Anyone using MySQL [http://www.mysql.com] as a primary or secondary database system must checkout the MySQL Gotchas [http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html] (a list of features or functions which work as advertised – but not as expected). MySQL can be accessed from VB.NET using some managed class…
A friend from work sent me this list of Companion Tools for .NET development [http://www.csharpfriends.com/statics/tools.aspx]. For anyone into BizTalk (2002 or 2004b [http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/beta/] ), you must checkout the BizTalk User Group [http://www.biztalkug.com/]. Its a growing community with…
Dino Esposito provides an overview of Longhorn, focusing on the build-once, deploy n-times application model. In addition, he discusses XAML, that’s used to create UI elements, then presents some working samples. A First Look at Writing and Deploying Apps in the Next Generation of Windows. [http://msdn.microsoft.com/…
Here’s an Excel spreadsheet [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e114b7e5-400f-45b6-9e1c-50968a0cc729&displaylang=en] illustrating network ports used by Microsoft products. The spreadsheet shows what network ports are used by the system services utilized by the Microsoft Windows Server System products. And there’s a List of…
Although not entirely related to .NET, Google Labs [http://labs.google.com/] has a list of some really interesting whitepapers written by Googlers [http://labs.google.com/papers.html]?on stuff like Data Mining,?Search Engine Design, Algorithms, File System Design, UI Design, Natural Language Processing and much more. Some…
Jan Gray from the Microsoft CLR Performance Team wrote a while back on Writing Faster Managed Code: Know What Things Cost [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/fastmanagedcode.asp] . A very nice article to read. Craig Andera [http://staff.develop.com/candera/] shows HowTo:…
The xp_dirtree extended procedure in SQL Server (7.0 and 2000) will list the subdirectories in the specified directory. Usage: EXEC master.dbo.xp_dirtree ‘C:Windows’ As I learnt today, the title (browser window title) of an ASP.NET page can be changed programatically. Here how … In the…
A new article (special report) on Longhorn [http://news.com.com/2009-1016_3-5103226.html] and Microsoft’s future strategy has been published at CNET News -?Is Microsoft’s new version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, a radical innovation or a return to the company’s winner-take-all software strategy from a…