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How to set up an Azure Site, with a webservice function
Project Sourcecode: NewsMashup In Part I of this series of articles I discussed the database that lies behind the application. Moving from the backend to the client side, it is now time to discuss the code which accesses the database and returns the data to application. I have a standard class I use when accessing databases. The version I am using here is developed to connect to SQL Server but with some minor changes it would not be difficult to adapt to other databases, and I already have one for...
If you have had a chance to look at the downloadable videos from MIX 09 (http://videos.visitmix.com... then you will have heard that it will soon be possible to develop Azure hosted applications and have good old Transact SQL as a backend! It was in Nigel Ellis’ session on ‘What's New in Microsoft SQL Data Services’ which gives all the details. However as of the time of writing this functionality, while due in the next couple of months, is not yet available. All is not lost. I am going to...
Creating a vertical scrollable region in Silverlight
The current Azure CTP has a problem correctly connecting to Web Services. This article details how you can complete one of the Azure Labs to correctly connect to a Web Service.