Hi, XPath is one of the flexible standard for querying an xml document. Let us consider the following CD xml as example:- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <catalog> <cd country="USA"> <t…

I have done a heap of work with Flat Files (mostly csv) in Biztalk 2004 I collected a lot of articles from other Blogs on this which were fab I though I would centralise this info for you, again th…

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Well, it finally happens. After using kbAlertz for so long time we can use official RSS feeds for Microsoft Knowledgebase at http://support.microsoft.com/selectindex/?target=rss now \via [John Howa…

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SQL Server & MSDTC Problem in Windows 2003

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Programs that add to the Windows Explorer context menu will fail to do so on 64-bit Windows. Here are some workarounds:

Red-Gate just published an interesting editorial written by called "To SP or not to SP in SQL Server".

With the new.NET framework API providing such wonderful functionality, everybody is programming in C# or VB.NET except setup developers. There was quite some commotion in the WIX users list on writ…

Dave Donaldson is stewing over an article on Contractor vs. Consultant. My take—the original author doesn’t have the reputation to make it as a contractor. Case in point—and I quote: “you're never …

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Dana Epp posted interesting article about using Image File Execution options in the Windows registry to redirecting a process loading:

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I am buffing up on ASP.NET Server Controls and a central dilemma seems to be whether to inherit from System.Web.UI.Control or System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl. It really seems to boil down to w…

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My degree is in Aerospace Engineering, so I have followed aviation even as I drove ships around the ocean for a living.

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