The Sterling NoSQL Database in a Mango World

I was at the MIX 2011 event. There was an “Open Source Fest” before the event and I came to showcase the Sterling NoSQL Database project that I run (and code most of, although there have been numerous enhancements and patches now added by a growing team of fantastic supporters). I was happy to speak…

Sterling Object-Oriented Database 1.0 RTM

In early 2010 I was working on several Silverlight projects that were driven by the need to provide a working offline solution. Isolated storage was the obvious answer. Unfortunately, serializing 10,000 contacts came with some overhead and I realized quickly that I was following some similar patterns when it came to handling large sets of…

Sterling Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 Database Triggers and Auto-Identity

Sterling changeset 72063 [browse the source code here] introduces triggers. The trigger is a powerful feature that allows you to universally intercept database operations. Their application in Sterling resolves several concerns, including: Validation — prevent a save operation from succeeding if data integrity is compromised, or prevent a delete operation when prerequisites are not met…