Is LINQ the New SQL – More Readers Respond It seems this topic has drawn the interest of many. Here are more responses from our readers. Mahabubur: It’s a wonderful idea you expressed here. I am a software engineer and like T-SQL thus love to write LINQ to SQL. However , always i have to heard that LINQ is very […]

Is LINQ the New SQL – Readers Respond There are two aspects of every SQL dialect. SQL Statements for managing the database environment itself such as Creating Databases, Creating Tables, views, Indexes, etc. These commands tend have the least amount of variance across different platforms, with the exception of data types. The second aspect is the language used to work […]

LINQ – Is It the New SQL? I have been using LINQ for Objects a lot recently. It allows me to leverage my set based skills when processing Dot Net IEnumerable objects. This seems to be something I have to do a lot lately. About the same time, I started looking at NHibernate again. I find it interesting that LINQ […]

Developer Skills Reader Comments Time to close out this topic with a few more comments from our readers. Writing about this topic, and reading the comments from many readers has confirmed to me that it is not just a specific toolset that makes you valuable. It is more important how you use the tools you have. Seek those tools that […]

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What Tool Should You Learn Next? As a follow on to yesterdays editorial about keeping your skills current I wanted to consider how to choose what skills to keep current. I have been following a thread regarding which language is better, C# or VB.net. I don’t have an answer, and none of the responders to the thread had any definitive […]

SelecTViews: With Stephen Wynkoop Find out the latest news involving EMC’s ProSphere, Microsoft’s lifecycle plan for Windows XP and more. [Watch the Show] Take Control of Your Ongoing Education As a follow-up of the last editorial, I would like to provide some ideas of how you can keep your skills current without relying on your employer. Realistically, your employer is […]

PowerPivot Expo – Today Thanks to everybody who signed up to attend our eight virtual sessions on PowerPivot! We’re kicking off the event at 9 a.m. Pacific, so if you forgot to register, come on in and join in all the Business Intelligence-focused fun. Sign up today Keeping Current in a Rapidly Changing World It’s time to take control of […]

PowerPivot Expo – Tomorrow At one of the largest Business Intelligence-focused virtual events of the summer, SSWUG.ORG is hosting eight sessions on PowerPivot! Learn from experts such as Mark Tabladillo, Brian Knight, Jen Underwood and others about organizing, connecting and manipulating tables of large data sets. If you want to attend, you should! After all, it’s free to attend the […]

Composition and Inheritance Wrap up I have been very pleased with the response to the topic of when to use Composition and when to use Inheritance. The responses demonstrate that SSWUG is valued by an audience much broader than just database professionals. Ian shares some thoughts that wrap up this topic very nicely. Your example of a Car inheriting from […]