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Showing Progress of a ASP.NET MVC PartialView

What you’ll need for this recipe: Some long running GET that you really don’t want the rest of the page load to wait for. New ActionResult in a Controller that returns a PartialView. ViewUserControl that will display the results of your long running GET. jQuery and a javascript snippet that will go call your action and load your result. Step 1 – Action Result 1: public ActionResult CreateData( int item) 2: { 3: // Go to your Model/API/Service and get the long running stuff 4: List<String> LargeList = Model.GoGetList(item); 5: 6: // You can either add it to the ViewData or return it.. 7: // Do what you like 8: ViewData.Add( "ElementIdS" , group.ElementIds); 9: 10: // Go return your control.. 11: //it's named the same as you *.ascx file 12: return PartialView( "UserControl"

I'm Sold!

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Ok Microsoft.  You got me.  I'm sold.  How did you know that is exactly what I would have wanted from the start.  The new default environment settings are awesome. Based on "Web Development" settings but additionally optimizes for maximum text editor space by hiding tool windows, tool bars, and non-essential UI.  Design View, validation, and non-essential background processes are also disabled.

St. Louis Day of .NET

http://stlouisdayofdotnet.com/ I just had a great session at St. Louis Day of .NET. If you attended, please go rate me.  http://speakerrate.com/talks/1391-the-benefits-of-sql-azure Check out this great SlideShare presentation on LinkedIn titled Sql Azure - St. Louis Day of .NET. Click on the link to view the presentation.  http://tinyurl.com/klc796   Sql Azure - St. Louis Day of .NET View more documents from Aaron King .  

Go Colts!

Microsoft SQL Services is now Microsoft SQL Azure

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        If you haven't heard, Microsoft changed the name of SQL Server in the cloud again.  I guess they don't want people thinking that they are paying for a SQL service but paying for a SQL Azure.  Guys, come on.  I know it's not marketed very well but changing the name again.  SSDS, SDS, now what is it? MSA MSAD. The reason why people haven't adopted it is because it's still CTP.  Once you get the new version out to public CTP it would have gone off like a rocket.  Sorry for the rant but I liked Microsoft SQL Data Services much better.  Data Platform Insider By the way, in case you are new to Azure, Azure is a color.  It's kind of like a cyan-blue.  Azure is also what Microsoft seems to be calling everything they put in the cloud nowadays.  

Free High Availability Book

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CodeStock 2009 SDS June 26th Slides

CodeStock June 26th SDS Demo View more documents from Aaron King .

CodeStock 2009 Sync June 26th Slides

CodeStock June 26th Sync Framework Demo View more documents from Aaron King .

My favorite SQL Data Services resources

Here are my favorite resources for using Microsoft SQL Data Services Getting Started with SDS Forum SDS Team Blog SQL Data Services Developer Center Omega SDS Client SQL Server Data Mining Client  

Speaking at St. Louis Day of .NET

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I've been chosen to speak again on SDS.  This time I'll be in St. Louis MO.  It's a very cool location to have a conference so I hope that if you are available you attend.    The Benefits Of SQL Server Data Services Organizations often face challenges in managing their IT infrastructure when they are growing rapidly. In such situations, they may need to increase their data storage capabilities. Consequently, a large amount of time is spent in ramping up server capacity. This leads to increased installation and maintenance costs. SQL Server Data Services helps organizations overcome these challenges. This talk will focus on the benefits, features, object model and ease of use of SQL Server Data Services. Learn how your projects can benefit from a hosted data storage and query processing service. See by example how to design your program to use SQL Server Data Services.     Ameristar Casino and Conference Center St. Charles, MO Friday and Saturday August 28th and 29th

CodeStock Agenda

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The final schedule for Codestock has been posted at http://codestock.org/Agenda.aspx .  I'm scheduled to speak about SQL Data Services (SDS) at 9:30 AM on Friday the 26th.  This is the second time in a row that I'm an opening speaker at an event.  I wonder if I could get a mid-day event next time I speak.  I guess they have the new guys wake the developers up in the morning.  If you are planning on hearing me speak, plan on getting stuff thrown at you.  I ask almost as many questions of the crowd as they ask of me.  I'll be jacked up on caffeine and I love talking about data in the cloud.  Here is a list of some talks I think are interesting and I hope to catch them all: Data Syncing using SQL Server Data Services   -  Aaron King New Agile Features in Team System 2010   -  Tommy Norman Using Custom Classes in SQL Reporting Services   -  Dana Coffey Get Funded: What you need to know NOW!   -  Rachael Qualls Deployment and Packaging SharePoint solutions using TFS

SpeakerRate Me!

Please be kind, IndyCodeCamp 2009 rewind.  Go tell me what you thought. http://www.speakerrate.com/talks/1156-data-syncing-using-sql-server-data-services  

SlideShare from IndyCodeCamp

IndyCodeCamp SDS May 16th 2009 View more presentations from Aaron King .   Here is my SDS deck from IndyCodeCamp. IndyCodeCamp was sponsored by Perpetual Technologies, Inc.  

CodeStock 2009 Aftermath

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If you did not attend CodeStock 2009 , then you really missed out.  It was one of the best conferences I have ever been to.  I've been to a lot, so that means something.  I've learned more, I've recieved more swag, ate better but never came back so energized. I met so many people that I will now probably follow for a very long time.  There are people that I have met at L.A., NYC, Chicago that were probably more popular, but I don't remember who they are.  I'll remember the people I met in Knoxville at CodeStock . The knowledge I gained was not just what cool stuff is coming down from Microsoft this year, but I fixed problems and made decisions.  Alan Stevens orchestrated an Open Spaces portion of CodeStock that went far above what I had hoped.  I had to leave early on Friday but Saturday was all about getting stuff done.  I also had a lot of fun with the family and at the after parties.  If you are thinking about going next year.  Check out these photo albums.  You

Dual Server TFS installation Reporting Services Edition error

I don't install Team Foundation Server too often anymore.  I've been doing a lot of development and not a lot of managing teams.  This is a good thing.  The first thing you should to when doing a dual server install is run this query on your SQL Server. SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')  Then install Reporting Services on your Team Foundation Server according to this chart.  If not, it won't work.   For this edition of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Use this edition of the Database Engine instance to host the database SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services (local only). Workgroup Edition Workgroup