Exploring the excitement of Microsoft .NET and much more..http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/atom.aspxCommunity Server2006-07-08T18:19:00Zhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/09/10/.NET-Rocks-_2D00_-Great-Source-for-all-of-us_2100_.aspx2006-09-10T17:13:00Z2006-09-10T17:13:00ZThanks very much to Carl Franklin and Richard Chambell for bringing this valuable resource to everyone&#39;s desktop. .NET Rocks is one of the important / more useful resource for all IT savvy to know more about the .NET Technology and software development in general. There are around 177 shows currently, all are much valuable and contains rich information about the technology. I already subscribed to the shows and downloaded each. Its good to spend enough time everyday by listening to each show...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/09/10/.NET-Rocks-_2D00_-Great-Source-for-all-of-us_2100_.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=534012" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/09/07/Visual-Studio-2003-Service-Pack-1-Now-Available.aspx2006-09-08T02:17:00Z2006-09-08T02:17:00ZAfter 3 years of its release, a service pack for Visual Studio 2003 is made available by Microsoft on 8/17/06. More Info: List of bugs that are fixed in Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1 Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1 release notes Check out Microsoft Servicing site for information about other service releases of MS Products....(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/09/07/Visual-Studio-2003-Service-Pack-1-Now-Available.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=527781" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/08/07/Timeout-Expired-_2D00_-Max-Connection-Pool.aspx2006-08-07T17:32:00Z2006-08-07T17:32:00ZWe are using Enterpise Library June 2005 relase for .NET Framework 1.1 in our application, having a Oracle 10g database. We are getting the following error often, =============================================================================================================== Message : Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool. This may have occurred because all pooled connections were in use and max pool size was reached. Source : System.Data.OracleClient...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/08/07/Timeout-Expired-_2D00_-Max-Connection-Pool.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=465006" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/29/The-IT-Profession-_2D00_-2010.aspx2006-07-29T23:53:00Z2006-07-29T23:53:00ZRead the computer world&#39;s recent special report on IT field in next four years. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleTOC&amp;articleId=112367...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/29/The-IT-Profession-_2D00_-2010.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=461375" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/26/Free-Download_3A00_-MSDN-Library-May-2006-Edition.aspx2006-07-27T02:53:00Z2006-07-27T02:53:00ZThis is definitely a good news for all MS developers. Check out the news at Rob Caron&#39;s Blog Download MSDN Library May 2006 Edition here...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/26/Free-Download_3A00_-MSDN-Library-May-2006-Edition.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=460752" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/20/New-Oracle-Data-Provider-for-.NET-2.0-_5B00_ODP.NET_5D00_.aspx2006-07-21T01:56:00Z2006-07-21T01:56:00ZI just got this over e-mail and keeping it here for reference. The new version of ODP.NET is released by Oracle Corporation, the download is available here The features include the following: ODP.NET -- ADO.NET 2.0 Support Factory and DbCommon Classes Connection String Builder DataAdapter Batch Processing Schema Discovery Server Enumeration Oracle Developer Tools (ODT) for Visual Studio .NET Visual Studio 2005 Integration Integrated PL/SQL Debugging (Visual Studio 2003 and 2005) Oracle Database Extensions...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/20/New-Oracle-Data-Provider-for-.NET-2.0-_5B00_ODP.NET_5D00_.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=459374" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/16/LINQ-and-more_2E002E00_.aspx2006-07-16T16:00:00Z2006-07-16T16:00:00ZLanguage-Integrated Query (LINQ) is a technology that eliminates the mismatch among different data domains. With LINQ, there is no need to learn separate query syntaxes when querying over diverse data domains such as XML, Relational and Objects. Check out the MSDN Channel9 Session on LINQ. More information is available at The LINQ project site. Blinq is one of the exciting tool for ASP.NET and SQL. Looks like its better use Blinq for creating Admin modules to manage the Master Tables in an application...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/16/LINQ-and-more_2E002E00_.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=458619" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/12/457187.aspx2006-07-13T02:21:00Z2006-07-13T02:21:00ZJames has just posted these links. Keeping it here for self reference [I] Microsoft .NET 3.0 MSDN Site Download .NET 3.0 .NET Framework 3.0 FAQ Whitepaper (Deploying Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0) And here are some additions Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Community Clearing the confusion...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/12/457187.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=457187" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/10/TD.NET-Enterprise-and-Professional-Version_2100_.aspx2006-07-11T01:05:00Z2006-07-11T01:05:00ZToday&#39;s HOT Topic in .NET Blogsphere is that TestDriven.NET of Jamie goes commercial. We have been using his TD.NET extensively in most of our projects and are amazed with its features. It is AWESOME! Read more here TestDriven.NET Enterprise &amp; Professional I will go for the personal edition quickly and need to follow-up with my BOSS on getting the Enterprise version :) I still remember the day Jamie helped us (over mail) on resolving an issue we had with NUnit &amp; NCover while generating...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/10/TD.NET-Enterprise-and-Professional-Version_2100_.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=456186" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/08/Microsoft-CodePlex.aspx2006-07-08T22:19:00Z2006-07-08T22:19:00ZMicrosoft Launches CodePlex , Vehicle for Sharing Source Code. Read more here...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2006/07/08/Microsoft-CodePlex.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=455956" width="1" height="1">Varadhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/Varad.aspx