Mazay's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Can more than one database be queried

  Can more than one database be queried when creating a report in SQL Server 2005 if they are from the same data source Our company is going to SQL Server 2005 for a bunch of Access databases and a C++ system. Would like to be able to query these different database at the same time to create the report. Is it possible to do this or do we need another reporting service Thank you for any help, Jennifer Yes, you can have multiple datasets based on one data source, or multiple datasets based on multiple data sources. See this page for more information on this http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms16 ...Show All

• Windows Forms Textbox with a Date

  Hi All,  I have a Textbox which accepts a date as input from the user. when the form is loaded it gets the current system date and queries the database through a stored procedure of which the date as input parameter. that works fine.  Now when user changes the date in the textbox, I want to check if the entered date in correct format and  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Where can I find info about XML and HTML editors

  I want to write custom xml file format. It should support scripting too. Where can I get any info about employment XML and HTML editors’ functionality in custom editor In particular I can’t catch: Usage of files in: Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Xml\Schemas Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Packages\schemas\html[xml] How and what standard editor VS exposing to extend PS I’m newbie in VSIP so questions may be not correct. Thanks for right comments   Chris , where can I find any information on extending XML editor please ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Setup failed on a Windows 2003 VPC

  Hello, I trying to install a single server VPC. Here is the sequence I followed: 1. setup of windows 2003 standard ed. 2. setup windows 2003 sp1 3. setup of IIS 4. setup of the AD and created TFSSETUP and TFSSERVICE domain accounts 5. setup of SQL 2005 CTP april (all services working) 6. setup of sharepoint services 2.0 sp1   trying to setup team foundation server but I get the following error message: "setup has detected that previous versions of the following product(s) are currently installed. Unistall these application...........: -Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 beta". The framework has been installed by SQL server CTP april. How ...Show All

• Visual C++ Preprocessor directives gray out code

  When using preprocessor directives for conditional compilation in cpp file all code between directives turns gray. #include "Config.h" #if __SOME_CONDITION__ // some code here #endif __SOME_CONDITION__ defined in Config.h. This bug appears only in cpp files. Is there any way to disable graying out excluded code If it's grayed out, it means that it won't enter that block - which probably means the macro that you check for is undefined. x0ras wrote: When using preprocessor directives for conditional compilation in cpp file all code between directives turns gray. #in ...Show All

• SQL Server Publisher become subcriber to other publication.

  Hi, I just want to know, is it possible to do this If yes, how to do it Thanks. Please note that if the same articles are involved, the root publisher (top of the replication chain) has to be setup before the republisher is setup. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Moving DSL Project to another machine

  What is the recommend approach to move a DSL project (May CTP) from one development machine to another Thanks Susan Entwisle Hi Susan, The following should work, assuming you have VS, VSIP, and DSL tools installed on the second machine: 1.  On the first machine, clean the solution. 2.  Zip the folder containing the solution (or check the solution into source control; if you're using SCC, step 1 shouldn't be required). 3.  Unzip the folder on the second machine, or retrieve if from SCC. 4.  Unfortunately there are some hard-coded paths to build tools generated by our project wizard (this is someth ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Will 5270 be available for other MSDN subscriptions?

  I'm an MSDN professional subscriber, and it looks for now that Universal accounts are the only ones with access to the new 5270 build.  Will it be released for the rest of us soon Thanks, Dan It just got posted...Now everyone promise me that you will wait 44 minutes to download it...43 mins.... ...Show All

• SQL Server Maintenance plan job unable to send Mail Alert

  Our configuration : SQL Server 2005 June CTP Enterprise Edition version : 9.00.1187.07 OS : Windows 2003   The Problem: After configuring Database Mail account and profile, maintenance plan or job generated with the maintenance plan Wizard is unable to send mail.   The SQL Agent error log contains those messages pointing on a bad profile name.   Error Messages [264] An attempt was made to send an email when no email session has been established   [355] The mail system failed to initialize; check configuration settings   [260] Unable to start mail session (reason: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.Common. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow Change

  How does the WorkFlow Foundation handle workflow change   If start a workflow with a given case, then add new activities to that cases process.  How are the current cases handled already in play.  Mardo Hi Mardo, In order to modfy a running instance of a workflow, you can use our dynamic update feature.  Through dynamic updates, you can remove/add activities either from within the workflow, or from outside (the host).  The changes will apply only to the specific instance they were performed on, and all other instances will continue unaffected. We have a great example of the use of this feature in Lab11 of ...Show All

• .NET Development Access the data available on internet and use it in my web application

  Hiii, I want to list the prices of some products available on the internet everytime i open a web page in my application.. ex: I want to list all the printers available and their prices from internet in a datagrid on my page. Is it possible if so how.... Another option, if availble from the site, is to use an RSS feed. They may provide such a feed with the data you require. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to resolve error LNK2019

  Hi guys!! I have a big, big problem. I'm using Visual C++ 2005 and i'm tryng to compile 2 projects one is a library .lib and in the other one I put my function Main: this is the code: Proj1 : .h #include <iostream> using namespace std; template<class T> class Test { friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&, Test&); template<typename T> friend ostream& operator << (ostream&, Test<T>&); }; and in .cpp : #include "TestMicro.h" template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, Test<T>& tt) { return os; } PROJ 2: Main function #include "TestMicro.h" ...Show All

• SQL Server Encrypting passwords

  A friend of my self asked me how he can save a password not as clear text. He wanted to encrypt the password and save the encrypted string in the database. How can he do this Maybe somebody can help me here. Regards Markus What does your friend need the password for If it is used for authentication (to verify that another password submitted is matching the password stored in the database), then you can hash the password. If you need to store the password to use it somewhere else in clear form, then you need to encrypt it. For SQL Server 2000 there are no builtin functions for hashing or encryption ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem in web service

  While accessing web service from my windows application.   I am getting different types of error. This depend on the different domain. 1) System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server did not recognize the value of HTTP Header SOAPAction: http://hello.com/test/getUser .     2) Client found response content type of 'text/html', but expected 'text/xml'. The request failed with the error message:     3) Client found response content type of 'text/html; charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml'.   The request failed with the error message:   -- ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ClickOnce Install Problem

  I have created a program on my Windows XP SP2 Machine using VBEE and I used ClickOnce to install it to a network share. I have already installed the dotnet framework on the pc (a Windows 2000 SP4 machine) and when I ran the install I got an error that the application was improperly formatted, yet I can install it onto my machine (and another windows XP SP2 Machine) perfectly. Below are the details. I am in desperate need of help with this as it is an application that our accounting department needs asap (and I have put a lot of work into!). Thank you in advance for your help. ----------------------------------Details--------- ...Show All