Silverlight 4 + COM + SQL Server = Cool!

Today is the day to talk about COM possibilities in Silverlight 4.  One would question the titles of my post.  COM and Cool in the same sentence?  Let me proof this title to you. First, let me take a closer look at COM.  In order to access COM, you must install Silverlight application on a …

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Windows Azure Application

This is purely a bragging post 🙂 I just deployed a test application to the cloud (Microsoft Azure): http://rolodex.cloudapp.net/ Here is the technology stack for it: Windows Azure SQL Azure CSLA 3.8.1 Silverlight Entity Framework WCF Prism (Composite Application Guidance) Silverlight Toolkit I promise to write a blog entry in the near future, the steps …

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SQL Saturday #25

I spoke yesterday at SQL Saturday event in Gainesville, GA.  My topic was CLR Integration in SQL Server.  CLR stands for Common Language Runtime or .NET Framework.  This SQL Server 2005 or higher feature allows developers to write .NET assemblies and deploy them in SQL Sever.  You can implement scalar and table-values functions, stored procedures, …

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