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
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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
140 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
47 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
43 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
41 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
92 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
143 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
477 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
40 reads
Blogs
Chatting with Power BI: Who Benefits from This Conversation?
By Rayis Imayev
"Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t...
A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
Prepping for Certification, Part 2 of ?
By Brian Kelley
The advantage of understanding the make-up of the exam: I can tailor my efforts...
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Question of the Day
Getting The Database Name
I run this code to connect to SQL Server 2022 from the command line.
sqlcmd -S localhost -EAt the command line, I run these two commands:
SELECT ORIGINAL_DB_NAME() GOWhat is returned? See possible answers