Daniel Walzenbach

Free SQL Server 2008 Express How-To-Guide Series

September 30, 2009 Sep 30, 2009 09/30/09

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Thanks to the SQL Server Team we just released a free SQL Server 2008 Express How-To-Guide Series on msdev.com. During the next weeks we’ll also integrating parts of the series into the Visual Basic Developer Center, C# Developer Center, the Beginner Developer Learning Center, etc.One video of the series: How do I query data in a ...

When using LINQ to XML why don’t I get results if I don’t import a XML namespace (Daniel Walzenbach)?

April 29, 2009 Apr 29, 2009 04/29/09

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Hi,I posted a bit of code the other day which I used to get a list of all Code Snippets we ship in Visual Studio. In a nutshell, I used XElement.Load to create a new XML document from a filename from which I then read elements from (There are way to many ‘”from” in this sentence ;-) ). Unfortunately, I forgot to import the ...

How to get a list of all files of a directory (subdirectories included) (Daniel Walzenbach)?

April 23, 2009 Apr 23, 2009 04/23/09

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I needed to create a list of all Code Snippets we ship in Visual Studio the other day containing their title, description and path on disc and size. As you might know, Code Snippets are stored in multiple directories below "%ProgramFiles%Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0" so I had to traverse all the subdirectories of the aforementioned path to ...

Two free e-books available till April 22th to celebrate MS Press’s 25th b-day (Daniel Walzenbach)

April 16, 2009 Apr 16, 2009 04/16/09

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2009 is the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Press! To celebrate their b-bay they’re giving away two free e-books, namely (image) (image) Before opening one of the links make sure that you disable your Pop-Up blocker as the window containing the book will be opened in a new window. Additionally, when the new window gets opened give it ...

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