Using xml files with xml column in linq to sql(wasstock.com)

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How to insert xml files into an xml column using linq to sql read more...

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SQL Server 2008, VS 2008 SP1, and .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 explained....(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by jdelator(500) 3 years, 9 months ago

If you have Visual Studio 2008 (any version prior to SP1) already installed, SQL Server 2008 installation will block you from installing if you pick any one of the following features: Business Intelligence Development Studio Integration Services Management Tools (Either Basic or Full) read more...

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What's Wrong With Turkey?(codinghorror.com)

submitted by jdelator(500) 4 years, 2 months ago

Software internationalization is difficult under the best of circumstances, but it always amazed me how often one particular country came up in discussions of internationalization problems: Turkey. Jeff's comment should had been in the article but it wasn't It's convenient because: 1) Turkey is similar enough to other Latin alphabets that it's not a giant engineering nightmare to get it to work (see: Arabic or Hebrew). 2) The Turkish-I problem ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_dotted_and_dotless_I ) causes failures in naive string comparisons, whereas other Latin alphabets don't. 3) The Turkey Test gets you 90% of the way to the goal of internationalizing most apps.* We know French and Spanish are going to work. Why not test with the most difficult (but realistically difficult) locale first? * The other 10% is excruciatingly difficult -- again, think of Arabic (bi-directional, shaped letters) or Hebrew (right-to-left). read more...

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Checking to see if a list is a palindrome F#(wasstock.com)

submitted by jdelator(500) 4 years, 2 months ago

You can reverse the list and then match it to the original or try to solve it how humans actually check if a string is a palindrome. That is by simultaneously scanning the string from left to right and right to left char by char checking if they match. read more...

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A Question of Programming Ethics(codinghorror.com)

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I generally try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but it's difficult to imagine any scenario where this isn't a completely malicious violation of people's trust. read more...

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CAPTCHA is Dead, Long Live CAPTCHA!(codinghorror.com)

submitted by jdelator(500) 4 years, 2 months ago

Understand that I am no fan of CAPTCHA. I view them as a necessary and important evil, one of precious few things separating average internet users from a torrential deluge of email, comment, and forum spam. read more...

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IE8 Review(getahead.org)

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It has a nice undocumentated feature of IE8. read more...

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Download SQL Server 2008(microsoft.com)

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Go ahead and download the latest version of SQL Server 2008. Try out the latest version of SQL Server before it officially ships! read more...

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Douchebaggery(codinghorror.com)

submitted by jdelator(500) 4 years, 2 months ago

To imply that programmers using Windows "don't care enough about their tools to get the best"? I have a pretty thick skin based on the psychic scars of the thousands of petty internet religious wars I've participated in, and this one even ruffles my feathers a little. I read more...

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I Repeat: Do Not Listen to Your Users(codinghorror.com)

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Listening to users is a tricky thing. Users often don't know what they want, and even if they did, the communication is likely to get garbled somewhere between them and you. read more...

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There Ain't No Such Thing as the Fastest Code(codinghorror.com)

submitted by jdelator(500) 4 years, 3 months ago

He then posted his program as a challenge for readers of PC Techniques-- can this optimized assembly word count program, from an acclaimed industry expert on assembly optimization, be made even faster? Well, I think you can guess what happened next. read more...

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