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Using LINQ to SQL Classes in VS2005 by StarPilot

I am having a devil of a time setting up LINQ for SQL in VS2005.  I have fx3.5 setup, have installed fx3.5SP1, etc, etc.  What googling has shown me is when I want to add a LINQ to SQL Classes item to my project I should see something like the...
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Tidbits by StarPilot

From time to time I get a slew of links that may/should be useful to others than just myself. The quotes are from these web pages and are not of my manufacture. 40+ Essential Front End Web Developer Cheat Sheets Quote: Today more or less everyone can...
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Blogging on ASP.NET Weblogs site again… by StarPilot

Just a quick blog to say I finally have Live Writer setup to post computer technology related posts to http://weblogs.asp.net/kbarrows now.  I still have a few things to get setup like publishing images and files and such but that will fall in place...
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Missed my High School Reunion :( by StarPilot

Wish I had thought to google for this.  Another classmate just left me a message on MySpace and the link to my HS Reunion site .  <sigh/> With all of this technology at hand it is still hard to know when periodic events like this happen...
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Loading XML with accented characters breaks System.XmlDocument.Load() by StarPilot

It took me a bit of time but I finally found a solution for loading a XML file that has accented characters (like áéíóúâä) into a UTF-8 format.  I'm loading data for a client and it ended up having a name in it...
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Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is on CodePlex by StarPilot

The Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a new library in .NET that enables greater reuse of applications and components. Using MEF, .NET applications can make the shift from being statically compiled to dynamically composed. If you are building extensible...
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SQL Not In Revisited by StarPilot

I always seem to struggle with a NOT IN clause when there are more than one column to compare.  This, of course, comes up when I am trying to get records from one set that are NOT IN another set and the comparison has to be done across multiple columns...
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SQL XML - TreeView by StarPilot

I sometimes forget how to do an XML output formed in a tree when dealing with a single table parent/child relationship.  There is a great explanation on SQL Server Central on *how* to do this .  I am mainly capturing the link and the SQL I just...
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Microsoft's Velocity - Caching turned up a notch by StarPilot

Microsoft just released it's CTP-1 of a new caching product code named Velocity.  It is a distributed caching technology that should add extra velocity to your ASP.NET applications. Summary: “Velocity” is a distributed in-memory application...
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VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 SP1 (Beta) by StarPilot

The beta has been released.  Scott Guthrie has a huge list of what to expect . (The image should link you directly to the download page.)   Cross posted from my blog at http://schema.sol3.net/kbarrows
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