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sp_lock2 and sp_lockcount
Here are two helpful procedures to help with sqlserver database work. The code for both of these are based on the system stored procedures sys.sp_lock that comes built in the master database. build both of these in your master database if you want to...
Add-In for updating all reference paths in a solution
Add-In for updating reference paths in a visual studio solution....
Using skmRss.RssFeed
I have been evaluating the use of Scott Mitchell's RSSFeed control for a new version of my website (it's not done yet) for my consulting company that focuses on the Cable Sector of the Telecommunications Industry and I wanted to display relevant information...
Posted: Dec 27 2005, 09:15 AM by MatiasN | with 3 comment(s)
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Creating your own XmlSerializer
Very recently I came across an issue that required the creation of a new class derived from XmlSerializer. For reasons I don't want to get into here, we serialize an object instance into XML and store it into a database column so that we can reconstitute...
Posted: Dec 20 2005, 06:25 PM by MatiasN | with 1 comment(s)
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New Version of XmlPreCompiler
Well, I finally got around to making the XmlPreCompiler even easier to use. As some of you may or may not know, the XmlPreCompiler is a tool based on a tool Chris Sell's originally created to help developer's handle the xml serialization error: "File...
Posted: Jul 28 2005, 02:20 PM by MatiasN | with 1 comment(s)
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Part 2: Consulting in the Cable and Wireless Sectors....The Power of the Bundle....
The Cable sector as well as the entire Telecommunications industry has been expending a large amount of resources to sell bundled products and services. This means that instead of just offering Analog and Digital Cable Services, Cable and Telecommunication...
Posted: May 11 2005, 08:50 AM by MatiasN | with no comments
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Part 1: Consulting in the Cable and Wireless Sectors
Part 1...Commerce Solutions: The Cable and Wireless sectors are unique. Over the last several years I have done considerable consulting in these sectors. Most recently I have lead the design and architecture of a Channel Sales System that now has 65%...
Posted: May 04 2005, 09:34 AM by MatiasN | with 3 comment(s)
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Fail Fast
I found this paper about "Failing Fast" while reading Paul Lockwood 's blog. It refers to Martin Fowler's wiki about writing code to Fail Fast . This technique has been around for a while; however, I honestly have always been more of a proponent of writing...
Posted: Apr 26 2005, 09:34 AM by MatiasN | with 4 comment(s)
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Be Careful Generating XML Documentation with .Net
If you are like me, you like to use the XML commenting feature that comes with .Net. Personally, I only turn this feature on when I am creating a release build. However, if you do this make sure that you turn-off the read-only property on the output xml...
Posted: Jan 17 2005, 03:50 PM by MatiasN | with 2 comment(s)
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Using the <remove> tag with web.config can be helpful.
Most people use the web.config file to define features or pieces of functionality to be used by their application. Y ou may or may not know it, but there is a feature of the web.config file that enables you to remove definitions defined by a parent web...
Posted: Jan 10 2005, 11:35 AM by MatiasN | with 4 comment(s)
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