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• SQL Server Can I have multiple tables to gather event data

  Hi Guys, Wondering if I could have two tables with parent child relationship to gather event data. Does NS support such scenario while defining schema in ADF.xml. Please advice. Thanks, Shamir Ahhh...gotcha. A couple of options come to mind. First you can flatten out the rows into multiple events. In this scenario, you'd have one event row per transaction detail and that row would include information from table 1 and table 2. You'd want to then use the digest delivery to pull it all together into one notification. However, under certain circumstances, I could see how this may lead to an occassional mishap where a user would receive more than one notification, each being somewhat incomplete. ...Show All

• SQL Server How to separate the encryption key opening code from SPs

  We have several typical ASP.NET web applications with SQL 2005 databases.  We implemented symmetric key encryption for some tables/fields.  Though it's pretty simple to open the keys in the SQL/SPs code, I'd rather abstract it out, so when a particular identity opens a connection, the key is opened too.   Since ASP.NET applications open and close connection frequently using one identity (e.g. typically use a SqlDataAdapter to get data out and update with DataTable objects), I'm wondering if there's any event or trigger I can put the key opening statement in.  The goal is for a query or SP to be able to encrypt/decrypt without referencing the open key statement.  I have seen people asking similar questions ...Show All

• SQL Server conversation_handle in Queue doesn't match "SEND ON CONVERSATION..." value.

  When examining the "conversation_handle" column value in the Queue (from: "select * from ProcessQueue"), I find the value of the conversation_handle appears to be different from the "conversation handle" ("SEND ON CONVERSATION @conversationHandle...") on which the message was sent. I'm trying to gather all messages for a given Dialog conversation, but am not able to do this because the conversation_handle doesn't appear consistent between messages in the Dialog. note: the conversation_handle of "BEGIN CONVERSATION TIMER (@conversationHandle)..." message does appear to be correct in the Queue. Thoughts on why the conversation_handle listed in the Queue might be different than that ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions programing help

  I am taking a online c++ programing class. Since its online i have no real instructer to help me understand the course. Our finals are due friday and one of the programing problems on it has got me stuck. I would really appreciate it if some one on here would be willing to help me by either giving me pointers in the right direction or making the program for me its not that its hard i just dont have the materials needed to help me figure it out. heres the problem Create a program which will generate a 5x5 matrix of random generated numbers using a muti dimensional array. Your values should range from 1 to 100. You will need to display the array to the screen, then the program will display the max value for each row and th ...Show All

• SQL Server need advice on Update statement

  I have a simple update statement that set sthe student's password to their id number: update studemo set passwd = ident ident is not part of the primary key but there is a unique, non-clustered index using that column This has been running for over a hour on a table with 25K rows. Am I doing something basically wrong here You can perform the update in batches like below to reduce resource usage: while(1=1) begin -- Update 500 rows at a time update top(500) studemo set passwd = ident if @@rowcount = 0 break end ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums WSD (Web Service For Device) code Generation Tool

  Hi, I am currently involved in a project for implementing WSD on printers.WSD talks about a code generation tool. Where can I find that WSDCODEGEN.exe tool Thanks Biswanath ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Serial port selection problem

  I'm not exactly sure how to phrase this question, but let me describe the problem.... I have a very simple little kit box which when connected to a serial port and RTS is turned on, it lights up an LED.   I have a ComboBox which when selected, goes out and enumerates the available serial ports: Module One Public cSelect = My .Settings.serSelect.ToString Public cPort As New IO.Ports.SerialPort(cSelect.ToString) For Each portName As String In My .Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames Form1.ComboBox1.Items.Add(portName) Next End Module Public Class Form1 Try cSelect = ComboBox1.SelectedText.ToString() Catch ex As Exception MsgBox(ex.Message) End Try cPort.Open() cPort.RtsEnable = Tru ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Update KB908002 not installing during word-addin setup

