Nannette Thacker ShiningStar.net

I have been working with the ADO.NET Entities Data Model for ORM and I am very impressed. I'd been working with Data Sets and Table Adapters, so was excited about diving into the new release of ADO.NET Entities Data Model.

In Visual Studio, when you create a new Property, you're likely aware that as you type, intellisense will allow you to type the property name and type and upon hitting enter, it prepopulates the Property as below:

I received such a positive response from my post on Laid off? Need a new technology? Free Microsoft Training and Education that I decided to follow up with this brief post.

In SQL Server, if you wish to copy the structure of an entire database, including the Constraints, Keys, Indexes, etc., don't use the Import option, as it does not include the constraints, keys, indexes, etc. Instead, within SQL Server Management Studio, right click a database, select Tasks, then "Generate Scripts."

I just attended the online event, Security Sidebars and Hacker Tricks! (Level 200). Mike Benkovich of BenkoTips fame, shared with us how hackers can send an email taking a user to your site, but instead, the link inserts an iframe into your page that takes the user to their site instead, where they get the user's credit card info, etc. He also showed many other hacker tricks, including changing the price of an item on your shopping cart page, so they can purchase mass quantities of an item at $1, that should cost $300.

Are you a developer who's been laid off? Have you been faced with checking the job boards to find your skills are nearly obsolete and there's nothing available? If you have the ability to program in an old technology, you can learn a new one. It may seem daunting at first, because you don't have the money to invest in new tools and training classes, but I assure you, you can learn ASP.NET and find a vast amount of free help without spending a dime.

Fixing the dreaded: Mail error: Syntax error in parameters or arguments. The server response was: 5.7.1 xx@xx.xx... Permission Denied 

I recently went through a nightmare with getting the Membership Provider Login and any other Membership Provider methods to work using Windows 2008 Web Server and IIS7 connecting to a remote SQL Server 2008 database.