Configuring XP SP2 to enable remote debugging for VS 2002/2003
This is one of those “just in case I ever need it”entries. Details here.
Month: August, 2004
WsContractFirst Visual Studio .NET add-in version 0.3
Chrsitian Wyer has a sample that generates web services code.( WSDL, Proxy etc)Read more.
Book - Real World XML Web Services
A draft of Yasser Shohouds book.REad more.
The Code Project - Paging of Large Resultsets in ASP.NET
Before I forget to make a note of it. This write-up of different paging solutions is very useful.Read more.
Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer
As I understand it (and I havent run this tool as yet) you are required to define your own best practices. The tool then scans all selected db’s and reports to you. Get the code here.
Personally I have used FMS’s SQL Analyzer Pro. It does a very nice job of documententing every nook and […]
A SQL 2005 Express Maintenance Utility
I must say, I really enjoy Jasper’s SQL site. There are many useful scripts and great ideas. Like this one. A utility to help w. SQL 2005 Express. Check it out here
SQL Litespeed
The dba and infrastructure folks at my current company are constantly complaining about the travails and costs of backing up data. Space, cost etc. Here is a very cool tool to help out
Getting Started with SMO in SQL 2005
Nice job! A nifty explanantion of issues aorund SMO in SQL 2005 ( the assemblies are GAC’d) Read it here
System.Web.Mail , Oh My
An entire site dedicated to a namespace. Now thst really something.Here it is.
SQL Server Developer Center: Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping in Data Transformation Services for SQL Server 2005
Did you ever run a DTS that came across misspelled or trunacted key data> Perhaps the fuzzy lookup capabilities of SQL 2005 will make you live easier next time. Article here
ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio .NET design-time experience
Another post by Andres is critical of the differences in design time experience of controls. I personally have never used the design time support to create andn bind a datasource for a control. I just don’t trust MS with that.Here is the blog entry.
ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio .NET build system
VS 2005 is more like WebMatrix than VS 2003 was. Andres Aguiar discusses some of the changes in the way builds re generated
Stunned: WinFS removed from Longhorn
Frans laments a rather serious change in the composition of Longhorn. I don’t know enough details but one thing is for sure - ObjectSpaces will not see the light of day for yet even more time.
Here is a link to the press release
MS ApplicationBlocks.Caching
MS sure makes caching as easy as possible with their application block. Very nice stuff. And since I was working with it, here are a couple of related links. Some material from MSDN and also a blog entry that describes a cache and web service scenario.
Source Control HOWTO
Eric Sink’s online book. The maker of SourceVault has something to share.Read it here
FAQ Connection Pooling and Leaks
Angel has a nice discussion of what sort of code can cause connection leakage in ADO.NET 1.1. Read more.
QA Replacement Application
Anybody need a query analyzer for SQL 2005. The beat didn’t ship with one…Get it here
TheServerSide.NET - From IIS to ASP.NET
Some nice examples of HttpHandlers and such. Read it here
Create a copy of an existing SQL Server database
I haven’t tried it, but this question -with code sample might get e better answer if posted in a sqlblog.
SQL Server Developer Center: Data Transformation Services for SQL Server 2005 Frequently asked Design Questions
Ovwe 20 questions I am sure that in time there could be ton more. Hopefully MSDN updates this article acordingly.