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LINQ to SQL vs. DBA's
Why is it that in Oracle world, it's much more custom to have a database administrator (DBA) on your project than when you're working with SQL-Server? I believe it brings great value to a project to have a dedicated experienced DBA working in...
Posted: Dec 28 2007, 12:02 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 2 comment(s)
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Astoria, data services for the web
At MIX07 I've seen a presentation by Pablo Castro from the ADO.NET team on a new project codenamed "Astoria". It's a new technology used for getting data over the web. It's very useful in Ajax scenarios where you'd like some XML or, maybe even better...
Posted: May 05 2007, 10:46 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 2 comment(s)
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State machine workflow to difficult for you?
Recently Anko Duizer started a discussion inside Class-A about Windows Workflow Foundation, specifically about state machine workflow vs. sequential workflow. One point of discussion was why in (almost) every presentation out there, the sequential workflow...
Posted: Mar 23 2007, 02:12 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 5 comment(s)
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System.Transactions : ReadUncommitted
Download code & sql scripts here I got a question today about setting the isolationlevel on a transaction to ReadUncommitted. The question was why the transaction still locked the row it was updating, when isolationlevel is set to ReadUncommitted...
Posted: Dec 18 2006, 10:13 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 4 comment(s)
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Secure databases : SQL Server vs. Oracle
Via Steve Eichert I came across an article about database security . It's based on security flaws that have been reported over the years by external security researchers. Only flaws affecting the database servers itself have been considered, so Oracle...
Posted: Nov 22 2006, 08:37 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 3 comment(s)
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Copy constructors
Download source in attachment at the bottom. A while ago I heard the term “copy constructor” for the first time from a C++ developer. A copy constructor is a constructor which takes a (single) parameter of an existing object of the same type as the constructor...
Posted: Jun 16 2006, 01:59 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 10 comment(s)
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Diving deep into SQL-Server 2005
My colleague Anko Duizer has created a rather extensive list of do's and dont's about SQL-Server. There are some tips in there that are incredibly important, and perhaps he can illuminate some of those in the future. Like why you should avoid the use...
Posted: Feb 18 2006, 01:24 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 3 comment(s)
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What is a Smart Client?
A while ago I heard a definition on Smart Clients that was said to be from Microsoft. The person who told me the definition, said Smart Clients should be able to work disconnected. I totally disagreed with him, because I think in a lot of circumstances...
Posted: Feb 16 2006, 09:19 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 6 comment(s)
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WF Beta 2 : Developing on beta software
As said before , we're using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) to support flexible processes within our application. Read Marc's blog about our experiences. Anko Duizer already mentioned WF being quite difficult, and he had doubts about the mainstream...
Posted: Feb 07 2006, 04:20 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with no comments
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Workflow Foundation Beta 1.2
WF Beta 1.2 released!...
Posted: Jan 16 2006, 09:30 PM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 6 comment(s)
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Visio UML as Sketch
When reading the latest posts about XP == DATT by Paul Gielens, I noticed him mentioning UML as Sketch . And suddenly this new Visio 12 feature was in my mind, that I had just recently blogged about . As Fowler says it, you can draw your sketches on a...
Posted: Oct 13 2005, 09:47 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 4 comment(s)
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SQL Server Express 2005 compared to MSDE2000
Alex Thissen gives a summary on his weblog from what he has heard at the SQL Pass 2005 conference about SQL Server Express (SSE). First and foremost, SSE will be free! Comparing it to MSDE2000, that version had a limit of 10 connections, where SSE will...
Posted: Sep 29 2005, 09:24 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 5 comment(s)
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Cheese & Contracts
If you're interested in SOA (Service Orientated Architectures), SOD (Service Orientated Design), SO/A (Architectures based on Service Orientation) or whatever you want to call it, a very interesting set of articles is on the way. The first installment...
Posted: Jul 04 2005, 11:41 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 2 comment(s)
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Modeling Artifacts
If you want to know about modeling and Agile modeling specifically, take a visit at Scott Ambler his site. He has put some effort in explaining Agile modeling and of much interest are the list of 35 modeling artifacts . He described the artifacts and...
Posted: Jun 24 2005, 09:27 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 1 comment(s)
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MSF for Agile Software Development
MSF for Agile Software Development is a scenario-driven, context-based, agile software development process that utilizes many of the ideas embodied in Team System If you have ever looked at the RUP manual, you'll see the resemblence in Microsoft's MSF...
Posted: Feb 21 2005, 08:30 AM by Dennis van der Stelt | with 2 comment(s)
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