If you are using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 there are some cool new additions to the T-SQL syntax that can help save you a few keystrokes. For example, with T-SQL 2008 you can now (finally) assign a value to a variable when it is declared, like so:
DECLARE @ThisIsLikeSo int = 1984
Rather than having to put the declaration and assignment on two separate lines.
T-SQL 2008 now i...Full Article.
Back in January I created and shared a custom server control called RedirectButton that was designed to be used in scenarios where the user is taken to a different page when a Button is clicked. It's a common scenario that virtually every ASP.NET developer has implemented at one time or another. The typical pattern for implementing such behavior is to add a Button to the page and create a ClickFull Article.
I was recently helping a colleague squash a bug that had popped up on a page that involved a DropDownList. Specifically, an HttpException was being thrown with the error message Cannot have multiple items selected in a DropDownList. This exception is raised, as the message notes, if a DropDownList contains multiple ListItems whose Selected properties are set to true.
The page in question had a DropDownList whose ...Full Article.
Jeff Atwood recently replaced his keyboard, a Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000, with... a new Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000.
I mentioned my beloved Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000, which is pretty much the holy grail of keyboards...Full Article.
A case could be made that blogs and blog hosting websites like WordPress and Blogger are, so far, the most important innovation of this century, technological or otherwise. Prior to the advent of blogs, publishing online was a task reserved for the computer savvy. Sure, sites like Geocities and Tripod lowered the barrier, but still required a good deal of work and at least a passing familiarity with HTML. It wasn't until blogs that the average person - my mom, my grandfather, etc. - could, wi...Full Article.
If you are writing an article, blog post, or tutorial about a feature of ASP.NET or the .NET Framework, how do you format the title? For example, say that you are writing a blog entry about grouping data using ASP.NET's ListView control. Which of these titles is most appropriate?
Do you run a website that routinely publishes new content? If so, does your site offer a syndication feed? A syndication feed is an XML file that summarizes the most recently published content and is commonly used in blogs, news sites, sports sites, social networking sites, and other content producing websites to provide a machine-readable format of the latest content. For the longest time the .NET Framework did not include built-in support for syndication feeds, meaning that if you ...Full Article.
