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Building a Windows Workflow SQL Server Integration Services Activity
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Working with Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) Using SQL Server and ADO.NET
Published 07/28/2008
Want to store documents or photos in SQL server? Learn how SQL Server and ADO.NET together can provide an elegant solution for storing and retrieving BLOBs.
Working with the XML Data Type of SQL Server
Published 06/25/2008
Store XML data directly in SQL Server. Use the power of the XML data type to store and manipulate XML data efficiently and easily.
Business Data Catalog in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the Object Model
Published 10/17/2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) 2007 introduced a mechanism to integrate back-end systems and Line of Business processes with the Portal infrastructure, bringing external data inside the Portal. In addition to creating XML schemas manually, with SharePoint's Object Model the BDC can be generated programmatically.
When to Pass VB.NET Arguments as Reference Types Versus Value Types
Published 04/02/2007
When you pass arguments to a subroutine or function, you absolutely must know whether the type is a value type or a reference type. Only then can you determine which keyword to use to pass the data.
Database Tip: Managing Transactions with a Stack
Published 03/12/2007
In development scenarios where you make multiple changes to the database, consider using transactions and, optionally, nesting transactions.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Input and Output with VB.NET 2010
Published 06/08/2011
The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.
WCF, ASP.NET MVC, and the new ASP.NET Web API
Published 04/06/2012
If WCF and ASP.NET MVC had offspring it would be named ASP.NET Web API. Like WCF, Web API is built for Web Service development. Only instead of building on WCF data structures; Web API embraces an MVC style experience. The result makes Web Service development more accessible to ASP.NET developers and gets WCF developers closer to HTTP.
