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PetaPoco and Spatial Data Types

Sat, 14 May 2011 11:21:28 GMT

PetaPoco is a micro-ORM for .NET and Mono. If you haven't see it yet I suggest you to check it out. Alternatives to PetaPoco are Massive and Dapper. (If you know more projects let me know). After this brief introduction let me begin by explaining the problem. I need it to build a simple web app with a fairly simple data model that was using Spatial Data. The app would use SQL Server 2008...

ASP.NET MVC - Passing a Flag Enum to an Action as Parameter

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:56:23 GMT

A flag Enum is an Enumeration that can hold multiple values per instance An example of such Enum is ...

Visual Studio - A Common Replace Scenario

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:15:20 GMT

Visual Studio has a build in Replace function that uses Regular Expressions. Let's consider the following scenario: Although it's not "good" code many times a developer has to write the following code...

ASP.NET MVC 3 - A RadioButtonList for Enum Properties

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:13:06 GMT

ASP.NET MVC3 doesn't have a built-in RadioButtonList helper and there are times that I want to display an Enum property. I can always do that using a dropdown list but if there are 2 or 3 values then it's more user-friendly if the user sees all the options. So in a simple yes/no question ...

The Notebook Project - An open-source sample for WebMatrix

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:31:11 GMT

An open source sample website with many features that was built with Microsoft WebMatrix!

Using Webpages helpers inside ASP.NET WebForms

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:33:24 GMT

Now a few helpers are available for usage with Razor Syntax and ASP.NET WebPages or ASP.NET MVC. But those helpers can be used also inside a Webforms application. For example I find the Paypal helper extremely usefull. Let's use it inside an ASP.NET Webforms App.

ASP.NET Membership - Change password without asking the old (WITH QA)

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:32:20 GMT

Change a user password when the Password format is set to hashed and your site requires QA without needing the initial password.

Do you want to crash VS2010?

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:14:34 GMT

You can try something if you want to crash VS 2010 RC.

Date Comparison - Entity Framework

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:14:20 GMT

A quick tip about how to compare a datetime field in our database and to be extact only the Date part ignoring the time.

Make your site run only in ONE Browser window(single instance)!

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:23:52 GMT

Silverlight 3 and Local Messaging! Can this be used in order to allow the user to open my website in only one browser window?

ASP.NET Membership - Change password without asking the old

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:40:58 GMT

How to change a user password using MembershipUser.ChangePassword without using the old password of the user.

Anonymous user access in N2 CMS

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:34:26 GMT

This is a way to allow items being displayed only to anonymous users in N2 CMS,

Back to Basics: Delegates, Anonymous Methods and Lambda Expressions

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:46:10 GMT

Great article on .NET basics

Update on Silverlight 2 - and a glimpse of Silverlight 3

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:16:21 GMT

ScottGu unveils the plans for Silverlight 3, shipping next year

The Excitement that is C# 4.0

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:01:02 GMT

I just got back from the "Future of C#" talk at PDC by Anders Hejlsberg. This was a truly inspiring talk for a geek like me. C# is evolving into a much more dynamic language. I have always been a believer of strong typing. except when I'm not. and I have been wishing for something more dynamic (such as Duck Typing). In C# 4.0, we will be seeing some significant dynamic features.

Solving common problems with Compiled Queries in Linq to Sql for high

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:01:02 GMT

If you are using Linq to SQL, instead of writing regular Linq Queries, you should be using Compiled Queries. if you are building an ASP.NET web application that's going to get thousands of hits per hour, the execution overhead of Linq queries is going to consume too much CPU and make your site slow. There's a runtime cost associated with each and every Linq Query you write.

Access JavaScript variables on PostBack using ASP.NET Code

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:31:02 GMT

In this article, we will see how to pass javascript values on postback and then access these values in your server side code. This article will primarily showcase two techniques of doing so. One using Hidden variables and the other using the __doPostBack() javascript method.

ScottGu: Silverlight 2 Release Candidate Now Available

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:46:05 GMT

"This evening we published the first public release candidate of Silverlight 2."

Set default values for properties

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:29:12 GMT

Many times I needed to set a default value for a property. For example at the property below public string Property1 {get; set;} I wanted a default value "Value1". The only way was to create a private field or to set it in code like Property1 = "Value1" somewhere.

ASP.NET MessageBox Server and Client

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:31:11 GMT

An ASP.NET Message box that can be used from the server and from the client side!

Templated Silverlight Rating Control

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:04 GMT

Learn how I created a custimizable rating control using Silverlight 2 and Control Templates

Create a Simple Progress Bar Control In Silverlight 2

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:01:03 GMT

This article discusses how to create a simple progress bar in Silverlight 2 Beta 2 that can be integrated easily into your projects. In this article, we will see how to download a .zip file and display the progress of the download using a progress bar. We will also read the contents of the .zip file.

The new data types in SQL Server 2008

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:26:11 GMT

Sergio brings in personal examples of how the new data types work in SQL 2008 - don't expect to see any AdventureWorks here!

Silverlight Combobox

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:42:28 GMT

Like many others, we have wanted a combo box since the release of Silverlight, but failed to find a usable one. Rather than waiting to see if and when the RTM includes one, we decided to address that need ourselves. It includes templating, data binding, and auto complete functionality.

5 Useful Tips for ASP.Net Application

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:16:02 GMT

There are so many tasks or operations that are repeatedly used in ASP.Net applications. This article will list some of the useful tasks that we can use in our asp.net application extensively.