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A deadlock was detected while trying to lock variables

The following error is a new thorn in my side. Its showing up in SSIS 2005 packages which are scheduled, but does not happen when I run the packages manually. I changed the message slightly to remove...

Multiple Excel Spreadsheets and Crystal Reports

From the mailbag, in response to Exporting to Excel in Crystal Reports .NET - Perfect Excel ExportsHi, I was searching in the internet about how to solve a problem I have and found your name in an as...

DotNetSlackers Article Published - Review: SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005 – A Beginners Guide

My first DotNetSlackers article has been published: Review: SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005 A Beginners Guide. Occasionally in life, the right thing shows up at the right ...

New Sophisticated SQL Injection Attack

Although this attack targets websites powered by Microsoft SQL Server, databases such as Oracle are also vulnerable to this attack. The attacks "are a very sophisticated form of SQL injection," Qua...

Error: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=9.0.0.0

The full error reads: Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependen...

Launch 2008 Software Pack and Links

All attendees to a "Heroes Happen Here" Launch even receive a software pack, but it's not without its limitations. Here is what's included, and restrictions: Windows 2008 Server, Enterprise Editio...

Launch 2008 Surprise: Vista Ultimate

In addition to VS2008 Professional, Sql Server 2008 Developer and Windows Server 2008, there's also Vista Ultimate in the software pack. If you haven't signed up yet, you need to. ...

MS Launch 2008: Heroes Fed Here

Nice lunchbox swag, full of treats. Here's Shaun Eutsey with his....

Handling Large Data Sets in ASP.NET and Crystal Reports

I receive a lot of feedback from my ASP Alliance articles, usually comments. I don't typically answer via e-mail, since that doesn't help the community. Today I received the following message, and fe...

Free SQL Server 2008 Account Today

Want to get your hands on SLQ Server 2008, but don't have any hardware? Check out www.sqlserverbeta.com. You get RDP access to a SQL Server 2008 server, with your own account space so you can test you...

SQL 2008 RTM Slips to Q3 2008

Over the coming months, customers and partners can look forward to significant product milestones for SQL Server. Microsoft is excited to deliver a feature complete CTP during the Heroes Happen Here l...

Error: Both DataSource and DataSourceID are defined on 'controlname'. Remove one definition.

Assuming you don't actually have both a DataSource and DataSourceId defined on the same control, this may actually be a bug. My situation is Visual Studio 2008, compiling an application for .NET 2.0....

Easy SQL to XML with LINQ and Visual Basic 2008

My latest ASP Alliance article has been published: Easy SQL to XML with LINQ and Visual Basic 2008 In this article, I demonstrate how to create an XML file from a SQL Server 2005 database using LINQ....

This is beautiful code

If you've ever listened to Hanselminutes, you've no doubt heard Scott mention "code smell" or "pretty code". The new language features in VB9, including LINQ and XML being a native type, make XML...

There is no Unicode byte order mark. Cannot switch to Unicode.

You may receive this error if: you created a project in a pre-release Visual Studio 2008, and your project contains DBML files (created by database designer, likewhen using LINQ), and This is th...

VS 2008 Installation - So much smoother this time!

You need to get out waaaaayy more if I'm the one telling you Visual Studio 2008 has shipped for MSDN subscribers. It's available for download as of yesterday from the MSDN Subscribers Download. Kudo...

New from the ACE Team: XSS Detect

The ACE Team (Application Consulting and Engineering) has released a beta version of their tool to scan managed code and detect potential vulnerabilities to cross-site scripting. XSSDetect runs as a ...

LINQ Error: String must be exactly one character long.

When working with some Linq today, I kept getting the following error: String must be exactly one character long. This one had me scratching my head for a while. Turns out the problem was in the Linq...

How to tell what version of SQL Server you're running

Anytime something doesn't work quite right, there's always the question of which version and service pack level of SQL Server you're running. For SQL Server 2005, there's a simple query you can run ...

Orcas, Longhorn Launch Date Announced

Mark your calendars--the launch date for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas), SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn) has been announced. February 27, 2008. In LA, but expect regional events as wel...

Review: ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed

ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed, by Stephen Walther Summary: Invaluable book.  Buy it! I am a very pleased owner of the original ASP.NET Unleashed, for ASP.NET 1.1, so I was looking forward to getting...

Staples Launches Nationwide Computer and Office Technology Recycling Program

Here is the intersection ot two very important topics in my life. Way to go Staples! Staples Launches Nationwide Computer and Office Technology Recycling Program Staples Becomes First National Retai...

The Death of my Netgear SC-101

When I first bought my SC-101, I loved it. I had a pair of 200GB drives, mirrored and partitioned into three 50 GB drives each. This lift 50 GB for future expansion. A couple years on, and after coll...

WebResources.axd and URLScan

Embedded resources in ASp.NET 2.0 are served up by a file listed as WebResources.axd. If your validators aren't working, or treeview or sitemap images aren't showing, see if the debugging steps at ht...

Ankh Subversion Plugin for Visual Studio Final Release

The flippin' awesome Ankh Subversion plug-in for Visual Studio has its 1.0 Final release the other day. Official post at http://arildf.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E99F8B43533149B0!221.entry. Download fr...

