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Writing a custom ASP.NET Profile class
(Jon Galloway) We made heavy use of the ASP.NET membership and profile system for Video.Show (a Silverlight 1.0 video community website system, available on CodePlex). In addition to storing basic profile information, we created a custom profile with some additional fields. It’s a really easy way to
Extension primitives in XSDL
(Jeni Tennison) Michael Sperberg McQueen (CMSMcQ) has written a couple of interesting posts about datatypes in W3C’s XML Schema (XSDL). (The second is a response to a comment from John Cowan, and attempts to justify some of the seemingly arbitrary decisions made in the set of datatypes present in XS
Tracking down orphaned critical sections in ASP.NET
(Tom) Recently we have seen quite a few issues where the problem turned out to be an orphaned critical section. When you have a dump with this problem you can run the following commands to see this:
Designing N-Tiered Data Access Layer Using Datasets – Part 2
(David Catherman) The Dataset Generator in Visual Studio 2005/8 generates a data entity structure that meets the requirements of a good object relation mapper (ORM), except for a couple small areas. This article shows the code that needs to be added to provide tier separation and how it can easily b
Untapped Silverlight Powers: The Interactive Application
(Wei-Meng Lee) One of Silverlight’s key strengths is its ability to provide rich, interactive features. Besides using it to perform cool animations and transformations on graphics and videos, another good use of Silverlight is for developing applications that could not otherwise be developed using c
Extending the DB2 Spatial Extender, Part 2: Add new data types to DB2 Spatial Extender
(Knut Stolze) The type hierarchy of the IBM DB2 Spatial Extender builds on DB2’s structured types. It can be extended to add new, application-specific data types. For example, data types for rectangles or circles can be derived from the data type ST_Surface, which is used to model planar geometric o
Oracle Security: The Big Picture
(Josh Shaul and Aaron Ingram) A senior database manager at one of the world’s largest banks once told me that the best way to secure Oracle is to unplug it from the wall…and he is probably right. In fact, this holds true for nearly every networked application. Unfortunately, for many of us turning o
Capture execution plans with SQL Server 2005 Profiler
(Tim Chapman) Execution plans are one of the best tools for diagnosing problem queries and for performance tuning queries on your SQL Server. Prior to SQL Server 2005, the only options for query executions were text plans or graphical execution plans for queries run by hand. In SQL Server 2005, you
Using Included Columns in SQL Server 2005
(Kathi Kellenberger) One of the new features found in SQL Server 2005 is the ability to add additional columns, called Included Columns, to a non-clustered index. This article will explain the advantages of using included columns and what impact they will have on your database.