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I feel better already…
Sometimes a post just helps. This post has helped me…
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/08/2008
Distractions, distractions, distractions…
I set out this evening to do two specific things. Two hours later I have done … neither of them :-(...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/06/2008
Entity Framework mapping scenarios
One thing I like to get across when I talk about the ADO.NET Entity Framework is that in V1 the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/06/2008
Q&A: Can I use LINQ with .NET Framework 2.0?
This question from one of my MSDN sessions has stumped me for a while. I know the new language...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/06/2008
Q&A: How to return multiple result sets from a stored procedure using LINQ
This one has come up for both LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities. The scenario is a reasonably common...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/06/2008
Q&A: Deciding between LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities
I keep getting asked this one. I have my own way of answering which ultimately ends up with “LINQ to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/05/2008
ReMix UK 08 videos online – including me…
Mike dropped me an email to say the ReMix videos are now online. That is a lot of video as ReMix was...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/03/2008
Links from VS2008 SP1 event 2nd Oct 2008
The links from the session today are over on a new blog we are trying out to get all our post event...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/02/2008
Entity Framework and Data Services in one slide – a work in progress
I wanted a high level diagram which allowed me to talk about how the technologies worked together,...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/30/2008
Q&A: Using both C# and Visual Basic .NET in the same Web Application
I get quite a random set of questions coming into my Inbox from folks I meet at events, conferences...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/30/2008
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 announced – and the return of UML
Blimey – and I am only just getting my head round Visual Studio 2008 :-) These are exciting times....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/30/2008
ADO.NET Entity Framework and large databases – fine with 400 tables/views?
I keep talking about Entity Framework and I keep getting asked about large databases. I have a stock...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/30/2008
.NET Developer Network in Bristol – Oct 13th additional session
I finally managed to get along to my local user group last week and had a great time. Whilst it...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/30/2008
Fiddler and ADO.NET Data Services
It was my colleague MikeT who put me on to Fiddler a while back and it has proven to be really...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/29/2008
Four tools that have managed to stay on my machine into October
I have just finished my regular clean out of tools that I have installed and which have not passed...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/29/2008
Links for QBS Event Wed 24th September
Apologies to those who attended last week. I did promise to put up a blog post with all my links....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/29/2008
Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in October – will you be there?
I just spotted that my colleague MikeT kicked off a “Are you a UK person heading to PDC” thread on...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/25/2008
Links for Remix session on Entity Framework, 19th Sept
All of the links I showed are included in a session I did last week for QBS except the following:...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/24/2008
Links for QBS Event Wed 17th Sept
As promised, the links from my session today on the new data stuff on 3.5 and 3.5 SP1. Thanks for...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/17/2008
A few rough edges in our shiny new Data stack
We have a rather impressive set of new technologies for working with data – LINQ, LINQ to SQL, LINQ...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/16/2008
Funny old world – who is this eric guy who thinks he can email me?
I opened Outlook today to find some spam about MSDN :-) I nearly deleted it without reading – but...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/16/2008
MSDN Library Download For Visual Studio 2008 And .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
I admit it was past midnight when I went looking for this download and maybe that impacted a little...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/16/2008
How useful are the different sections of the MSDN Flash?
As a fairly new editor of the UK MSDN Flash I am curious to know which sections people find most...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/15/2008
Offtopic – Fancyaferret.co.uk
The very first domain I registered was fancyaferret.co.uk. This was many years back and TBH the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/10/2008
RemixUK next week – I have a session on ASP.NET and the Entity Framework
Mike who owns the dev track at Remix has unfortunately lost a speaker and I have offered to help –...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/10/2008
How did we get to Wednesday?
Blimey – this week has been busy. If your metaphor for working on lots of things is “juggling...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/10/2008
Calling Microsoft Developers in… Lincolnshire
Just spotted that some folks are trying to set up a new user group in Lincolnshire called (rather...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/04/2008
Should we do a regular podcast?
Just about to go to sleep – but wanted to throw out something I have been pondering on. Should we as...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/02/2008
Leeds Events in Nov and Dec – SQL Server Data Services, Entity Framework and more
Just had confirmation that we have added two more MSDN half day events for November and December....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/02/2008
10 years on – is software development getting any better?
The last 10 years have been exciting if you are a developer. Lots of new programming languages, lots...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/01/2008
Believe it or not – I’m off on holiday again
I really have got a taste for this thing called “holiday” - hence I am off to do it again for...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/22/2008
WPF Datagrid is here – well, nearly here…
I posted in July on DataGrids (or rather the absence of them) in WPF. While I was on holiday last...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/21/2008
Visual Basic and .NET Framework Versions
A couple of folks have asked me recently about Visual Basic versions and .NET Framework versions and...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/21/2008
.NET Reflector acquired by Red Gate
In simple terms, .NET Reflector is… a must have. It was developer by Lutz Roeder back in 2000 before...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/20/2008
I’m back…and Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 shipped
We had a superb holiday last week in Yorkshire and amazingly it was reasonably dry which was handy...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/19/2008
See you all in a weeks time
I need to crack on with some other work today before my holiday. I should be back on the blogosphere...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/08/2008
Your advice needed – what should I do with this devx site?
Hi folks – I need your help. My extended team looks after the UK MSDN site and delivers you the MSDN...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/08/2008
LINQ Overview concept map #2
Just started the day with a swift play with my original concept map.
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/08/2008
Updated the list of events I will be attending/delivering sessions
Just a quick note to say I have updated my “Eric will be appearing” page. October is looking busy...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/07/2008
My first concept map – LINQ overview
Well – my first using a tool inspired by Udi. Took…maybe 5 minutes. Very sweet. Clearly this could...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/07/2008
Is it time I went 64bit Vista?
My notebook (a rather nice Compaq nc8430) is in need of a major cleanup. Over the last 6 months I...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/07/2008
Wow – a concept map of “everything”
I was just skimming in FeedDemon and spotted this post by Udi on concept maps. Nasty at first glance...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/07/2008
Microsoft Sync Framework released
Ok – I will be honest, I forgot it hadn’t actually released (It is tough keeping on top of the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/07/2008
SQL Server 2008 is finished – break out the bubbly
SQL Server 2008 RTM’d yesterday (August 6th). It is already available on MSDN subscriber downloads...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/07/2008
Software Practice Advancement Autumn Series of lectures
For the last 3 years I have been lucky enough to present/attend the SPA conference. SPA (Software...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/06/2008
Manic Miner in Silverlight
Richard popped me an email about his latest “project” - a Silverlight implementation of Manic Miner...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/06/2008
The best feature in SQL Server 2008 – sqlps.exe?
I am beginning to think it could be humble sqlps.exe. SQL Server 2008 includes powershell support –...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/06/2008
Oh no…. my poll is going entirely wrong!!!
My poll is showing completely the wrong results. Surely there can not be more Amiga fans in the UK...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/06/2008
PHP driver for SQL Server 2005 Released
Whoops – I nearly missed this one. I previously mentioned our more friendly approach to PHP back in...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/06/2008