Find your Sql Server Version and Edition
When working with Sql Reporting Services or other features that are version-specific, I often need to know what version of Sql Server is running on the target server.For Sql 2000 and newer, you can...
View ArticleEmbrace the framework!
House of BabelSometimes I get involved with a .NET project where I find code that is just so "different" from the norm that I wonder how it got to such an extreme state; Code that reinvents...
View ArticleReserve judgement lest thou be judged too...
After submiting my last post (rant), I re-read it and had a thought occur. Maybe I too should show humility and take the optimistic view that the developers of these projects really did have good...
View ArticleReporting Services administration changes in Katmai (v.Next)
Brian Welcker posts some information on changes they are consindering to how you will administer Sql Server Reporting Services in the next version, codenamed Katmai.Right now, administering Report...
View ArticleA web site is not an RSS feed...nor the reverse.
There was a time not so long ago when we built "home pages". Glorviously extravagant, naievely simple web sites that said who we were, and what we were about. On those home pages, we put news &...
View ArticleMy fair and biased opinion on the recent upgrade...
DISCLAIMER: The following post represents my personal opinions and thoughts, not that of my employer. As a Telligent employee and weblogs.asp.net blogger, I hate the fact that the recent upgrade...
View ArticleThe influence of style upon methodology...
No matter how faithfully you try to follow your chosen project methodology (Scrum, Extreme Programming, Waterfall, CMMI, etc.) ultimately the strengths, weaknesses, successes, and failures you...
View ArticleNote to self: Blog about using Service Broker
Just a note to myself to do a braindump on all this Service Broker shiznit I have been playing with lately. Potential discussion topics:MessageTypes, Contracts, Queues, and Services.Internal...
View ArticleLink Love: 09/21/2007
I havent been blogging much over the past several months. The main reason is time, or the lack thereof. Since I dont have time to write a "proper" blog post, I'm just going to start sharing some link...
View ArticleVPC 2007 Dual Monitor support
I have been trying to find a way to allow you to run Virtual PC 2007 with multiple monitors. Natively VPC 2007 doesnt support more than 1 monitor, however you can "trick" it by using various...
View ArticleManual CRUD operations with the Telerik RadGrid control
I have been working on a project lately that was already using the Telerik ASP.NET Rad Controls suite. One of the new features was a fully editable web-grid, so I chose to use the existing...
View ArticleI love ClearContext!!
After several months of using the Free version of the ClearContext addon for Microsoft Outlook, I just cant imagine what I would do without it. It has reduced my email time, kept me more organized,...
View ArticleArgotic Syndication Framework 2008 released
I got an email yesterday that a major update to the Argotic Syndication Framework was released. I have used the older versions of this framework several times for projects that need basic RSS &...
View ArticleWhat we dont know "will" hurt us...
I like this article by Nathan Henkel, its essentially about assessing risk and scope of projects and strikes me as a simple truth about the uncertainties you encounter in every project: Information...
View ArticleMinimum & Maximum Dates in code
When updating Sql columns that need a minimum or maximum date, consider using the defaults from the System.Data.SqlType namespace: 1: DateTime minDate = SqlDateTime.MinValue.Value<pre><span...
View ArticleFW: Batch Updates and Deletes with LINQ to SQL
I'm currently on a project creating a proprietary data-migration tool using C# & Linq. I'm still new to Linq, but quickly discovered the challenges of doing mass-updates and deletes with...
View ArticleSeadragon & Deep Zoom
I stumbled upon this today and definitely want to play with this further when I have time.... SeaDragon Ajaxhttp://livelabs.com/seadragon/ "The aim of Seadragon is nothing less than to change the way...
View ArticleT4 Template error - Assembly Directive cannot locate referenced assembly in...
I ran into the following error recently in Visual Studio 2010 while trying to port Phil Haack’s excellent T4CSS template which was originally built for Visual Studio 2008. The ProblemError Compiling...
View ArticleThe pitfalls of GDD.
Over the years, I have sampled approaches to software development ranging from RAD, XP, Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, SOA, TDD, and have recently started looking more seriously at the BDD/DDD(D) camps....
View ArticleMy past year as a HTML5/Javascript developer… Part1
I’ve been fairly mum on work for the past year, but I figured I should do a brain-dump of some of the things I have learned and experienced as a HTML5/Javascript developer.Before we begin…(feel free to...
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