The new SQL Server Native Client 10.0 app appears not to return the password back when using Delphi’s ADO PromptDataSource Update: 6/20/2008 There is definitely a bug in the Dialog not in the PrompDataSource. The solution is posted at the end of the article. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 installs a new OLE DB Provider called: [...]
One in ten workers… According to the June 14th, 2008 edition of The Wall Street Journal, fewer than one in ten workers save the maximum amount allowed in a 401k plan. Giving away free money More disturbing one-third of 401k participants are not saving enough to qualify for the full matching contribution from their employer.
Note: To use the ADO.NET Entity Framework you are going to need Visual Studio 2008 + SP1 What is it? Basically it allows you to create a model of your database and map objects to relational data (classes). It marries classes to tables. Using LINQ you can easily query the classes auto generated by the [...]
As the designated family geek, friends and family call me all the time to troubleshoot their computers. Sound familiar? If so, you probably have dealt already with the problem of trying to connect to the other’s party computer, transfer files, etc. In my “arsenal” I always keep this three tools, I am sure there are [...]
I predict that SQL server 2008 is going to be a huge hit. It has been designed for performance and scalability from the start. Some of the new features: Table Valued Parameters – stored procedures will accept a table parameter. ADO.NET has been modified so from C#, etc you can create a new variable called [...]
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If you have debt and want to be debt free, the first thing to do is to cut off your credit cards so you don’t use them anymore. You are probably wondering how you are going to survive, well, if you destroy your credit cards then you will not be tempted to use them and [...]