With more and more computers using a multi-core processor, the free lunch of increased clock speeds and the inherent performance gains are over. Software developers must instead make sure their applications take use of all the cores available in an efficient manner. New features in .NET 4.0 mean that managed code developers too can join the party.
Learn modeling and M development with the Oslo CTP SDK.
Walk through examples and see how existing Repository models are constructed using the M language, how the models are stored in a SQL database, and how to query the SQL database for model information.
Discover how to use nullable types when retrieving data from your database.
Learn how to build Unit tests and generate sample data for your database development projects.
Careful registration of information in a Portal can be vitally important to a company, not only internally but also for possible juridical consequences. SharePoint 2007 has the necessary infrastructure to gather and conserve the entries in a secure way.
Store XML data directly in SQL Server. Use the power of the XML data type to store and manipulate XML data efficiently and easily.
Discover how reporting applications can adapt to changing reports by shifting its report-related information into a database.
Many organizations are not fully realizing the power of content types when using SharePoint. Here you will learn how to leverage content types and use them properly through examples.
Control the SQL Server service from your VB code using SQL Management Objects (SMO).
Provide your own comparison algorithm when sorting by implementing the IComparer interface.
Allow your classes to easily be sorted they way you would like by implementing the IComparable interface.
Learn how ADO.NET connection pooling works and how to configure it to suit your performance requirements.
Learn how to implement the Content Enricher integration pattern using BizTalk 2006 R2 and SQL Server 2005.
See how a setup project with a custom action lets the user define the connection string using the Data Links dialog and encrypt that connection string using RSA encryption.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) 2007 introduces a mechanism to integrate back-end systems and Line of Business processes with the Portal infrastructure, bringing external data inside the Portal.
Learn about file access control lists and how to use C# to read and modify them to improve the security of your applications and your IT infrastructure.
This class can work with any database that supports ADO.NET and saves a lot of code writing.
Learn how to more easily extend, re-use, and configure a BizTalk Custom Pipeline Component.
Discover how to use the ASP.NET 2.0 SqlDataSource and AccessDataSource Controls to work with Oracle and Access data from Wrox Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition authors Bill Evjen and Devin Rader.
Learn some of the differences between SQL stored procedures and scalar functions in .NET code from Wrox Professional SQL Server 2005 Programming author Robert Vieria.
In development scenarios where you make multiple changes to the database, consider using transactions and, optionally, nesting transactions.
One of the many new libraries included with .NET 2.0 allows for compression and decompression of files using the gzip file format. Find out how to use it.
Organizations struggle with communicating only relevant information to its members, especially when that information lives in disparate systems that do not talk to each other. SharePoint 2007 provides an answer with user profiles and audience targeting.
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