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I've recently been using typed DataSets to talk to a database for the first time. Strange, I know, but I learned how to do database access using raw ADO.NET back in the 1.1 days, and never really bothered with the nice visual DataSet designers or the new TableAdapter helpers. Anyway, I have a project...
Before you read this, go over and watch last week's DotNetRocks TV . I'll wait. Finished? Ok, in that episode, Venkat talks about "covariance" and "contravariance" in delegates in .NET 2.0. The idea is that a delegate that takes a certain type as a parameter can be pointed at a method that actually takes...
Here's what happened on Saturday when Sal and I met a couple of Cheetahs at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra. At the designated time we were led into the enclosure by a zookeeper/ranger. She explained to us the various guidelines to avoid being ... well, eaten . Some things were obvious...
Sitting in our apartment here in Canberra, and already our "meet a cheetah" weekend has been excitement-packed. We stopped at Gundagai on the way up for some tea, and upon returning to the car we noticed that we were running precariously low on petrol. Believing that the low-fuel warning (40km...
Pete and I for the past few weeks have been playing around with a project that returns a typed DataSet from a web service. Today we started on the "UpdateData" web method that accepts the typed DataSet and applies the changes back to the database. One of the things we wanted to do was a bit...
If you'd like the ability to store metadata (keywords, tags, whatever) along with reports in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, head on over here and vote for my feature suggestion. I think the ability to add keywords to assist in searches would be really helpful....
Tonight I wanted to add a cool feature to Comicster - a "new releases" tree node (or series of tree nodes), that would feature new releases from the various publishers. Turns out that the only publisher with an official new-releases feed is Marvel. You can view it here . None of the other major...
You may recall some time ago that I blogged about a possible .NET User Group in my region. Well, at CodeCampOz Anthony Johnston from Intechrity announced his intention to form just such a group! The inaugural meeting will be next month. Once I get confirmation I'll update this post with time/date...