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Custom publishers for the Exception Management Application Block

A distributed application that stores its exception log on each individual machine is pretty worthless. Use the Exception Management Application Block and your SQL Server to create a centralized store for all exceptions in your application.

Developer

Log errors easily with the Exception Management Application Block

The Exception Management Application Block (EMAB) can simplify your VB.NET or C# error handling, provided you know how to leverage it properly. This article discusses the potential of EMAB and explains how to realize it.

Enterprise Software

.NET Web services vs. remoting: Which one will work best for your app?

Microsoft is promoting Web services as the silver bullet for most everything, but they do offer another technology that might make more sense if you aren't tied to a Web server. Find out if remoting might work for your next application.

Developer

Learn to access stored procedures with ADO.NET

Using stored procedures may require more code than inline SQL, but the performance gains are worth it. Find out how to leverage SQL Server's stored procedures in your .NET applications.

Enterprise Software

Two approaches for controlling access to .NET Web services

One of the problems with Web services today is that they are basically open to anyone who knows the message format they require. In the absence of a security standard, two alternative validation methods have arisen.

Developer

Pessimistic locking solves ADO.NET concurrency problems

One way to deal with optimistic concurrency issues in ADO.NET is to lock records as they are retrieved from the data source. It doesn't take much code, but it does involve some risks. Find out when you should use this procedure and how it works.

Developer

How to handle optimistic concurrency violations in ADO.NET

Multiuser applications often must allow for multiple users to edit the same record concurrently. Learn the two main ways to handle such concurrency issues.

Data Management

An introduction to ADO.NET concurrency

ADO.NET offers a radical change from ADO. This includes various concurrency options applicable in different situations. Explore the concurrency issues and get some real-world advice.

Developer

Top 10 reasons to migrate to .NET

Microsoft's latest push for the .NET Framework has many developers wondering if it would be advantageous to learn it. These 10 reasons tell you why you should make the move to .NET.

Developer

Why you should move to C#

The migration to the .NET platform offers many development choices. This top 10 list explains why C# is an important offering and why you should consider moving to C#.

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Custom publishers for the Exception Management Application Block

Log errors easily with the Exception Management Application Block

.NET Web services vs. remoting: Which one will work best for your app?

Learn to access stored procedures with ADO.NET

Two approaches for controlling access to .NET Web services

Pessimistic locking solves ADO.NET concurrency problems

How to handle optimistic concurrency violations in ADO.NET

An introduction to ADO.NET concurrency

Top 10 reasons to migrate to .NET

Why you should move to C#

Employee privacy policy

Security response policy

End user data backup policy

Electronic communication policy