Steven Smith SQL Server
10 Mar 2010
Fix for Could Not Load Type Microsoft.Build.Framework.BuildEventContext
Steven Smith writes
"...figured out that I’d missed a dropdownlist in the TeamCity project setup:...Originally I was using Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 for my MSBuild task. Changing it to..."
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Paul Randal SQL Server
10 Mar 2010
How the Dynamic Management View (DMV) Works
Paul Randal writes
"...There's no progress reporting from the DMV (or DBCC SHOWCONTIG) but if you look at the reads column in sys.dm_exec_sessions you can see how far through the operation it is. This method works best for DETAILED scans, where [you] can compare that number against the in_row_data_page_count for..."
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Paul Randal SQL Server
08 Mar 2010
1-TB Table Population - Network Optimization
Paul Randal writes
"...I've been playing around with the network setup to make sure things are optimized, and this post will describe what I did and what effect it had...I kept the dat aon the faster SCSI array and the log on the slower SATA array...By separating the network traffic and moving to two iSCSI NICs, I removed the network bottleneck I had...and replaced it with..."
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Steven Smith Visual Studio
08 Mar 2010
Fix for Changing or Removing Visual Studio 2008 from DVD
Steven Smith writes
"...If you installed Visual Studio 2008 on a 64-bit operating system, you may have trouble when you try ad add or remove functionality by inserting the disk (or remounting the ISO image). I believe this is because of the path used to install the 32-bit Visual Studio program. When you run the setup.exe off of the disk, you get this..."
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Christian Nagel Silverlight
08 Mar 2010
Code Sample Easing Animation with WPF and Silverlight
Christian Nagel writes
"...With WPF 4 the animation classes support easing functions to change the animated values. The animation classes now defines the EasingFunction property of type IEasingFunction that allows assigning any object that implements this interface. The following code snippets animates an ellipse using the easing function from the ElasticEase class..."
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