October 2003 - Posts
This talk covered what's new in System.Xml in Whidbey. There have been quite a few performance enhancements and usability improvements that will make working with XML faster and easier. Plus SqlXml has been integrated into the System.Xml stack. I'm not
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This talk covered went deeper into Data Controls in Whidbey covering more advanced topics like caching, configured connection strings, master-details, and much more. Overall it looks like MS has done a lot of thoughtful work on how to make data controls
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The goal of data controls in "Whidbey" is to make it easier to use data controls while at the same time add new features that make them better. Below are my notes on the session but I don't think I can do it justice. See the slide deck (link below) to
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ADO.NET in Whidbey doesn't break anything from 1.0 or 1.1. It just adds new features and performance. All the items below were explained and demos done. Faster 1) Asyncronous methods. Very cool. Now you can open two connections and perform two operations
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Trying to leave the WSV301 session proved to be almost impossible. Traffic was at a complete standstill in the hall. Maybe they should start adding some traffic reports?
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12:31. If you don't have a seat for the Indigo session, you're probably not going to get one. This place is packed. 12:35. The are no longer seats on the floor either. Maybe they should have used the main hall? Looks like it's starting...
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Another just published: Performance Optimizations for the Xml Data Type . This paper covers several techniques to improve the performance of queries against and modifications to the XML data type in the latest version of Microsoft® SQL Server™, SQL Server
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Just published on MSDN: Xml Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server “Yukon” . This paper provides guidelines for XML data modeling and usage in SQL Server "Yukon." The paper is divided into the following two topics: Data modeling There is more than one
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Today while reading through the PDC Bloggers feed I ran across a couple of fellow SqlXmlers: Eron Wright and Jason Collins . I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who is excited about SqlXml in Whidbey. There were also a few SqlXmlers in the Data
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The Data Access BOF was very interesting. I was actually surprise that over 30 people showed up even though it was so late. We had some very interesting discussions regarding SqlXml, DataSets, and DataReader-to-Business Objects types of Data Access. I'll
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I missed the Keynotes due to the fires , one of which is right down the street from me. I did catch the lunch session on Tips-and-Trick for .Net Managed Components which had some pretty good information. People were coming and going quite a bit but I
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Paolo has updated his XML feed and I've updated it on the PDC Session Layout . I also added the session code and room information. Also if you hover over the session you will see the abstract. Now I just need to figure out which sessions I want to attend,
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Well I thought the MyCalendar application was a useful application, but I wanted to see all the sessions side-by-side per time slot. Since I didn't see anyway to do this on the site I decided to create my own as a way to learn about ASP.Net. You can see
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Today I attended the Office 2003 Launch Event in Los Angeles. I skipped the Keynote since I assumed that it would be mostly marketing information which really didn't interest me. I ended up only attending one of the developer sessions which turned out
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As someone who has done a lot of work in the past with SqlXml, .Net's Xml Serialization feature has always been an interest of mine. I was always wondering what kind of performance you could get using FOR XML queries and Xml De-serialization. Well after
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Just got my PDC Attendee card in the mail today: Also I read Nikhil Kothari's abstracts for PDC talks both of which look very interesting. Here are some excerpts from the abstracts: WSV 401 - This talk features an HtmlEditor server control that demonstrates
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In addition to trying to understand .Net and OO Design, the rest of the products I use aren't standing still either. XML and SQL Server are finally tying the knot after courting each other for the last four years. Additionally, .Net and SQL Server are
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Vinod just posted his 10 Commandments of .Net which I find to be very interesting and true. Below are some of the commandments along with my own personal comments. 1. Thou shall learn XML, now! But not just any old XML, .Net XML. What do I mean? I'm an
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This is something that many people have been waiting for. It was posted yesterday in the newsgroups but I missed it since the MS news servers were having problems. I'm happy to announce that the RTM version of SqlXml 3.0 SP2 has been released! You can
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Well I've been too busy working on projects to blog much. When I'm not in school or working on projects I've been reading Essential ASP.Net . Today I bought C# Design Patterns: A Tutorial which I'm hoping will help me progress through Design Patterns
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