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In many business systems, especially those in an enterprise context, it is at the very least good practice to implement some sort of audit trail. We need to keep track of who has performed what operations and when they occurred. In addition, we may require information not only on the underlying database table affected, but also on the individual field changes themselves. This article will look at implementing an audit table in an SQL Server database that automatically tracks the changes made to a dataset when its updates are sent back to the data store. Trigger Happy Triggers are most commonly used to log the audit trail of user activity. They can be powerful in this regard, but they are not completely free of issues. For one thing, triggers are database-specific. In add... (more)

Speed Tests: A Comparison Between .NET XML Web Services and .NET Remoting

Prior to .NET, DCOM existed as Microsoft's solution to remote object access. This technology leveraged the successful COM architecture to provide an infrastructure for remote communication. However, DCOM suffered from a variety of drawbacks and difficulties, and it ultimately led to Microsoft's spirited drive to develop Web services and their associated standards. Unfortunately, in the pr... (more)