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Configuring the DTC for WCF with OleTx

March 12, 2007 1 minute read

When a transaction propagates from one process to another, the DTC (Distributed Transaction Manager) must be utilized, because to two or more independent par...

Favor structured exception handling

February 21, 2007 3 minute read

I was surprised this last week, when a discussion about error handling, whether or not to use structured exceptions in .Net, surfaced at a customer where I a...

How does Reliable Messaging work?

January 23, 2007 2 minute read

First of all – why do we need a technology like reliable messaging? That is due to the inherently unreliable of communication networks. Back in the old days ...

Building a Windows Communication Foundation client

January 18, 2007 3 minute read

Note: This post refers to .NET Framework for Windows only, and not for the cross-platform .NET Core or simply .NET as it is re-branded in 2020. This means th...

A simple Windows Communication Foundation Web Service

January 15, 2007 2 minute read

Note: This post refers to .NET Framework for Windows only, and not for the cross-platform .NET Core or simply .NET as it is re-branded in 2020. This means th...

When is DivideByZeroException thrown?

January 12, 2007 less than 1 minute read

What a strange question most developers will say. DivideByZeroException is thrown every time you divide by zero, right? No – it depends.

I’m a dad!

December 30, 2006 less than 1 minute read