Review: ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action

My latest ASP Alliance article has been published: Review: ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in ActionASP.NET 2.0 brought us all sorts of new technologies and one of the most exciting is Web Parts. Web Parts are...

Indexing and Searching XML Files with Google Desktop

It took me a while to find this tip, so here's how to get Google Desktop to index XML files: I think by default GDS has XML file indexing TURNED OFF in the registry - it won't index them at all. This...

By the Community, For the Community New Poll

Yesterday's news from asp.net: The Bythe Community, Forthe Community program is back in full swing with a new poll available. Visitthe Bythe Community, Forthe Community page to vote for the code samp...

DotNetNuke Tip: Change "Unit" to "Apt/Unit" in User Profile

When users register, the profile page asks for a Unit, right above the Street. A better label would be "Apt/Unit", since this is the place to put in an apartment number.You can't change this labeli...

September BADNUG Meeting - Windows Installer XML (WIX)

The September BADNUG meeting will be this Thursday (Sep 28), from 6-8 pm at Communifax HQ. Eric Kepes will discuss WiX. The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation p...

First "By The Community, For The Community" Projects Released

The first two By The Community, For The Communityprojects have been released. Brendon Schwarzt brings us an Extended Club Site Starter Kit, and Curt Christiansen brings us ITr...

dasBlog 1.9 Released

Scott Hanselman reports that dasBlog 1.9 is released. Previous version is 1.8, so this looks like a minor upgrade, but after you read the list of all the new stuff, you'll wonder what constitute...

Free Chapters from Crystal Reports Encyclopedia

I received the following e-mail from Brian Bischof today: It's been a long time since I sent out a newsletter because I've been busy writing a new book, "Crystal Reports XI Encyclopedia, Volume ...

Banned Book Week on Google Book Week

Banned Book Week is the last week of September (coincidentally, so is my birthday), and Google Book Search is highlighting a number of challenged or banned books. I was surprised to how many of the bo...

Adding Lightbox to dasBlog

Lightbox is that cool photo-opening javascript/css combo.  You know, the one where the page is greyed out and the image is overlaid on the page.  If you haven’t seen it, go t...

Update: Picasa and Netgear SC101

There is a workaround to get Picasa to index a photo collection on an Netgear SC101. The trick is, you have to set Picasa to save imported pictures in the root of the photo drive--go Tools >> Options...

September BADNUG Meeting - WiX

The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code.  It's also one of the first (if not the first) open source tool from Microsoft hosted...

Central Penn Code Camp

The Central Penn .NET Users Group is planning a Code Camp for Dec 3. More information at http://centralpenn.web121.discountasp.net/home/....

Free Charter Subscription - Blogger & Podcaster Magazine

Coming in January 2007: Blogger & Podcaster Magazine. Get your free subscription now at http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/. You knew it was only a matter of time. ...

August BADNUG Meeting: Overview of Community Server

The August BADNUG meeting will be from 6–8pm on Aug 31 at Communifax HQ in Cranberry Township, PA.  Our presentation will be an overview of Community Server, from installation to administr...

RSS in .NET Made Easy with XML Serialization

Super simple and sweet: So I was looking for a real quick way to publish an RSS feed from a Web application I created for a friend and found some great articles and components (RSS To...

.NET Training You Can't Afford

I'm sure this isn't what they meant to say, but that's how it looked on my Treo 700w. Doh! Death by cliche! ...

Remember to Nominate DNN for Packt Publishing Award

The nomination period ends September 1, so get on this soon if you haven't already. Last week Packt Publishing announced an Open Source Content Management System contest. The contest is designed to e...

WebIS Releases FlexMail 2007

WebIS has released FlexMail 2007, a replacement for the Pocket Outlook which ships on Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. This is a significant upgrade to the FlexMail 2006, which I've used for several months...

Tortise Toolbar in Visual Studio

Ankh is in RC1, but the concept of running both Tortise and Ankh--two Subversion clients--at the same time offends the sensibilities of some. You can configure a custom toolbar in Vi...

"Made in Express" Voting Now Open

Community voting for the "Made In Express" contest is now open. There are a couple of cool projects, some are further along that others it seems. But vote for your favorite and en...

Quick Look: Chiwi's CS Gallery Manager

Chiwi's CS Galllery Manager is a free application for uploading multiple images into a CS gallery. Prior to uploading, you have the ability to add a photo title and description, and ...

Configuring Windows Live Writer for Live Community ServeYou

Windows Live Writer is a brand new blogging tool from Microsoft. It's easily configured for use with a number of blog applications, including Community Server. FloristBlogs.com uses ...

How fast can you set up a Community Server site?

45 minutes from getting site login information from my buddy Joe, to loading the home page. That included logging in to the control panel, configuring the database and DB user, uploading all the...

Scott's Flickr for Community Server (Updated)

I'd downloaded Scott's code for his module and took the liberty of updating it to use the latest build of FlickrNet, so that users can now make use of both modules side-by-side. Since Scot...

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