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It magically cross-compiles your C# 6.0 code into high-quality readable JavaScript code, enabling rapid development of web applications utilizing the extensive features of the C# language, the Visual Studio IDE, and the .NET Framework base class libraries. 

in this article, I will show how to take a medium-small demo app written using Visual Studio 2013, ASP.NET 4.5, VC 5, and Entity Framework 6 and turn it into a working ASP.NET 5 app employing Visual Studio 2015, MVC 6 and Entity Framework 7. And the new app will happily run on either the .NET 4.6 CLR or the .NET Core CLR. Let's get started.

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Debugging T-SQL using Visual Studio

USE [WideWorldImporters];
GO

SET STATISTICS IO ON;
GO

SELECT
    [p].[PurchaseOrderID],
    [pl].[PurchaseOrderLineID]
FROM [Purchasing].[PurchaseOrders] [p]
    JOIN [Purchasing].[PurchaseOrderLines] [pl]
    ON [p].[PurchaseOrderID] = [pl].[PurchaseOrderID];
GO

ALTER TABLE [Purchasing].[PurchaseOrders] ADD  CONSTRAINT [PK_Purchasing_PurchaseOrders] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
   [PurchaseOrderID] ASC
)

CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [FK_Purchasing_PurchaseOrderLines_PurchaseOrderID] ON [Purchasing].[PurchaseOrderLines]
(
    [PurchaseOrderID] ASC
)

SELECT
    [o].[OrderID],
    [ol].[OrderLineID]
FROM [Sales].[Orders] [o]
    JOIN [Sales].[OrderLines] [ol]
    ON [o].[OrderID] = [ol].[OrderID];
GO

SELECT
    [ol].[OrderID],
    [ol].[OrderLineID]
FROM [Sales].[Orders] [o]
    JOIN [Sales].[OrderLines] [ol]
    ON [o].[OrderID] = [ol].[OrderID];

SELECT *
FROM [Sales].[Orders] [o]
    JOIN [Sales].[OrderLines] [ol]
    ON [o].[OrderID] = [ol].[OrderID];
GO

SELECT TOP 1000
    *
FROM [Sales].[OrderLines];
GO

SELECT TOP 1000
    *
FROM [Sales].[OrderLines]
ORDER BY [Description];
GO

SELECT
    [CustomerID],
    [OrderDate],
    [ExpectedDeliveryDate]
FROM [Sales].[Orders]
ORDER BY [CustomerID];
GO

CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_Sales_Orders_CustomerID_Dates]
ON [Sales].[Orders](
[CustomerID] ASC
)
INCLUDE (
[OrderDate], [ExpectedDeliveryDate]
)
ON [USERDATA];
GO

 Prefix - Namespace
xml = http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace
xs = http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
xsi = http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance
fn = http://www.w3.org/2004/07/xpath-functions
sqltypes = http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/sqltypes
xdt = http://www.w3.org/2004/07/xpath-datatypes
(no prefix) = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-sql
(no prefix) = http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/SOAP

  <xsd:simpleType name="char">
    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
  </xsd:simpleType>
  <xsd:simpleType name="nchar">
    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
  </xsd:simpleType>
  <xsd:simpleType name="varchar">
    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
  </xsd:simpleType>
  <xsd:simpleType name="nvarchar">
    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
  </xsd:simpleType>
  <xsd:simpleType name="text">
    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
  </xsd:simpleType>
  <xsd:simpleType name="ntext">
    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
  </xsd:simpleType>

  <xsd:simpleType name="datetime">
    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:dateTime">
      <xsd:pattern value="((000[1-9])|(00[1-9][0-9])|(0[1-9][0-9]{2})|([1-9][0-9]{3}))-((0[1-9])|(1[012]))-((0[1-9])|([12][0-9])|(3[01]))T(([01][0-9])|(2[0-3]))(:[0-5][0-9]){2}(\.[0-9]{2}[037])?"/>
      <xsd:maxInclusive value="9999-12-31T23:59:59.997"/>
      <xsd:minInclusive value="1753-01-01T00:00:00.000"/>
    </xsd:restriction>
  </xsd:simpleType>

CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION invcol AS
'<xs:schema ... targetNamespace="urn:invoices">
...
</xs:schema>
'

CREATE TABLE Invoices(
id int IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
invoice XML(invcol)
)

CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION geocol AS
'<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           targetNamespace="urn:geo"
           elementFormDefault="qualified"
           xmlns:tns="urn:geo">
  <xs:simpleType name="dim">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:int" />
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:complexType name="Point">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="X" type="tns:dim"  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
      <xs:element name="Y" type="tns:dim"  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:element name="Point" type="tns:Point" />
</xs:schema>'

 declare @geo_tab table(
 id int identity primary key,
 point xml(content geocol)
)
 
insert into @geo_tab values('<Point xmlns="urn:geo"><X>10</X><Y>20</Y></Point>')
insert into @geo_tab values('<Point xmlns="urn:geo"><X>10</X><Y>test</Y></Point>')

 XML Validation: Invalid simple type value: 'test'. Location: /*:Point[1]/*:Y[1]

 select * from sys.xml_schema_collections
select * from sys.xml_schema_namespaces
select * from sys.xml_schema_elements
select * from sys.xml_schema_attributes
select * from sys.xml_schema_types
select * from sys.column_xml_schema_collection_usages
select * from sys.parameter_xml_schema_collection_usages

 declare @x xml
select @x = xml_schema_namespace(N'dbo', N'geocol')
print convert(varchar(max), @x)

 alter XML SCHEMA COLLECTION geocol add @x

 declare @x xml
set @x = (select * from openrowset(bulk 'c:\path\file.xsd', single_blob) as x)
CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION geocol2 AS @x

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.8.5:

• Debugger tooltip does not expand in Xamarin.iOS debugging session.
• Debugger won't let me leave execution point (Android).
• After updating to 15.8.1, data tip does not show when debugging.
• Debugger data tip does not expand [Editor].
• Exception:MSB0001: Internal MSBuild Error: Already registered for build-time.
• Wrong path to resource in manifest for ClickOnce after upgrading to VS 15.8.1.
• ClickOnce Manifest error in 15.8.
• ClickOnce Publish is missing certain references.
• ClickOnce: Language file copied to wrong location.
• Reference missing in the ClickOnce publish folder.
• Compiling non-.NET SDK style F# projects results in an internal MSBuild error unless MSBuild parallelism is set to 1.
• F# is not NGEN'd in Visual Studio.
• F# deploys the FSharp.Core 4.5.0.0 binary in the 4.4.3.0 location.

Details of What's New in 15.8.5

Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin

Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin now supports Xcode 10, which allows you to build and debug apps for iOS 12, tvOS 12, and watchOS 5. See how to get ready for iOS 12 and our introduction to iOS 12 for more details on the new features available. 

Full Stack ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC Forum Build

Topics Covered:
- Setting up a new ASP .NET Core 2.0 MVC web application with Identity user authentication in Visual Studio
- Separating Web, Services, and Data Access Layers in our solution
- Setting up tests with NUnit and .NET Core virtual in-memory database
- Debugging / Fixing bugs
- Implementing the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern
- Dependency Injection of Services into our Controllers
- Using input forms to pass data from our Views to our Controllers
- Azure file storage for Profile Image uploads
- Azure SQL database hosting
- SQL Database seeding for starting the application with a super-user
- Code-first database migrations
- Writing SQL queries to inspect data in our database
- Deploying the application to Azure.