySQL databases.

CSS design patterns: Helper classes

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:44:57 GMT

Helper classes are reusable rules that use class selectors. Helper classes are designed to let you: 1) Apply style to an element without having to create a special rule for that element. 2) Abstract away browser inconsistencies. 3) Make documents more style readable.

Q: Is IQueryable the Right Choice for Me?

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:16:02 GMT

IQueryable<T> is just one way to create custom LINQ providers, but this post outlines different approaches that are attractive for less-complicated query providers.

SELECT @@LOLZ

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:47:17 GMT

SQL Server vs Oracle video on YouTube

Writing SQL using lambda expressions (not Linq)

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:54:15 GMT

A "specialized" query API for SQL that is type safe.

Implementing a string.Format-like CreateCommand(string, params object[

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:40:36 GMT

An extension method for creating DbCommand objects using the string.Format syntax.

Querying with Linq to Sql against the DBMS of your choice

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:28:31 GMT

A simple approach to easily get started with Linq to Sql when not using SqlServer.

Caption Template for GridView: It is possible.

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:08:22 GMT

A caption template for the GridView control.

Why change-tracking has to be part of an entity object

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:46:01 GMT

Frans Bouma raises some valid concerns on the Entity Frameworks entity state management.

The Power of Dynamic SQL: DynamicQuery class - Introduction

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:31:01 GMT

Building provider independent data-driven applications that uses static queries can be a lot of work. Even more work needs to be done to use dynamic queries, specially in parsing and validating user input, and building the command string. The DynamicQuery class can do all of that work for you and much more!

Creating a Generic Collection Class with Sorting Support in .NET 2.0

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:16:01 GMT

One of the coolest new features in .NET 2.0 is the introduction of Generics. For those of you that have been creating tons of strongly typed collections for your business objects I'm sure you had the same reaction I did when you heard about them. "Sweet!! Now I can stop generating and tweaking derived collection classes all over the place!!" (This is assuming you've all been using some sort of refactoring tool that can generate the collection classes for you, I hope you have.) OK, so now we know we can create strongly typed collections in our code. You might be wondering why I'm suggesting we still create a separate collection class and not just use the generic collections included in the System.Collections.Generic namespace. The idea is that we can create our own collections that support generics that provide us with specific needs that we might commonly use or need for a specific application. In this article I will present a simple collection class which both supports Generics as well as Sorting.

Easy, yet fast, SQL paging solution

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:31:01 GMT

No stored procedure/temporary table/cursor/variable needed.

UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewrite

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:01:01 GMT

UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewrite is an Open Source Component which allows you certainly to rewrite URLs with ASP.NET 2.0.

Secure Cookie

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:01:01 GMT

This my second post of almost same topic asp.net lacking. This time it is Cookie. Still Asp.net has the lacking of creating encrypted cookie. Here is another handy class which generates encrypted cookie.

Secure Url

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:16:01 GMT

NET version 3.0 has been released, but Asp.net still does not have any built-in support for passing querystring in encrypted text. This class will give you the support to pass querystring in encrypted rather than plain.