Contents tagged with Visual Studio 2010
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Assemblies Go Missing in MVC 2 Project!
Sometimes, my MVC 2 project fails during development because an assembly has disappeared from the /bin folder.
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We Need a Capped Plan for MSDN Azure Benefits
Like many developers, I’d like to play more with Windows Azure. Microsoft recently improved the MSDN Azure benefits – extending them to MSDN Professional subscribers.
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Extracting the Date from a DateTime in Entity Framework 4 and LINQ
In my current ASP.NET 4 project, I’m displaying dates in a GridDateTimeColumn of Telerik’s ASP.NET Radgrid control. I don’t care about the time stuff, so my DataFormatString shows only the date bits:
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Fix: CSS Problems in IE 8 With Over 31 StyleSheets
In my latest Web application, I went crazy trying to find out why a popup/overlay window style was acting up in IE 8 but was fine in the latest version of FireFox. After too many hours of frustration and dead ends, I took the issue to my friends at Telerik Support (the site I’m developing uses their excellent RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite).
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Entity Framework Code-First to Provide Replacement for ASP.NET Profile Provider
A while back, I coordinated a project to add support for the SQL Table Profile Provider in ASP.NET 4 Web Applications. We urged Microsoft to improve ASP.NET’s built-in Profile support so our workaround wouldn’t be necessary. Instead, Microsoft plans to provide a replacement for ASP.NET Profile in a forthcoming release.
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Using the SQL Table Profile Provider in ASP.NET 4 Web Applications (C# & VB)
This post and accompanying projects demonstrate how to use Microsoft's SQL Table Profile Provider with an ASP.NET Web application.
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Stupid web.config mistake: Sections must only appear once per config file
Today’s stupid mistake comes to you via the web.config file in an ASP.NET 4 Web application project.
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‘Schema specified is not valid’ error on Upgrading to ASP.NET 4
To take advantage of improvements in ASP.NET 4 and Entity Framework 4, I decided to upgrade my ASP.NET 3.5 site to 4.0. Most everything went smoothly except for the following error:
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Using a Stored Procedure in Entity Framework 4
In my latest contract, the DBA has opted to use SQL Server stored procedures for all data access. Preventing direct table access may ensure maximum security and performance - but it sure reduces the fun for the front-end guy (me).
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Publishers Prepare for Year End .NET 4.0 Release
While Microsoft is coy about product release plans (“When it’s ready” is a common evasive answer to the question), book publishers frequently reveal their (and Microsoft’s) plans online.