Seriously, don't. Here are two reasons why record locking is simply a bad idea.
Optimistic concurrency doesn't work for most tables, but Peter shows you how to change that.
Don't worry, ASP.NET developers: Siverlight 2 controls aren't so different from what you're used to, as Dan shows.
Client-side debugging is better, but IntelliSense still has a few issues to be worked out.
MySQL gives Microsoft a nod from the open source community at the MySQL Conference and Expo.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/01/2008
Microsoft late last week launched a revamped iteration of its highly trafficked resource sites for developers and IT professionals.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/29/2008
This week Microsoft released the latest preview version of its model view controller (MVC) architecture for Web application frameworks.
Peter shares what he likes -- and doesn't -- in Visual Studio 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
It's good news, bad news if you're upgrading an existing site to ASP.NET 2.0 or 3.5. But it can be done.
Telerik launches updated version of RadControls, which supports Office SharePoint Server and DotNetNuke, among other platforms.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/15/2008
In theory, PreviousPage lets you access data on the page the user just requested. In practice it doesn't work if you're also using Master Pages unless you understand ASP.NET naming containers.
Adding some bizarre punctuation marks to the tags in your ASPX file gives you an easy way to move data out of custom properties and into your page.
IBM launches new mashup tools WebSphere sMash and Mashup Center.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/01/2008
Microsoft is finally tuning up its Microsoft Developer Network site and promises to resolve long-running frustrations developers have encountered working with it.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/18/2008
Microsoft's new RIA technology extends .NET across platforms.
- By Laurence Moroney
- 04/15/2008
Zend Technologies releases updated open source framework with support from Microsoft, IBM, Google and others.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/15/2008
The refreshed offerings mark a significant evolution in the Silk family, originally acquired by Borland in the 2006 purchase of Segue Software.
- By Michael Desmond
- 04/10/2008
Mainsoft, known for its development-related interop software, on Tuesday released a new 2.2 version of Mainsoft for Java EE that offers "full support" for ASP.NET 2.0 components for AJAX-type Web applications.
This month's new products.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 04/01/2008
Boston, Mass.-based Atalasoft announced recently that it has updated its .NET imaging toolkit for photos and documents, DotImage, to version 6.0.