F# Type Inference
I’m just starting to look at functional languages from an Object Oriented background. One of the first things I thought...
2015-01-23
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Gavin Draper
Tools For Successful Remote Working
I’ve been asked a few times recently how I find remote working and how well it works so I thought...
2014-10-13
40 reads
Entity Framework Fluent API and Indexing
With the release of Entity Framework 6.1 the Fluent API can now be used to create indexes. It’s still pretty...
2014-06-26
143 reads
Rails Continuous Testing
Coming from the .Net world where continuous testing is expensive on both the wallet and processing power seeing what Ruby...
2014-03-11
48 reads
Browser Based Web Notifications
3 of the 4 major browsers now support web notifications (Safari, Firefox, Chrome) and no where near enough sites are...
2014-03-01
45 reads
Cloning a SQL Server Database
The following script will backup and restore a database to the same server with a different name. Tested on SQL...
2014-03-01
44 reads
Using Google Charts With AngularJs
I recently rewrote a small webpage in AngularJs and it was amazing how much lighter and cleaner it made the...
2013-07-30
94 reads
Debugging Issues With Log4Net Not Logging
When you find log4net is not writing anything to your logs it can be a pain to debug as obviously...
2013-07-29
152 reads
ASP.Net MVC Debugging "Internal Server Error 500"
I was recently seeing “Internal Server Error 500” when trying to make an ajax call from an ASP.Net MVC view...
2013-06-22
493 reads
Das Keyboard - First Thoughts
There seems to be a lot of buzz around mechanical keyboard lately as more and more manufacturers have started producing...
2013-06-19
42 reads
Blogs
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SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers