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Sample of how to read a simple XML document using MSXML DOM in NAV 

This is a follow-up to the post “how to write a simple XML document“. The other post conitains a few more background details which I won’t repeat here. So even if you only want to read XML Documents, then you may want to have a look there anyway. But let’s get straight to the point.
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Release of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1 

It is with great pleasure that I can announce the release of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1. During today the first countries will be available from PartnerSource and I would really like you to pay attention to the following two web sites on PartnerSource: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.
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Simple query to check the recent blocking history 

SQL Server 2005 keeps (some) history of the number and time that blocking occurred on indexes. This blog contains a query that queries this information to help identifying on which tables blocking happens most. The query shows accumulated numbers (no. of blocks, wait time, etc) since SQL Server was last restarted.
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How to detect locking order for a NAV process 

The nature of a deadlock is that two processes lock resources in different orders. Deadlocks can in theory be eliminated by ensuring that all processes always lock resources in the same order. This document describes how to determine the locking order of a process in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Note, that I mention locking of “resources”.
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Record-level locking in the SQL Server option for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 

If you are designing a system for high throughput and want to minimize blocking, it’s important to know in advance exactly what kind of locking behaviour to expect. On SQL Server, Microsoft Dynamics NAV uses record-level locking, as opposed to table-level locking on the native database server.
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How to Set Up Job Queue in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 

The Job Queue is handling the order of batch jobs and code units that are setup to run at a given time. The application server reads from the job queue and determines what job to run next. Several parameters can be set up to determine this.
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV and RFID 

RFID technology simply put will someday become just as universal as barcodes are today bringing fully automated inventory management, asset tracking, retail checkouts benefits for all of us as consumers, retailers, distributors, shippers, manufacturers, suppliers, shippers or any other entity in the entire product life-cycle.