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September, 2009

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Great post on using Dependency Properties with custom user controls in Silverlight

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

I was stuck on implementing data binding with custom Silverlight controls, and found this post to be a lifesaver: http://geekswithblogs.net/PeterTweed/archive/2009/07/05/taking-advantage-of-data-binding-in-silverlight.aspx

Good reference on SSIS tuning techniques

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

I am troubleshooting a memory allocation issue with an SSIS package and came across the following article. It is a couple of years old, but still very relevant:
Integration Services: Performance Tuning Techniques

Missing SQL Server 2008 templates in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

I have a new install of Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition that is updated to SP1. I went to make a new SQL Server 2008 project and noticed that there was not a template available. I thought this was odd as I have SQL Server 2008 installed locally. After a little research, I was pointed to the following update: Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2. After closing VSTS and installing the update file, I restarted VSTS and the templates were there.