What a .NET guy likes about AppEngine(tinyurl.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 1 month ago

Here we go, here's the good old list of things I really liked about the setup on this project (Java/AppEngine/GWT on Eclipse + Google plugins) compared to setups I am more familiar with (C#/ASP.NET + SQLServer + Azure hosting, all on Visual Studio). read more...

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2 Basic Javascript Features You Probably Don't Know About(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 2 months ago

God bless Javascript, glorification of all sorts of butchers, and the genius dude who invented it. read more...

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Quick and Dirty WPF ListView Customization(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 3 months ago

When in need of customizing a WPF ListView without much WPF experience, chances are you'll hit the wall soon enough on pretty trivial tasks. This is a collection of articles on the topic. The list covers most of the basic ListView customization tasks. read more...

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Select from Excel (for SQL-Rejects)(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 8 months ago

This is DBA bread and butter - not being a DBA and having no will whatsoever to become one I always forget the syntax for this procedure, so here we go. read more...

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Developers: Start Using WikiSearch(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 10 months ago

Wouldn't it be easier for everyone if we all started using WikiSearch? read more...

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Definitive Javascript RegEx Validation(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 10 months ago

A few snippets to use as base in case of client validation with RegExes: brutally Copy-Paste and tailor to your needs! read more...

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Typing Monkeys and Genetic Algorithms in .NET(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 10 months ago

Recently I spent time playing with generic algorithms. I was looking for something easy enough to implement (read: PLAIN LAZY) when I found the "Hello World!" (literally) of genetic algorithms. read more...

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Indexing and Scalability Tips(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 11 months ago

Useful tips when 'scalability' hits the fan read more...

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[T-SQL] How to REPLACE on TEXT field(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 2 years, 11 months ago

The REPLACE T-SQL function can be use only with VARCHAR - if you try to run REPLACE on a TEXT field you'll notice you're pretty much screwed. read more...

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Collapse all Projects in a Solution + How to Setup Macro(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 3 years ago

How many times have you been collapsing manually all the projects in your solution ranting about the fact there's no option to do that automatically? read more...

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How many development feeds can you take?(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 3 years, 1 month ago

At the moment I have 104 active subscriptions on my reader, mostly development stuff, and I can barely keep up. I do not really read all the stuff that gets posted - I scan with my eyes: the question is how much is too much (assuming you have a day-job) if you don't wanna go crazy? read more...

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How to boost 'joined' Update Performance(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 3 years, 2 months ago

Time for some real boring stuff read more...

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Computer localhost does not exist on the network?!(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 3 years, 2 months ago

Talk about useful error messages from SQL Server read more...

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[T-SQL] How to get length of TEXT field(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 3 years, 2 months ago

To calculate the lenght of a TEXT field the LEN function used to calculate the length of VARCHAR fields won't work read more...

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Learning SQL with Ganesh(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 3 years, 2 months ago

I found (and shared) this desperate help request yesterday on my google reader and I felt a burning desire to help the poor guy read more...

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Let That Boy Copy/Paste (with SQL2005 and Excel)(dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)

submitted by John_Idol(390) 3 years, 3 months ago

How not to get your hands dirty with SQL moving data around when the team's DB guy (usually indian) is badly sick at home. read more...

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