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VS 2008 sp1 & .Net 3.5 sp1 is out
You can download VS 2008 sp1 and .Net 3.5 sp1 @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ab99342f-5d1a-413d-8319-81da479ab0d7&DisplayLang=en This release has major improvements on WCF and WF. Brief overview avaialble @ download page...
Embedded sqlMap.config
If you are like me you would like to embed sqlMap.config file for your ibatis project. Although its not provided out of the box but its very simple to implement. All you have to do is to write your own sqlMapper implementation.The core logic revolves...
The invoked member is not supported in a dynamic assembly
When i tried running an ibattis related unit test fixtures in my exsiting test assembly I started getting this wierd error that's a known bug documented at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327131. Interesting thing is that when i run that fixture in...
Posted 25 July 2008 04:02 AM by hammad | with no comments
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MVP Summit - 2008
I am back from MVP Summit 2008 that took place in Seattle last week. It was an absolutely amazing experience and I was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information that was offered during the summit. From the Toby's welcome note to speech by Sean...
User group event: Web 2.0 in Enterprise
<dotNetBulls/> hosted their first technical event on 11th of March, 2008. Topic for this event was "Web 2.0 in Enterprise" and it was hosted by Linda Chong, from Microsoft. Linda Chong works for Microsoft in the capacity of Architect Evangelist...
Posted 06 April 2008 08:28 AM by hammad | with no comments
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Speaking at ITARC - KL
I will be presenting at ITARC conference organized by IASA in KL . I will be presenting a break out session on "Composite Architecture". I will share the slides with all of you shortly.
Attending MVP Summit 2008
I will be attending MVP Summit 2008 in Seattle this year. I am really looking forward to getting back to Redmond and meeting product team.
MVP Award for 4th consecutive year
I am glad to share this news with all of you that I have been given MVP award for the 4th consecutive year. I will also continue to be part of Microsoft's Connected Systems Advisory Board.
Posted 06 April 2008 08:03 AM by hammad | with no comments
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ODP Bug (or so I think)
I found out that ODP.Net for Oracle 10g behaves in strange way for Oracle Parameter that are passed on to oracle command. It always expects parameters to be added in the same order as they are originally available on stored proc in db. So, if a sp (stored...
Posted 06 April 2008 07:56 AM by hammad | with no comments
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WCF Interoperability with Sun Metro
I read this useful article @ InfoQ ( http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/03/wcf-metro-interop ). Its really interesting to see how top distributed computing technologies at Sun (Metro) and Microsoft (WCF) are interoperable. On the very basic level all the...
Microsoft Makes Strategic Changes in Technology and Business Practices to Expand Interoperability
Microsoft today announced a set of broad-reaching changes to its technology and business practices to increase the openness of its products and drive greater interoperability, opportunity and choice. These changes are codified into four new interoperability...
MSDN Code Gallery launched
Microsoft launched its MSDN Code Gallery yesterday. According to Somasegar The MSDN Code Gallery is a portal for snippets, samples and other resources. In it you can find pages that describe samples and supporting documents including screenshots and design...