Scott Hanselman

SellsCon 2004

October 20, 2004 Comment on this post [1] Posted in eFinance | Web Services | XML

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We're all here at SellsCon (XML DevCon 2004). The facilities are lovely, and the crowd is freaking huge. Patrick and I are going on at 11am. Tim Bray has just given a great keynote that is diametrically opposed to Patrick and my hypothesis. So, there will be some interesting discussion!

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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It's amazing what one can find - VS.NET 2005 ASP.NET web.config schema inconsistency shows some interesting stuff

October 18, 2004 Comment on this post [2] Posted in ASP.NET

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I'm working on some ASP.NET 2.0 stuff with 2.0 Beta 1 Refresh, and I noticed something.

The web.config from a VB ASP.NET app is on the left. The web.config from a C# ASP.NET app is on the right. Here's some thoughts:

We know the customProvider will allow one to write their own SQL Session Store. This is known, but not documented yet.
lockAttributes is new. Not sure what that's about.
On the right, the C# web.config XSD is out of sync with the VB.NET web.config XSD, and we see a few new attributes.

regenerateExpiredSessionId - This new attribute will force a re-gen of any old session ids. Previous versions of ASP.NET would start a fresh session with the provided id remaining the same.
allowCustomSqlDatabase allows you to have more than one ASP.NET Session State database per box, and each Application can be assigned to one by specifying Initial Catalog= or Database= in the strangely missing sqlConnectionString attribute.

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Team America: World Police/Nerd Dinner

October 15, 2004 Comment on this post [6] Posted in Movies

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Just got back from Team America: World Police, easily the most offensive and funniest movie since, well, South Park. It was Chris's idea, and I'm glad he had it. I literally wiped tears from my face twice during the film, and almost cramped up laughing. Now, I'm dealing with the intense guilt of laughing at this intensely offensive movie. :) Go see it, but not if you never swear.

Here's the World Police, (L to R, I think this is correct) Stuart Celarier, Scott Meyers(?), Chris Tavares, Chris Sells, Rory Blyth, myself, Jim Blizzard, Ward Cunningham. Rich Claussen was no doubt getting popcorn at this time.

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Programmatically determine what version of ASP.NET you're running

October 15, 2004 Comment on this post [1] Posted in ASP.NET

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Here's a goodness from Doug Seven and various KBs. Thanks!

<html><body><h1><asp:Label ID="Output" RunAt="server" /></h1></body></html>

<script language="C#" runat="server">
void Page_Load (Object sender, EventArgs e) {

//Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 (no service pack) 1.0.3705.000
//Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) 1.0.3705.209
//Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) 1.0.3705.288
//Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) 1.0.3705.6018

string servicePack = "";
if(Environment.Version.Build==3705)
{
switch(Environment.Version.Revision)
{
case 209:
servicePack = "SP1";
break;
case 288:
servicePack = "SP1";
break;
case 6018:
servicePack = "SP1";
break;
}
}
else if(Environment.Version.Build==4322)
{
using(
Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey regKey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"Software\Microsoft\NETFramework Setup\NDP\v1.1.4322"))
{
if(regKey.GetValue("SP").ToString() =="1")
servicePack = "SP1";
}
}

//HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\NET FrameworkSetup\NDP\v1.1.4322
Output.Text = String.Format ("This page uses ASP.NET {0}.{1} {2}", Environment.Version.Major, Environment.Version.Minor, servicePack);
}
</script>