Allen Razdow's Q&A profile

• SQL Server temp table naming

  I have a procedure that creates temp tables. I made the temp tables local - using # instead of ## - but I still get a 'table exists' error, when I run it from 2 qa sessions at the same time. I am deleting tables at the begining of the proc and again at the end - using IF EXISTS(SELECT name FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects where name = '#Archive_In')DROP TABLE #Archive_In Is this expected behaviour   I thought using # would make it local to the connection If this is expected, how do I make it work   I thought SQL used the spid or something, appended to the end of the table, and maintained that reference No, it's not new in 2005. It is, however, an undocumented system procedure. We recommend that you do not use undoc ...Show All

• .NET Development Using XP SP2 cultures on Windows Server 2003 with CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder and ldml

  I'm trying to use the XP SP2 cultureInfo for Welsh (cy-GB) in an ASP.NET application. The application runs fine on the development machine, but fails on the test server that is running Windows Server 2003 (standard, SP1). The reason is obvious enough; cy-GB only ships in XP SP2, and does not support WS2k3. However, Michael Kaplan has a whole load of stuff on using ELKs, and one article in particular on using the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder ( https://beta.blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/04/20/579579.aspx ) to "move" cy-GB (and others, by extension) onto WS2k3. But, I can't get it to work. The code I have is exactly as written in the article, it just saves an ldml on Win XP SP2, then I move it to WS2k3 and try and registe ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How do i implement this workflow ?

  Hi All, I am trying to make a simple workflow that has 4 parallel activities each getting input from different users (say it takes interger as it's input) and then adds the inputs (integer values). I was thinking of creating a custom activity that takes input from the user and run 4 instances of it parallely so i will get 4 different inputs and then at the end of the parallel activity i have a cusum activity that adds the 4 input. Is this the right approach. Do parallel activities end seperately and can't be merged into another activity Or if they could then in my case how do i send data from the parallel activities into the activity that does addition. Thanks, Sonali Using activity binding ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS Version

  How do I determine what version I have installed When I click on help I see "About Windows", I expected to see "About WDS" The post above was before WDS 3.0 was released. And you're right there is no General Tab in WDS 3.0, I don't know why Microsoft didn't put a button to show the version. So, you must have 3.0. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow event does not get fired

  Workflow event does not get fired Tom, Where can I find the UnloadOnIdle property to check its value I'm having a problem when firing an event and I havent been able to solve it for 2-3 days and maybe it has something to do with that property... By the way it would be cool if you could check the post where I explain my problem and give me some advice. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=582956&SiteID=1 Thanks, Ruben ...Show All

• Visual Basic Folderbrowserdialog ContextSwitchDeadlock

  I have had a problem resulting in ContextSwitchDeadlock and a consequent build up in memory use. The following is a snippet which results in the error when using a Folderbrowserdialog control. How can the ContextSwitchDeadlock be avoided Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog() Dim tstart As Double tstart = DateAndTime.Timer Do While DateAndTime.Timer < tstart + 70.0 TextBox1.Text = DateAndTime.Timer - tstart Refresh() Loop End Sub A context switch deadlock is a fairly common problem with the IDE. Be sure to test the release versio ...Show All

• SQL Server How many user current "connect" to a row in table.

  Hi all... Iam a newbie and i have one question want to ask experts ... . I am current working on one App which have some user connect to database at the same time. And i want to know: how many user connect or use (read , update) to one row in a table Could it be possible to know that If you have one solution to solve this problem , please let me know :) ... Could it be done by Software , T-SQL or anything ...., iam happy to know. Thanks all. Thanks for your advise. But i think traffic network is expensive resource so if my App keep polled the table which store info about what table has changed , it'll impact my performence which i want to avoid. do you have anothet idea Thanks again. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System New Work Item Field Type ?

  hi, i want to add a new field type other than the default ones (eg, String, double, and etc). The result i want is something like this: <FIELD name="Effort" refname="MyCompany.Effort" type="MenDay"> <HELPTEXT>The effort to finish a task</HELPTEXT> <REQUIRED/> </FIELD> right now i have a approach, which is to specify the unit in the lable or in the helptext: for example, <FIELD name="Effort" refname="MyCompany.Effrt" type="Double"> <HELPTEXT>The effort to finish a task in ( Man Day )</HELPTEXT> <REQUIRED/> </FIELD> ..... <Control Type="FieldControl" FieldName="MyCompa ...Show All

• SQL Server Getting around SQL server 2005 with McAfee Security Centre installed.

  Hi, All i'm trying to do is open the object explorer window connecting to my local computer name, say it's called fred . It was working yesterday but now i've re-installed McAfee security centre, i can't connect. Any help, much appreciated. Thanks. Regards, S_DS Hi, Neither of those actions and even if i turn the firewall off it doesn't work. I'll look at the config tools else i think i may need to uninstall - reinstall SQL server. Thanks for your reply. If it works i'll mark it as the answer.     Regards, S_DS.     ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA Game Development Contest

  For those who haven't heard, there is an XNA game development contest taking signups on my site: http://xbox360homebrew.com I was hoping someone else would post it here, but I didn't want you to miss out if you hadn't heard. Man, I was hoping no one would mention it so I'd have a better chance of winning! ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista DMS system

  hai everybody, i want to "DMS" system from my system over tcp/ip programming.. Is there any methods to follow , what is procedure to follow .. can anybody help me in this regard This forum is for questions about Windows Workflow Foundation. I am not sure where you should direct your question, but you can always try Where Is the Forum For... . ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. .NET 3.0 WF inside XNA

  Folks, I know this is a forum for game developers and us "enterprise guys" should stay away, but I had a cool idea and I wanted some validation. I've done a truckload of coding with the Windows Workflow Foundation, and recently I've been experimenting with packaging up stacks of XOML-only (portable!) workflows inside System.IO.Packaging.Packages (basically ZIP files, but accessible via Streams and .NET). Let's say I've got a 3D space environment. I've got a player floating around in a ship model. But I've also got say, 10 different enemies. The 10 enemies are really just 5 instances each of 2 different enemy types: the hunter and the drone. In an ordinary case I would create classes for the hunter and for the drone, and as soon as they wer ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to open a new xaml with a button click

  Hey all, thanks for the help. Okay, I have made a new xaml that is initially set to Hidden. It has a StoryBoard for animateIn and animateOut. Lets call the xaml popUp. How can I make a button on another xaml page run popUp's animateIn StoryBoard Thanks, Victor There is a example in WPFSamples, WPFNotepad, maybe a help for you. FileAssociationsDialog(defined in file FileAssociations.xaml), opened in function DoFileAssociationsCommand(): void DoFileAssociationsCommand(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e) { FileAssociationsDialog fad = new FileAssociationsDialog(); fad.Owner = this; fad.ShowDialog(); } ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System create automated and customized assembly files

  hi, i want to create automatically an assemblyinfo.cs file when i build a project. the file should contain some info from related requirement work-items. the file should contain data like the following: [assembly: AssemblyVersion ("1.0.0.0")] [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion ("1.0.0.0")] [assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute("4.3.2.1")] is this possible in tfs is there somewhere a how to thanks in advance yes that is what i`m looking for. i`m not familiar with the build process. but it is a beginning. so i read more about the build process and i possibly will ask further questions. thank you. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to move ListBoxItem up and down in ListBox?

  Hi, can any one tell that how can move the ListBoxItem up and down in a ListBox.I am able to delete specific item but not able to move them. Hi I want to give this facility to the user, i.e he selects the ListBoxItem and then he presses the move up and down button. If u have any sample code for this please send me.I have done this in .net(ver 2) but i am not able to this in wpf. ...Show All