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So we’re back from Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC09) which was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center this past week. The focus of PDC is future and emerging Microsoft technologies, product roadmaps, and industry trends – making it...
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(Mimicry/Extension of Excel's VLookup/HLookup in C#) Here I will give you my VLookup and HLookup methods; they have been overloaded to allow flexibility. In Excel the first row or column of values is referred to/searched through. In the HLookup/VLookup...
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In using the predicate find and replace methods, I wondered whether they were faster or slower than the less elegant for...loop approach. The code herein demonstrates find, findall and replace predicate usage. My initial findings are that for...loops...
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Introduction In the previous part of this series, we talked about the importance of spatial data in our everyday lives. We talked about vector and raster data, and we explained that the current version of SQL Server 2008 focuses on two-dimensional vector...
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Series Abstract In this post we take a look at the new spatial data type support in SQL server 2008. First, I will make a case for why you would want to integrate spatial support in your applications. Next we will take a look at the two core spatial data...
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Note: This post is a work in progress... not yet completed... Overview When Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 shipped in late 2007, the feature that got by far the most attention was Language Integrated Query (LINQ). This article will provide...
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Introduction Unless you have been living under a rock for the last week, you probably know that Google shipped the first beta-version of it's new browser, named " Google Chrome ". I am not planning to start yet another debate here about...
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Jason Bock had a similar title to this post awhile back … and I found a forehead-slapper today when reviewing some code in a app I’m working on during my free time. I seriously said “What the <ExplativeGoesHere>”. Here’s the code: There is...
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I will be presenting at the 5th Twin Cities Code Camp on October 11th. My session is entitled … Smooth Operator: Using the Workflow Rules Engine Within WCF Ever changing business logic requires rule systems that are flexible to business demands. The majority...
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The Twin Cities Give Camp site has been updated. If you would like to volunteer, you can sign up on the volunteer page and if you or your company would like to sponsor the event, you can sign up on the sponsors page . If you have any questions, please...
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I was on my favorite travel pricing site today and I was looking up how much flights were from MPLS to Des Moines. Now I'd probably never-ever fly to Des Moines because I believe its only about 3.5 hours away via car. But with gas prices these days...
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I’ve presented at code camps and given presentations to technical audiences and institutes and I will continue to do so. I have a passion for giving back to the community that has helped me become the what I am today. I’ve decided that I want to give...
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DiscountASP just won. Argh! I wrote a long blog post (because I dont have access to Live Writer on this PC) and then clicked Publish and it logged me out. Dont understand what I'm talking about? Read on .. Unfortunately, what DiscountASP.NET does...
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Photo Courtesy of: rosendahl My first initial answer is … it depends. (Isn’t that the case for everything?) :) Today I had conversation with a colleague and we were discussing how application developers don’t plan ahead. This eventually brought up the...
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Having a blog has its benefits, but sometimes people want to access your site via a mobile device and, well…. lets face it, rendering your site across many different mobile platforms, looks, well…. LIKE CRAP. Hell, half the time its unreadable. How to...