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  • Productivity Testing

    Using the latest Web Testing Tools along with the latest RadControls

    Closely monitoring the customer feedback on our web testing tools, I noticed that various issues have actually been caused by outdated versions of the RadControls used along with the most recent testing tools versions. Please note that we highly recommend using the versions of RadControls and the testing tools from the exact same release. Let me explain why. I completely understand why customers do not always upgrade their applications with the latest RadControls (at least not immediately). “If it works, do not touch it” is a common principle. Of course that’s a matter of choice. However, as a ...
    May 27, 2021 3 min read
  • Productivity

    Tracing the SQL Statements Generated by Telerik OpenAccess ORM

    One of the main jobs that the ORM software should handle is communicating with the database server and generating SQL statements for reading and writing data. Undoubtedly, the performance of each application developed by using an ORM tool depends on the generated SQL. It is a responsibility of the ORM software to optimize each statement and avoid unnecessary queries. So, when you are facing a difficult choice of an O/R Mapper, it is always meaningful to see and compare how your data is treated by different products. However, not all database engines are distributed with additional profiling software for observing...
    May 27, 2021 3 min read
  • Productivity Reporting

    Telerik Reporting in a Silverlight3 application

    *UPDATE: This technique is outdated. You can now use the native Telerik Silverlight Report Viewer as of Q3 2009. Please see the updated approach.** With the natural evolution of the Silverlight framework, people are demanding more and more from component vendors. One such request is to service the need to use Telerik Reporting in a Silverlight application. In this post you will see a solution that is very easy to use.   You can display the reports done with the Telerik Reporting product in your Silverlight application with just a single line of code. You need to create a Silverlight application with an ASP.NET site and add a...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • Productivity

    Why OpenAccess does require transactions?

    OpenAccess relies on lazy loading and change tracking to make is as easy as possible for the user to work with persistent data. But we need a point in time where we can collect all changes in memory and execute the insert, update and delete statements to persist the changes. Typically this is the job of a transaction. The easiest way is to never let OpenAccess run without a started transaction. In this case you only have to call commit or...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Productivity

    Reverse Mapping and Using Database Views with Telerik OpenAccess ORM

    We are glad to announce that one of the major improvements for our 2009 Q2 release is the support for database views. Views are stored queries accessed as virtual tables which represent the result of a query. To provide higher security, they can encapsulate the data into smaller result sets accessible from particular roles. Views are also used to combine data from many tables and allow the developer to expose the table data to the user in a more natural manner. Performance optimizations for fast searching and reading can be accomplished as well when using indexed views. Now with Telerik OpenAccess ORM...
    May 27, 2021 4 min read