I had a great time at the INETA [http://ineta.org] sponsored combined Sarasota SQL Server [http://sarasotasql.net/] and Sarasota .NET User groups' [http://www.sarasotadev.net/] meeting last Wednesday evening [https://www.johnpapa.net/all/entity-framework-amp-linq-tonight-in-sarasota/]. I present

I had to laugh at this. It is from CSI NY. Just watch ... no explanation needed.

There are several things to consider before you sit down to write a book. But here are 10 I wanted to share because I think they are either very important or not spoken of enough.I've gone down this road many times, but I took a long break between books and instead focused on other areas. Of cou

A colleague and I were talking about some LINQ features yesterday and one of the topics that came up was how to implement an IN clause. Ya know, similar to how SQL statements can use an IN clause in the WHERE clause like this: SELECT city FROM Customers WHERE state IN ('FL', 'NY'

I've decided to at least try to put all of the code sample in my Data Access with Silverlight 2 book [https://www.johnpapa.net/all/silverlight-2-book-cover-mock-up/] in both VB and C#. While VB was once my main language, C# has long since been the primary language I use.  Thankfully, there is th