Thursday, May 17, 2007

Debugging SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedures in Visual Studio

Hi,

Good article on debugging SQL Server 2005 stored procedures in Visual Studion 2005.

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/051607-1.aspx

Cheers

Monday, May 14, 2007

Everyday use of Generics

Hi,

There has been a lot of talk about 'Generics' ever since .Net 2.0 was released but I found no examples or scenarios where 'Generics' could be used in everyday programming tasks until I read this excellent article by Deborah Kurata.

http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=0703061

Cheers

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Enhance your website with ASP.NET AJAX extensions

Hi,

Found a good article with a simple example of using ASP.NET AJAX extensions to enhance a website.
http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/asp.net/enhance-your-website-with-asp.net-ajax-extensions/

Topics include
  • The role of the ScriptManager control
  • Nesting UpdatePanel controls
  • Triggering asynchronous requests
  • Providing progress indicators to end users
  • Interacting with the UpdatePanel on the client-side, using the PageRequestManager class.

Cheers

Monday, April 30, 2007

Enterprise Application Integration with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006

This article provides a conceptual overview of BizTalk Server 2006 and how it serves to address the problem domain common in the EAI space.

http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=0705031

Cheers

Crash Course for Learning Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

This article assumes no prior experience with WCF, and will walk you through some basic exercises and steps to show WCF’s capabilities.

http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=0705041

Cheers

Friday, April 27, 2007

All about SQL Server Grouping

Hi,

An excellent workbench article by Robyn Page on SQL Server grouping.

Removing Duplicates
Simple Reporting
Grouping and Pivot Tables
Enumerating the Group members
Ranging
Grouping as a utility


http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/sql-server-grouping-workbench/

Cheers

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

.NET Distributed Transactions on Enterprise Services: a demo

Hi,

I was looking for a few good examples of .Net Enterprise Services implementations when I found this great demo.
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/KdotNET.asp

It is simple, gives a real-world scenario and is just fast to get it running. Check it out. Source code included as a download.

Cheers
Hemil.