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Just wondering about something [Just wondering about something]

Ang3lFir3 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:48:32 GMT

I'm just wondering about something and so I figured the best place to ask was channel9. (yeah i know ambitious of me).

Can anyone give me a solid well thought out reason for keeping 90% or more (or even any) of your business logic in SQL sprocs? I've moved into a new position at a new company and the application I am working on uses sprocs to handle most of its logic. I'm trying to find a reason as to why this might be beneficial vs some other more OO technique.

Please keep in mind that:
       this is SQL 2000
       this is an ASP.Net 2.0 app
       this is IIS 6.0

Upgrading is not an option at this point, but I am trying to make an argument for MVC and Linq2SQL with a better Data Model.

Thanks in advance

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Working with Exchange [Working with Exchange]

Ang3lFir3 — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:00:35 GMT

Does anyone know of any really good references for writing "addins" or extending teh features of exchange with managed code? I'm looking to work with exchange by either writing an add-on or by sinking events in exchange for multiple/all users.

I've looked and am not finding anything really of value... What I am wanting to do can not be done correctly from within outlook as I need the application to run even if the user isn't connected.

Any advise or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Web Services as Data Access [Web Services as Data Access]

Ang3lFir3 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:42:55 GMT

I would like to find out what the different opinions of other devs/architects are when it comes to using Web Services for data access.

In what scenarios do you believe it is an excellent idea?

In what scenarios do you believe it is a bad idea?

What kind of applications would you expect to use web services for data access and what kinds would you not?

If you have used them for data access, what draw backs if any have you experienced? what benefits can you say make them utimately worth while?

I've experimented with doing so on a smaller demo project but nothing really big yet. Curious as to what everyone else has to say on the topic.

feel free to give opinions on web services in general as well.

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Which CI platform do you use?.... which is best? [Which CI platform do you use?.... which is best?]

Ang3lFir3 — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:23:24 GMT

I'm considering setting up a CI environment at work... and moving us to some better dev practices and was wondering which CI (Continuous Integration) platforms some of you may use. I'm currently considering CruiseControl.Net but am open to some better suggestions.

some of my criteria:

Must support .Net (including 2.0)
Must support either NAnt or MSBuild
Must be able to work with Nunit
Must be able to support FXCop
Must work well VSS2K5
Must be cheap or free

any thoughts or suggestions? experiences?

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Stupid VS2005 Question [Stupid VS2005 Question]

Ang3lFir3 — Sat, 06 May 2006 01:05:01 GMT

Okay i've got a silly question about VS2005....

Anyone know how to get VS to open new codepage tabs on the right?.... You know in the empty space where you actually expect new tabs to open like every other tabbed application... and the other tabs in VS...

something about the fact i read from left to right and expect things to open in the empty spaces doesn't seem like such a hard concept to default.

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X marks the spot : Flagr.com [X marks the spot : Flagr.com]

Ang3lFir3 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:01:16 GMT

just found http://www.flagr.com for the first time today... ok im kinda slow....

do you already have a flagr account? any good flags? opinions?

Personally i think its great...

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Office(workspace) Toys... whatcha got? [Office(workspace) Toys... whatcha got?]

Ang3lFir3 — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:57:28 GMT

Just like the topic says.... What kind of toys do you keep in your office or workspace(for the students).

I really don't keep a lot myself but i've always got my headphones playing music and i keep my "thinking ball" around. I need to get some other things as it seems that having toys around helps me stay creative and relax?

anyone else find this to be the case?

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Suggestions for C9 forums? [Suggestions for C9 forums?]

Ang3lFir3 — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:02:13 GMT

Is there anywhere (i tryed searching to no avail...admitedly not very hard either) to post suggestions to updating the C9 forums features?

If not.... i would like to make a few (tell me if you have heard these already)

1) Quick reply box (Vbulletin-esque) at the bottom of each thread page to allow quick replies to threads. Its a feature I love a lot on the forums i admin and rarely reply to threads ne other way unless quoting.

2) (another Vbulletin-esque) When clicking on a thread link I would like to be taken to the last post in the thread..... this is most useful when reading a thread i have already read and especially when the thread itself is several pages long

so far that is all i have thought of but mostly since they are just the initial differences i see.

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