  Hello devs, Im working on a setup project to install an office addin. Im using VS2005 and .NET 2.0. Im trying to get the Shared Add-in Support Update for the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB908002) components ( lockbackRegKey.msi, office2003-kb907417sfxcab-ENU.exe, extensibilityMSM.msi) to install along with my setup project. I have installed the KB908002 update on my development machine and included it as a prerequisite in my setup project in order to have these components installed along with my solution. When I run my setup.exe file I get the dialog asking if I want to install the shared addin components on to the machine but when I press install I receive the following error: The following package files could not be found: ...Show All

• Smart Device Development DSP Plugins for Windows Media Player Mobile(smartphone)

  Hi, I am trying to making a DSP Plugin for Windows Media Player Mobile. I am using Visual Studio 2005, DirectX SDK, Windows Media Player SDK, Smartphone Emulator and Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK. I am able to deploy my plugin to Emulator. but i am not getting effect of that plugin in Windows Media Player Mobile. Same Plugin is giving me good effects on Desktop Windows Media Player. May be problem is the register of that plugin in Windows Media Player Mobile. If anyone has idea to that, Please reply me. amit.pshah@wipro.com Hoping for a positive response. Thank you in advance. Amit P Shah. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) What is "best practise" for databinding custom controls with xmlFile from xaml ?

  Hello.. I’m having a hard time figuring out how to databind a custom control from xaml with an XmlDocument. My problem is how to generate the ItemCollection. Example, myListBox control containing a List of <myListBoxItem>. In codebehind it is very easy to create a ... List<myListBoxItem> myItems = new List<myListBoxItem>(); ...and then use... myItems.add(..); What I’m looking for is a very simple example where this is done so after the databinding has been made in xaml (with xml) I have an customized ItemCollection (in this case myListBoxItem) that I can control, add events, animate or whatever I wanna do from my parentContainer (myListBox) Hope I made myself clear, otherwise I’ll try to clar ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Exception throw by GraphicsAdaptor???

  Hi, I am getting a weird exception throw from 4 PCs that have the XNA 1.0 redist installed. I have a development PC that is executing the game perfectly, but the other 4 PCs (Windows 2003, Vista and XP SP2 based) throw this exception: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsAdapter' threw an exception. Is anybody else having this problem The project I am distributing is just a WindowsGame project, unaltered. I have exactly same problem! On my computer it's working fine, but on other PC it's throwing error: "The type initializer for "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicAdapter" threw an exception." Code: Dim presentParams As ...Show All

• Visual C# [C#]How can I download a ".gif " file to my computer?

  I have the address of the "gif" file, like http://XXX/a.gif , now I want to save it to my harddisk with the new name "bb.gif", how can I do that Thanks! you can write some thing like (add error checking etc) of course add System.Net; string fileURL = @"http://yourfileaddress" ; string fileSave = @"c:\test.gif" ; WebClient client = new WebClient (); client.DownloadFile(fileURL, fileSave);   ...Show All

• SQL Server connecting to dbf

  Hi, I am having trouble connecting to a dbf file inside an SSIS package. How do I connect to a dbf file in SSIS. Thanks Brian Check out the discussion @ http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=228933&SiteID=1 Thanks, Loonysan ...Show All

• SQL Server What to measure on in the Management Console ?

  I would like to follow the performance on the server, when executing packages - but what to look for Can someone tell me what their "favorite" counters are and what their role is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Possible to aggregate results in a one-to-many way across TFS projects?

  I have a general question regarding management of multiple TFS projects. I've been working with TFS to get acquainted prior to the kickoff of a new project at my company. The project will be large with many facets. I would like to organize several TFS projects to support several subsystems, and a single "master" project to provide reporting for all subsystem projects.... Best practices state that it is preferable to have a single (or fewer) TFS projects rather than many. On the other hand, I can see how having several projects would be of benefit: * You could logically limit scope and security for a subsystem, while having the benefits of a separate portal and repository for developers * You could have work items managed at ...Show All