While the DomainDataSource is most often used for loading entire sets of records, it can also be used for loading a single record result.  This is a topic I’ve seen a few people talk about, assuming it’s a difficult thing to do, and even creating solutions for a problem that... [Read More]

ASP.NET Dynamic Data introduced the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace in .NET 3.5 SP1.  The namespace contained a bunch of attributes for applying validation rules to objects and their properties.  With the “Alexandria” project (which morphed into .NET RIA Services plus some Silverlight/SDK/Toolkit additions), we were exposing your server-side entities up to your... [Read More]

I laughed my ass off at the Redneck email that Jeremy Miller posted today.  Here is the content of the email (a series of redneck jokes).  But the best part is what happened when I went to post this to Facebook as a Note.  Look below for a screen shot.... [Read More]

This is a non-technical post.  It’s certainly geeky though. We all have them: bills that are due on something other than a monthly schedule.  Car insurance, home owner’s insurance, life insurance, vehicle registration, Pandora One, pick your poison.  It can be difficult to work these bills into the monthly budget... [Read More]

Note: The limitations discussed herein no longer apply once you get WCF RIA Services V1 SP1 Beta (or later). See Kyle McClellan's blog for more info. Tom Beeby posted a topic on the RIA Services forums about adding a new entity via the DataForm buttons.  Specifically, he pointed out a... [Read More]