Claims-Based Authentication and the Cloud
I give up! I can’t really explain how the cloud works unless I cover the topic of authentication in the cloud first. If I didn’t tackle this topic first, I could only explain boring unauthenticated applications. The issue is, for all practical purposes the authentication fit for the cloud is claims based. There is no worldwide active directory you can rely on. There is no single aspnetdb.mdf database. What’s more, there are many kinds of authentications already - Facebook, Twitter, Google, OpenID, Windows Live ID, etc.
Using bulk insert with your LINQ-to-SQL datacontext
How to use bulk insert with your LINQ-to-SQL datacontext
SQL SERVER – Bad Practice of Using Keywords as an Object Name – Avoid Using Keywords as an Object
Avoid Using Keywords as an Object
Speeding up database access - part 4 Fixing expensive queries
Proven techniques to speed up expensive SQL queries
NoSQL Document Database: Embedding RavenDB into an ASP.NET MVC 3 Application
Nevermore shall we hear the cries of a lack of nonrelational love for the Microsoft stack, says Justin Schwartzenberger. He demonstrates how exploring the NoSQL world is easy with RavenDB, a .NET/Windows-centric document data store solution that can run in an embedded mode within an ASP.NET MVC application.
Windows Phone SDK 7.1: Building a 'Mango' App
This article walks you through creating an application that uses three of the big new Windows Phone 7.1 features: local databases, live tiles and Silverlight/XNA integration. The theme of the application is mangoes—with mango recipes, mango cocktails and a mango shooter game.
What the Heck Are Document Databases?
Our resident database expert explores some of the major players in the NoSQL world and shares what she’s learned. If you’re a database developer wondering what all the fuss is about, this overview of the MongoDB, CouchDB and RavenDB document databases is for you.
The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Transact SQL Programming Tips
Even with all the new features in the Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI), sometimes the only way to accomplish a task is with good old fashioned T-SQL code. (Fortunately, “code” is the acronym for this great magazine!) In this latest installment of The Baker’s Dozen, I’ll present 13 T-SQL programming tips that could help you accomplish different database tasks.
Installing Oracle 11g XE (Express Edition)
This article briefly describes basic information about installing the Oracle 11g XE database on Windows and few Developer tools such as Sql Developer
SQL Server Development Tools: The 'Juneau' Database Project
With the new Database Project in the latest version of SQL Server Developer Tools, you can now perform your database development in the same environment as your application development. We introduce the new release.
