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If you wonder what minimum permissions you need to use SqlDependency with SQL Server 2005 then look no further. This code project article definitely works and is the most complete one I've found. Note that setting minimum database permissions for notification isn't exactly the easiest task on the planet. Actually through experimenting I've managed ...

I posted both slides and demo code from my "Making ORM applications more secure/Naredimo ORM aplikacije varnejše" presentation held at Bleeding Edge conference in Portorož on 1.10.2008.The material is in Slovene language. Enjoy.

I am proud to announce that today, after years of experience with LLBLGenPro development, I've become an official LLBLGenPro partner. As such I am offering consultancy and development with LLBLGenPro, the #1 ORM product for .net. Do you want to speed up your database application development, reduce the number of errors in code, develop a ...

I was reading VS2008 SP1 known issues file and this issue struck me: 2.1.4 Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installation fails when the Windows Vista sidebar is enabled. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installation fails when the Windows Vista sidebar is on. To resolve this issue: 1. Right-click the Sidebar icon in the notification area, at the far right of the ...

Go get the long awaited SP1 now. A warning though (make sure you read IMPORTANT paragraph below the links): If you previously installed a Visual Studio 2008 Hotfix, you must run the Hotfix Cleanup Utility before installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1. For more information, see Visual Studio 2008 Hotfix Cleanup Utility for Installing Visual Studio ...

Did you ever wanted to mock a sealed class or non-virtual methods? Unless you are using TypeMock you are in for some coding as there is no easy way to mock them just like that (I am fiddling with MOQ but AFAIK no mock framework is capable of mocking sealed classes with exception of TypeMock). The general pattern I see is to create a wrapper class ...

Recently I had to check out an asp.net application on my workstation and found out that the "Default Web Site" is stopped for some reason. After trying to start it I've got this message: So I've tried to start the mentioned services only to get a new error message (WWW PS): The mentioned dependency is the other stopped service: ...

That's a Silverlight 2.0 data grid of course. They won't just ship agDataGrid for free, they'll include full source code, too. Looks like WPF and Silverlight are making companies to give away their grids for free (first Xceed with their DataGrid for WPF, now this). Nice trend, isn't it. And no, unfortunately isn't available just yet but it will ...

LLBLGen Pro v2.6 is released and a free upgrade to v2.x customers. The major feature of this release is Linq to LLBLGen Pro, as Frans said, ''one of the most feature-rich Linq providers available on .net today''. Having tested beta versions I can only say the this version is a step in right direction. Great work, Frans.

You can download the slides of my Entity Framework presentation from NTKonferenca 2008. I hope you've enjoyed the presentation.