March, 2009

Developer Express DXperience v2009 vol 1.1 Released!

Hi all. Just to share the news, the newest volume of Developer Express Tools is out (despite the beta announce in the home page). If you are a subscriber you can get it at the Client Center. http://www.devexpress.com/ If you are not a subscriber, you can checkout the free CodeRush Express and the free tools. […]

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Free Ebook: Mastering SQL Server 2005 Profiler

Hi all. Check out this cool offer from Red-Gate. Free eBook and 14-day trial for faster SQL Server troubleshooting. You know what it’s like as a DBA. You haven’t got hours to unravel problems. Ensure you have the knowledge and an intuitive tool to hand today to troubleshoot SQL Server health and activity issues, fast. […]

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Book Review: Expert C# 2008 Business Objects

Hi all. I want to share some thoughts about this book from Apress. So, the book is very well organized and written. The ideas are very clear and it actually make me think in the way I normally architect projects. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not doing it that bad, is just it has opened […]

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The ASP.NET Capsule #2: Login Programmatically With Forms Authentication

Hi all. In this capsule, I’ll show you how to login a user using Forms Authentication but programmatically. The process is actually simpler than you might think. If you know the username you can login the user with the following line of code: 1: FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(UserName, false); Now, the first parameter is obviously the username of […]

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The ASP.NET Capsule #1: Setup SQL Server to Support Forms Authentication with the Membership Provider

Hi all. For the first ASP.NET Capsule, I want to show you how to setup SQL Server to support forms authentication with the Membership Provider in an ASP.NET website. So for that, the framework provides with the tool aspnet_regsql.exe that you can launch from the command line (for best results, launch the Visual Studio 2008 […]

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Launching “The ASP.NET Capsule”

Hi all. After a while of thinking, I decided to create what I like to call “The ASP.NET Capsule”. The aim is to publish information about ASP.NET in small articles (capsules) that are important, easy to follow, updated but most important, fun to read. So, I have some material to start with but I was […]

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Remember this? Over 60 Free Controls from DevExpress

I don’t know if you remember this, but if you haven’t take the opportunity to get this controls, there’s still time (or at least the page still works). DevExpress is happy to offer you over 60 DevExpress controls free of charge – without royalties or distribution costs. http://devexpress.com/Products/Free/WebRegistration60/ Grab them before the offer expires. Enjoy!!

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Checkout my video on SQL Server 2008 Table-Valued Parameters

Hi all. Checkout my latest video in the SQL Server 2008 series, about Table-Valued Parameters. Hope you like it. Enjoy.

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Checkout my video on SQL Server 2008 New Data Types

Hi all. You can check my video on SQL Server 2008 new data types. I’ll be posting some more videos soon. Thanks for watching. Enjoy.

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