I ran some tests using ADO.NET to measure the time it takes to retrieve a single value from a database. All of my tests had the following attributes: * Each test gets the CompanyName for the specified CustomerID (in Northwind) * The same connection string, using integrated security * Stored pr

The ADO.NET team is working on a building an object called SqlConnectionStringBuilder. The object is intended to assist in building connections string. Pretty basic concept and if you use config files to store your connection strings, you may not take advantage of it (but still could). But if you ar

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Quick blog for now … I set up a new ASP.NET project, turn on NT auth, turn off anonymous access, write some ADO.NET code to connect to SQL Server via integrated security and viola! I get this lovely error: <P></P> <FIELDSET><LEGEND>Arg!</LEGEND> <H2>Login failed

Here’s a quick quiz about GC: Q) At what point is x eligible to be cleaned up by the GC? <FIELDSET><LEGEND>Garbage Collection</LEGEND> public void foo() { Class1 x = new Class1(); Class2 y = new Class2(); y.Width = x.GetWidth(); y.Height = y.Width; y.Color = "Red&quo