Brian Cheek - MSFT's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Multiple MeasureGroups and Fact tables for a cube

  Hi, I am creating dimensions and Cubes thru AMO. The data comes from a existing Oracle Olap datawarehouse. so there is no exact mapping between SSAS objects and the existing olap. When I need to update a cube, I might have new MeasureGroups which might be associated with new fact tables. Do I have to add a new partition when ever a new MeasureGroup is to be added to the cube What if the New MeasureGroup is associated with a new fact table ...Show All

• Smart Device Development RSA Encryption

  Has anyone used RSA Encryption/Decryption for cf Thanks, Paula Yes. I'm trying to get it to work using the openCFNet objects and I'm having problems. I've never had any luck getting answers on their forum, so that's why I asked if anyone here had done it. I can encrypt data without any problems, but when I try to decrypt it I get a 'bad data' error. For proof of concept purposes, both keys are hardco ...Show All

• Smart Device Development .obj/.exe files geneerated by VS2005 are 3x the size generated by eMVC++

  We are finding that the .obj/.exe files generated by VS2005 are much larger than those generated by eMVC++ with similar compiler/linker options set (all debugging options have been turned off). Running a stirngs utility against the .obj files produced a huge number of '$Mnnnnnn' references, where '$M' was constant and 'nnnnnn' was an ever increasing integer. Compiling such that .asm files are produced showed that these references seem to be asso ...Show All

• Visual C++ Link Errors After Upgrading from 2003

  I'm currently tasked with evaluating VS2005 for my company's tools team. The team has been focusing on .NET applications in VS7.1 for the past six months, and we've been doing great. Unfortunately, when I converted one of our 7.1 projects over to 8.0 (2005), I encountered several linking errors I could not clear. The /clr is set to "oldSyntax," because this project is far too large to convert over to the new /clr syntax. We are linking to nat ...Show All

• .NET Development odbc connection

  Hi, I would like to know, how i can connect an ASP.NET to a Database by ODBC, this database can be SQL, or Access...  but always by ODBC. With single asp i could... Tanks, tanks you are going to have to manipulate your connection string: Text class ="seclvl" ondblclick="menu">  ODBC default ">  Standard: "Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};Dbq=c:\txtFilesFolder\;Extensions=asc,csv,tab,txt;" Access ...Show All

• SQL Server multiple calls to SP

  Hi group, I've got a performance issue. Here's in global what the sp (Let's call it SP_A) does. Step 1 Call a different SP (Lets call it SP_B) and store the output in a variable Step 2 SP_B runs a select statement that returns 1 value Step 3 SP_A uses this value as a parameter in a select statement. Step 4 The result of the SP_A is the result of the select statement (744 rows (always)) All tables used in SP_A and SP_B are temp tables. Total perf ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Agent Failing when trying to run my SSIS Package

  My SQL Agent was working fine.  Now when I try to run it, it failes when trying to run my SSIS package.  I looked in the logs, and job history, no luck in finding any critical errors. My SSIS package runs fine through VS 2005 in debug mode. Here are the only errors: 01/04/2006 09:53:48,,Warning,[396] An idle CPU condition has not been defined - OnIdle job schedules will have no effect 01/04/2006 09:53:48,,Warning,[260] Unable ...Show All

• Visual C++ stringstream causes memory link VC++ 2005?

  This simple program seems to leak LOTS of memory when compiled in VC++ 2005: int _tmain( int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { for ( int i = 0; i < 100000; ++i) { ::Sleep(1); std::basic_stringstream<TCHAR> str; str << _T( "Current iteration: " ) << i; } return 0; } CRT: Multi-threaded debug or Multi-threaded I compiled and ran the same piece of code in VC++ 2003 and I don't see ANY leaks! Any ideas ...Show All

• Windows Forms Questions

  Okay, my first (of many questions probably, which will come later), is this... Usually, windows forms are declared AND defined in the header files. Because of that, typically the compiler will complain when including the header file because the class is already defined! So what should one do to use windows forms I'm using mixed C++... I'm not used to this... ...Show All

• SQL Server Questions about SQL Express

  What is the user limit for SQL Express Is there a free way to convert Access files and import them into SQL Express Is there any way to take databases offline without have to detach them If anyone knows the answers to even just one of my questions feel free to post. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Unable to find Immediate window in VS 2005

  I'm use to using the command window in VS 2003. However that doesn't seem to function the same as it did in 2005, there is no intellisense to do msgbox's and stuff in that window. I see posts stating that it is now an immediate window and the command window is seperate. However under by debug window there is no option to show the immediate window. Why would that not show up You can get the Immediate window b ...Show All

• .NET Development Clipboard.SetDataObject fails unexpected due to security restrictions

  I try to put data on the clipboard by using Clipboard.SetDataObject(data) from an an assembly hosted in Internet Explorer. I've noticed that this call fails if the assembly don't have permission to call unmanaged code. The documentation on SetDataObject only states that UIPermissionClipboard is required though. My question is: How can I put data on the clipboard if the application doesn't have permission to call unmanaged code. And why would ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WWF and MS CRM

  Any plans or guidance regarding WWF and MS CRM 3.0 Yes, this is planned and we called it out in the press release announcing Windows Workflow Foundation . MS CRM and the other Microsoft Dynamics products consider workflow very important to help customers implement business process. Watch for announcements from the individual Microsoft Dynamics products about their future releases. Regards, Paul ...Show All

• Windows Forms calc needed size of DataGridView

  Hi, I want to size the DataGridView based on the number of rows up to a maximum size. So I watch the data source and when the number of records changes, I recalculate the size of the grid. So far so good, but I do not seem to get the right size... I tried this: int height = this .gridView.Top + this .gridView.ColumnHeadersHeight + (rowHeight) * rowCount; But I seem to struggle with the right value for rowHeight, I tried ( RowTemplate.He ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET 2.0 Error

  I have created a webservice at the location //localhost/WebSite using VS 2005 Beta 2. The webservice contains nothing but the helloWorld web method. When I run a debug I get a server unavailable error in IE and the following in the event viewer: Warning: Failed to initialize the AppDomain:/LM/w3svc/1/ROOT/WebSite Exception: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException Message: Failed to access IIS metabase. Error: Failed to execut ...Show All