Varad, The .NET Guy!

.NET Rocks - Great Source for all of us!

Varad — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:13:00 GMT

Thanks very much to Carl Franklin and Richard Chambell for bringing this valuable resource to everyone'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...(read more)

Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1 Now Available

Varad — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:17:00 GMT

After 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...(read more)

Timeout Expired - Max Connection Pool

Varad — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:32:00 GMT

We 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, =======================================================================================...(read more)

The IT Profession - 2010

Varad — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:53:00 GMT

Read the computer world's recent special report on IT field in next four years. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleTOC&articleId=112367...(read more)

Free Download: MSDN Library May 2006 Edition

Varad — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:53:00 GMT

This is definitely a good news for all MS developers. Check out the news at Rob Caron's Blog Download MSDN Library May 2006 Edition here...(read more)

New Oracle Data Provider for .NET 2.0 [ODP.NET]

Varad — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:56:00 GMT

I 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...(read more)

LINQ and more..

Varad — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:00:00 GMT

Language-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...(read more)

.NET Framework 3.0, It's (Beta) arrived!

Varad — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:21:00 GMT

James 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...(read more)

TD.NET Enterprise and Professional Version!

Varad — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:05:00 GMT

Today'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 &...(read more)

Microsoft CodePlex

Varad — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:19:00 GMT

Microsoft Launches CodePlex , Vehicle for Sharing Source Code. Read more here...(read more)

Executing Oracle Stored Proc from SQL+

Varad — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:59:00 GMT

Just for self! To execute an Oracle stored procedure in a package that returns a refcursor follow the below command: SQL> set num 2 SQL> set linesize 1500 SQL> var refc refcursor SQL> exec pkg_report.sp_get_bdg_clnt_grd_smry_det(2899, :refc...(read more)

Atlas At Last!

Varad — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:05:00 GMT

This recent article on July'06 MSDN Magazine details about the features of ASP.NET ATLAS . The detailed explanation on overview, Atlas architecture and usage of Atlas with web services is very informative for all developers. Thanks to Matt for this great...(read more)

Where is BillG going??

Varad — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:54:00 GMT

Today's HOT News is that Bill Gates is stepping down from its day to day job activities and going to concentrate/involve more on his Gates Foundation..

Big news from Bill G > View the video

The Man behind Microsoft is now going to serve for Humanity! All the very best Bill!

Real World patterns and practices - Satyam Computer Services

Varad — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:28:00 GMT

I am very much happy to see a white paper / success story of Satyam Computer Services (my previous company, I can say my Parent Company!) about implementing Enterprise Library in delivering a complex system for CheckFree.

Read the complete story here patterns & practices Partners: Satyam

I had a good time working for Satyam (5 yrs) in Microsoft Solutions Group :)

.NET Framework 2.0 Certifications are Now Available

Varad — Mon, 01 May 2006 23:06:00 GMT

Exams are available from today (05/01/06). If you received a certification voucher at a (VS 2005) Launch event, your first exam is free.

Get more info..