PDC Bloggers Stephen Forte

Using a TSQL Common Table Expression to Find Dupe Records

Stephen Forte — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:21:30 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "Here is a cool TSQL tip...You can use a Common Table Expression in SQL Server 2005 or 2008 to look up the “parents” using an aggregate HAVING clause. Then you join to the CTE to the Product table on the Product_Name field as well as the Product_ID field, but using the > indicator, so we only return the “children”..."

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Sample Code LINQ To REST Data

Stephen Forte — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:40:43 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "I have a simple Astoria service here. Let’s take a look at how to talk to it via LINQ to REST. First you have to set a reference to System.Data.Services.Client and then pull in the namespace like so...Next you have to create an anonymous type to hold your data. Since we are modeling the Customer entity in my Astoria service..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

Table Value Parameters Makes Life Easier for C# Developers

Stephen Forte — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:53:03 GMT

I want to show a new feature about using Table Valued Parameters (TVP) in a stored procedure and then calling it from an ASP .NET page or any other .NET client using ADO.NET...Have you ever passed in a CSV string to a DAL or stored procedure or even an XML data type, then parsed it and executed some SQL? TVP will eliminate that. Here is an example:

Table Value Parameters Makes Life Easier for C# Developers

Stephen Forte — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:09:40 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "I want to show a new feature about using Table Valued Parameters (TVP) in a stored procedure and then calling it from an ASP .NET page or any other .NET client using ADO.NET...Have you ever passed in a CSV string to a DAL or stored procedure or even an XML data type, then parsed it and executed some SQL? TVP will eliminate that. Here is an example:"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Windows 7 Installation Experience

Stephen Forte — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:13:31 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "It has only been one day but Windows 7 appears very stable, has good power management, and is fast. It also is pretty slick looking with the Avalon UI stuff turned on..."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Windows Server Infrastructure

Will Windows Azure Succeed?

Stephen Forte — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:04:35 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "...It may take years for the shift to be complete, but it will happen. It just makes sense to have your applications hosted in the cloud...NET Services (formerly BizTalk Services) in the cloud will get adopted by developers as it matures and as apps get moved to the cloud. SQL Services will get adopted in version 2 when you can do more relational features...Bottom line is that Azure will succeed, but it will take time..."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Business Intelligence

Windows 7 Installation Experience

Stephen Forte — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:40 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "It has only been one day but Windows 7 appears very stable, has good power management, and is fast. It also is pretty slick looking with the Avalon UI stuff turned on..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server
ITProMomentum.indepthtalk.net : Tracks : Windows Server Infrastructure

Will Windows Azure Succeed?

Stephen Forte — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:48:06 GMT

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Business Intelligence

Thoughts From the PDC

Stephen Forte — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:09:13 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "Here are some conclusions that I have drawn from four days at the PDC. Microsoft did not say any of this, but I have drawn these conclusions based on their messages and behaviors at PDC. Here they are and by no means is this an exhaustive list, it is just based on my personal experience this week:"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Oslo: A New Modeling Platform Application

Stephen Forte — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:52:35 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "Oslo is a new modeling platform for application development that revolves around a language (M), a tool (quadrant), and a repository (SQL Server). M is a language where you can model your application and data as well as create your own contextual Domain Specific Languages (DSL)....Here is a simple speak peek at M in general,"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Getting Serious About the Cloud: PDC Recap

Stephen Forte — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:08:03 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "Microsoft is finally getting serious about the cloud by offering storage, hosting, SQL, and .NET services in the cloud. This changes the economics of producing software as well as how we think about infrastructure. Hosting, bandwidth, storage, and management are not a commodity...C# 4.0 is entering the world of dynamic languages by adding a static type called dynamic...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Dublin - Code Name for WCF and WF 4.0 Features and Improvements

Stephen Forte — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:14:28 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "...Dublin is not really an application server, it is an upgrade of WCF, WF, WAS, and all of the application hosting capabilities built into Windows Server. This combination of enhancements will make it far easier to build composite applications......This is good news for developers and it is nice to see Microsoft take REST very seriously...Check it out."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Communication Foundation

EF Makes it Easy to Expose Your Data in the Cloud

Stephen Forte — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:57:46 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "What you may not have heard about is just how easy the EF makes it to expose your data as a cloud service in ATOM format over the REST protocol. I'll show you just how easy it is to do here....You can even filter inside of the URI with some rudimentary WHERE clauses...you can also bind this data via client side JavaScript..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

ADO .NET Data Services: Data in the Cloud

Stephen Forte — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:17:56 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "What you may not have heard about is just how easy the EF makes it to expose your data as a cloud service in ATOM format over the REST protocol. I'll show you just how easy it is to do here..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Fix for Error on SQL Server 2008 RC0

Stephen Forte — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:48:53 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "if you have Red Gate SQL Prompt software installed, as I did, it leaves a bad registry key...how to fix it..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

EF Firestorm - Impedance Mismatch

Stephen Forte — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:49:02 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "...The premise of EF, LINQ, nHybernate...is that the set-based paradigm causes an “impedance mismatch” between data access and all the other coding we do. And it’s ORM to the rescue to resolve the mismatch....So ORMs are trying to solve the issue of data access in a way that C# and VB developers can understand: objects, procedural, etc. That is why they are doomed to fail..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

The Impending Cloud Computing Battle

Stephen Forte — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:02:23 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "So many critics of Microsoft say that they are missing the boat by not putting MS Office up in the cloud to compete with Google Apps…Judging from the PDC content, with sessions all around Microsoft Cloud services, I think that [Microsoft] get[s] it..."

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The Impending Cloud Computing Battle

Stephen Forte — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:53:19 GMT

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Final nail in the Microsoft-Yahoo merger - now Plan B

Stephen Forte — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:47:51 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "So the real question is "what's next" for Microsoft. They have three options at a high level: Go Nuclear. Launch an all out court battle against Google-Yahoo starting with a lobbying effort...Do nothing. Remember how big and bad AOL was 10 years ago?...Acquire a large portal. This is an attractive option, but nobody has the eyeballs that Yahoo! has...which would you choose?"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Innovations happen at the intersection - BillG is at one

Stephen Forte — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:11:55 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "..I had lots of questions sent to me by readers of this blog ranging from "What's next"...I have to say that it was really inspirational to talk the whole time with him about non-technical issues (not a single techie question was asked). Here is a man who is one of the greatest technical minds (still!) around, the chairman of a Fortune 500 company, and we talked about his passion for his foundation."

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