VistaDB .net database blog100% C# powered ado.net SQL engineBuild 64 - 3.4 Final Beta- September 16, 2008 Build 64, 09162008 NOTES VistaDB.NET20.Web.dll (NEW) The membership, and role providers have been rewritten. And we have a new profile provider as well. The new versions are able to be used within the ASP.NET Configuration Wizard for websites. You can edit roles and users using the configuration wizard. We will be adding documentation for process and some best practices for deploying the web.config very soon. VistaDB Asp.Net Wizard (NEW) This is a new tool to generate a VistaDB...http://vistadb.net/blog/builds/build-64-3-4-final-beta/ Changing Your Garbage Collector Settings on the Fly- September 6, 2008 Here is a nice article series posted by Ricket Minerich on his blog. The Garbage Collector is one of those things that I tend to get very passionate about (I guess it must just be esoteric internals or something). I thought Rick did a very good job explaining the various modes you can use with the GC. Changing your GC settings on the fly Of course I have to add that you almost never should adjust these settings. Only in cases where you have spent extreme amounts of time...http://vistadb.net/blog/news/changing-your-garbage-collector-settings-on-the-fly/ Class v. Struct- September 5, 2008 Memory usage and leaks in a managed world often come from unexpected places. Allocating classes or structs is a confusing subject to newcomers to Dot Net. Multiple objects = new class When you see many many variables that are grouped together in usage your first thought usually is, I should make this an object. Turning those variables into a class can often greatly simplify your programming. Now instead of having function that has lots of parameters, you can pass just the newly...http://vistadb.net/blog/articles/class-v-struct/ Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence- September 4, 2008 Unless you don't read blogs on a regular basis you have probably already seen the No Confidence debate about the Entity Framework that shipped with Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Just in case you missed it here are some links about the topic: OakLeaf Systems blog Keith Patton's blog Tim Lee's Blog And the actual "vote" itself for you to look at and sign if you so desire: ADO .NET Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence VistaDB's Position We don't have an official signee on the vote that.http://vistadb.net/blog/news/entity-framework-vote-of-no-confidence/ |