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• Asynchronously upload multiple photos to Azure blob container

  By Christos S. on September 5, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  In this post we are going to see how to asynchronously upload photos to an Azure blob container while at the same time, displaying the upload status for each photo. If you aren’t familiar with Azure Storage Services or even… Read More ›

• Restful WCF services and queuing (MSMQ) in WCF

  By Christos S. on August 10, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s been a while since I last posted but I came back with two extremely interesting concepts: WCF Restful services and MSMQ queues in WCF. What this post is going to show you, is how to create and consume a… Read More ›

• Insert millions of records in SQL Server table at once

  By Christos S. on July 13, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  In this post we will see how to insert a really large amount of records in a SQL Server Table at once. I decided to write about this cause recently I found myself having difficulties while trying to deploy a… Read More ›

• ASP.NET Web Form User Controls – How to use them

  By Christos S. on June 1, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Web Form User Controls are special ASP.NET controls that enables you to dynamically load and add reusable content to your page. Most developers are probably use them in the same way you can add any ASP.NET server control to your… Read More ›

• SqlCommands: What to choose between SqlDataAdapter, ExecuteScalar and ExecuteNonQuery

  By Christos S. on April 30, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  SqlCommand class can be used in various ways to access database data and it’s true story that many developers are somehow confused in which one to choose each time the want to execute queries in the SQL Server. In this… Read More ›

• Sending Emails in ASP.NET: Do it right

  By Christos S. on April 4, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  It’s almost certain that every one has filled an online form in his life, maybe a social network’s one and by the time he submitted the form he received back an email. So the question is how we can implement… Read More ›

• Ajax enabled lists using the Ext.NET component framework

  By Christos S. on February 2, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  As you may know, there are many UI frameworks available, that you can make use of in order to create richable user interfaces for your application. Default ASP.NET controls such as ListView or GridView are really good and easy to… Read More ›

• Asynchronous programming using Tasks

  By Christos S. on January 11, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  Asynchronous programming model allows you to run and complete several tasks in a parallel way. Using this model can make your applications more responsive (non-blocking) but make no mistake, it’s a tricky road to follow. There are few different models… Read More ›

• URL Rooting in ASP.NET (Web Forms)

  By Christos S. on December 15, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  If you are an ASP.NET MVC developer, you will certainly be aware of its default URL Routing behavior, where if for example you were to display a View named “Index” that was relying in a controller named “ProductsController”, you could… Read More ›

• Batch queries, Multiple Result Sets and Parameterized Queries in ADO.NET

  By Christos S. on December 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Requesting SQL Server for multiple results is a very common scenario while programming. Instead of asking for records with a single SELECT statement, you may find yourself want to retrieve multiple results in a single Query. For example, consider that… Read More ›