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By Magnus (MM8) September 18, 2013
This post is about how you can validate data in a WPF application using the System.ComponentModel.INotifyDataErrorInfo interface that was introduced in the .NET Framework 4.5 (the same interface has been present in Silverlight since version 4). It is a common requirement for any user interface application that accepts user input to validate the entered information to ensure that it has the expected format and type...
By Ike Ugochuku September 17, 2013
I recently wanted to create a custom object deletion rule and searched for a sample code that I could reuse on the web. I could not find and had to build from scratch. I decided to share my knowledge so others can benefit. Be careful when creating custom object deletion rules, your logic should be well thought out, designed and thoroughly tested. Contoso is a multi-forest Exchange organization. There is an Exchange forest and two user account...
By Uwe Ricken September 16, 2013
If a clustered index will be turned into a HEAP, then no reorganization of the data will occur. This "myth" is sometimes popping up in forums or blogs. A view "behind the scene" will describe how Microsoft SQL Server is handling this operation. Before the deep dive into the internals, some basics of relations in Microsoft SQL Server databases have to be understood. What is a clustered index? A clustered index is the relation itself...
By Steef-Jan Wiggers September 15, 2013
This wiki article is an extension on the documentation of Windows Azure BizTalk Services (WABS): BizTalk Services: Provisioning Using Windows Azure Management Portal. This new service in Windows Azure offers B2B in the Cloud supporting EDI, Integration with SaaS solutions and create bridges between Line-Of-Business(LOB) systems and the Cloud through various protocols. To be able to do so you will to provision a BizTalk Service...
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