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Today, we officially released MSXML4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) on the Microsoft Download Center as a stand-alone installer in multiple languages. MSXML4.0 SP3 is a complete replacement of MSXML4.0, MSXML4.0 SP1 and MSXML4.0 SP2 and contains a number of bug fixes to enhance security and reliability. Approximately nine years ago, MSXML4.0 was released to the web. MSXML4.0 was superseded by MSXML6.0 six+ years ago and is only intended to support legacy applications.  After ... [ read more ]
So, I asked Microsoft to explain why the ConnectionString dialog exposed by the SqlClient .NET Data Provider no longer has the Connection Reset key. They say it was removed. Has anyone heard why? IMHO, this exacerbates the problem with the Close method. That is, when you use the SqlConnection.Close method in ADO.NET, the connection state is maintained until the next time the connection is used or it times out (4-8 minutes later). I think this is dumb. Why not release the connection state on clo ... [ read more ]


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