At PDC (and before that on ObjectSpaces project), this was a hot discussion topic. What approach is better: attributes or external source like an XML file. I would like to open up this topic beyond the 1:1 conversations at PDC to the blogosphere. I will...

Here is another FAQ question that has come up at PDC. Since DLinq is a part of the next version of ADO.NET, it is natural to ask - is it connected or disconnected? After all, we have talked about connected vs disconnected components in ADO.NET quite...

Here is the code for my demo during David Campbell's (DAT200, 11am Wednesday) session titled "Future Directions for Data-Driven Applications ...". Of course I don't have the video for showing the code in multiple steps starting from scratch. But here...

Soon after Anders + Don demo in PDC keynote, several folks asked me about ObjectSpaces. It was one of my favorite projects (notice the past tense). But it is time to talk about its future rather than past. The future of ObjectSpaces is DLinq. We used...

If you are coming to PDC and are expecting something special from the C# team, you won't be disappointed. My colleague Matt has already given as much of a preview as we can (to avoid spoiling a good surprise), so I will stick to the sessions to watch...

Before the recent Nullable<T> changes , some of you may have used INullableValue to find a Nullable<T>. We could debate the issues with writing code that uses a "marker" interface but here I want to just provide a solution for deciding if...

Our VP, Soma posted about the last minute changes to Nullable<T> in Visual Studio 2005. The changes have been available in August CTP for a while and comments have been coming in. Keep them coming. Here is a thumbnail sketch of what the recent...