Getting Started with the Modern.ie VMs on VirtualBox with IIS Express
Microsoft has made pre-packaged Virtual Machine images available for purposes of testing different versions of IE via the modern.ie web...
2014-05-22
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From Zero to Pull Request with Git on Windows
I wrote a guide about using Git and GitHub for "Windows people".
This is the guide I wish was available when...
2014-04-22 (first published: 2014-04-16)
1,669 reads
Rounding versus truncating
Be careful when implicitly converting data types in T-SQL. Directly assigning 1.5 (either as a FLOAT or a NUMERIC) to...
2014-04-15
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Query to Find "Update" Dependencies on a Table or View (SQL Server 2012)
The built-in dependency finder in SQL Server Management Studio does not provide the ability to distinguish between dependencies that are...
2013-07-23
2,797 reads
How To Make Your DLL Into A NuGet Package for a Private NuGet Feed
This is my reinterpretation of the documentation on NuGet.org, modified to remove the public publishing steps, and to add local...
2013-06-05
24,766 reads
Performing an INSERT from a PowerShell script
This code demonstrates how to do an INSERT into SQL Server from a PowerShell script using an ADO.NET command object...
2013-05-24
84,822 reads
Setting up an Internal Friendly URL
Note: This solution is not necessarily the best or most efficient solution in all cases. It is, however, very simple...
2013-02-27
3,278 reads
Using SkyDrive at Work for Collaboration - A Quick Start Guide
It seems that many of my projects in the past year or so have required sharing files with external business...
2013-02-06
1,140 reads
Using Inline “With” Blocks to Augment a VB.NET Default Constructor
Say you have a simple data transfer class that looks like this:
Public Class Employee
Public Property Name As String
Public...
2013-02-02
1,129 reads
IIS Express Quickie Command-line
This is a reminder to my future self for how to quickly start IIS Express from the command-line on 64-bit...
2012-11-24
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Blogs
How Long Will It Take to Learn SQL? The Truth Might Surprise You
In today's data-driven world, SQL (Structured Query Language) is a blazing-hot skill. It's your...
Flying Halfway Around the World to Australia
By Steve Jones
I leave tonight for Australia. I was in London 3 days ago, so this...
Dealing with Change – Two Resources
By Brian Kelley
As I look at the state of information technology today, I see one constant:...
Forums
Pivot query
Hi, I have the following table: CREATE TABLE [dbo].[UnitProdFinal]( [YearMonth] [int] NULL, [SerialNumber] [varchar](50)...
Table with FK(s) to other columns within the table
Hello All, I have recently joined a project, where main, core tables with millions...
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Using Table Hints in a Query
How many table hints can I include in a query?
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