Is there any way to get the benefits of SSIS 2008 (including the performance improvements) while still working with a SQL Server 2005 database? It seems like it still pulls the data from OLE, so I don't see how it would be a problem. I'm running the package from the dtproj file, not loaded onto the server. ...
We're implementing Team Build and know we need to write MSBuild scripts to build our legacy VB 6 app. It's configured to use Binary Compatibility and we break Compatibility occassionally and we'd like our new automated build process to be able to Break Compatibility automatically. Anyone know how to do this or if it's even possible? Al...
I saw that on a 64 bit windows OS the user virtual address space available is 8 terra bytes. But if the program we are executing on this is running in 32 bit compatibility mode is this much of user space still available ? or does it behave like a normal 32 bit OS and gives only 2GB user address space? ...
I know that binaries built in Windows don't need to be recompiled for linux machines with Mono. Does it work the other way around? Are binaries built with Mono on linux machines runnable on Windows with just the .NET Framework? ...
It seems that floated HTML elements don't expand the heights of their containers. For example, consider the following code: <div class="portfoliosite" style="background: #777777; padding: 10px; width: 550px;"> <div class="portfoliothumbnail" style="background: red; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; float: left; height: 150px; width: 150px;"><!...
Say you got an old codebase that you need to maintain and it's clearly not compliant with current standards. How would you distribute your efforts to keep the codebase backwards compatible while gaining standards compliance? What is important to you? ...
We have a solution that has a website and a class library. We also have developers working in VS 2005 and VS 2008. The issue is when a user adds a file/removes a file from the class library it doesn't get added to the project file for the user(s) using the other version of VS. Also I had to setup our automated build to use one project fi...
Does anyone have experience running Weblogic 9.2 on JDK 1.6? I am having trouble finding that information on Oracle site. In the Supported Configurations page they just mention Sun 32/64bit JDK but I haven't found any references to specific java version. I would like to upgrade from java 1.5 to 1.6, but we are not quite ready yet to upg...
Will adding new member function into d pointer class definition break binary compatibility? For example, will the new definition below break binary compatibility compared to the original? (side question, is there a tool that will tell me if a new .so breaks binary compatibility compared to the old .so? If not, how do I check manually?...
I got a comment to an answer I posted on a C question, where the commenter suggested the code should be written to compile with a C++ compiler, since the original question mentioned the code should be "portable". Is this a common interpretation of "portable C"? As I said in a further comment to that answer, it's totally surprising to me...
Is there a list of differences between how FF and IE treat javascript? for example, I remember array references was a little different between the two. ...
I understand that 64-bit is the best. However, I've heard that there may be compatibility problem with 32-bit programs. Is this compatibility issue a major enough issue for me getting a 32-bit OS or is 64-bit Windows Vista still better, despite the compatibility issue? I will mostly be using this for development purposes, but I may snea...
I'm working now on an API for developers feature of our product. The first version was released and it has small number of users at the moment. Since I started to develop its second version, some parts were reworked, some parts were removed to make the API more elegant and clear. But the 2nd version deployment can be a pain for old ver...
I'm trying to run Microsoft Windows NT Embedded 4.0 Target Designer on a Windows XP system, but when I try to build, I get errors. Have you ever done this, and if so, is there a trick to getting it to work? The best clue I've found so far from Microsoft is that the Development System Hardware Requirements document includes "Windows NT 4...
I have some really great addins in Visual Studio 2008 that I don't want to lose, but I've heard that Visual Studio 2010 will use MEF. Does it mean that I can say goodbye to my dancing banana ? ...
Hi, I'm not sure I understand it properly: does a 64 bit OS run/compile code faster than a 32 bit OS on the same system? We're using 64 bit OSs where I am and it seems to only cause compatibility issues with legacy and proprietary software. (We're running Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty amd64) ...
One thing I lack understanding on is how can code compiled for an Intel CPU work on an AMD CPU. My base understanding is that if you compile C code, for example, the compiler turns the source code into machine language which will have instructions for a particular processor. So, you need to compile with a compiler for whatever platform ...
At work we run vista for all the laptop. I dont like it very much. XP is not an option because of licence ( and money ) issues. The boss and the team is ok to whatever, since the work is done. So i wish to switch my developement plateform to a linux ( i dont care wich one ). Problem : we are building something in Adobe Flex. And i'v r...
I'm working on certain C++ library (or more framework). I want to make it backward compatible with previous versions preserving not only API compatibility but also ABI (like the great job Qt does). I use lots of functionality of Boost and it seems for me that this makes backward compatibility just impossible, unless I force user to have...
"The question you're asking appears subjective and is likely to be closed." Yes this is a subjective question. It has no answer. I was just wondernig if I was the only one. So... was it painful? I just want to hear some comments. Jag P.S. Of course, it all depends on the app size, the language it was written, good or bad programmi...