Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0 Now Available!

The long-awaited update to Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0 is now available - the official release is branded January 2006. This release of Enterprise Library includes six application blocks (Caching, Cryptography, Data Access, Exception Handling, Logging and Security), and provides similar functionality to the previous releases for the .NET Framework 1.1; however, Enterprise Library has been redesigned to use the new capabilities of the .NET Framework 2.0. Download the library by following this link...

SQL Server 2005 T-SQL New Features: OUTPUT

SQL Server 2005 offers a much more convenient way of determining the system-generated values by attacking the problem at the source, within the INSERT statement itself. By adding an OUTPUT clause to an INSERT statement, it is easy to determine all values created during an INSERT; not just IDENTITY values, but also, values created by function calls such as GETDATE() or computed columns. Read on...

An In-Depth Coverage of ASP.NET 2.0's Master Pages: Part 1

Version 2.0 of the .NET Framework has a truckload of new features, and a significant part of these are in ASP.NET 2.0. Among the new features in ASP.NET 2.0, the one that excites me the most and that I feel will be the most useful, is Master Pages. Read on...