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Generating Properties Using the prop Snippet in Visual Studio 2013
Saw a very cool way to generate properties in C# code from the //build conference, just by typing the word prop, but I didn’t know what key to press after the typing prop. I tried TAB and ENTER but...
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Linq Query with Multiple Order Fields in Method Syntax
Ordering your sequences is simple using comprehension syntax with your Linq queries, but what if you want to use method syntax? Here is a simple example with multiple fields in the order by statement....
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Microsoft Access DDL Types
When you are scripting data changes in Microsoft Access databases you may need to create temporary tables in order to update the data. This requires using DDL statements like CREATE TABLE. I usually...
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SQL Server 2014 CTP1 Released
I hope you got plenty of use out of your SQL Server 2012 because SQL Server 2014 CTP1 has been released. You can dowload a trial here. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/sql-server-2014.aspx...
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Open Environments in Software Development
Open environments are becoming all the rage these days but how effective or appropriate are they for software development? Open environment with close proximity...
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Rebuilding Indexes on SQL Server
It is quite rare to need to rebuild the indexes on an SQL Server but it does happen. When it does, it is quite easy to rebuild an index using SQL Server Management Studio. Open up the node for the...
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Automating Deployment of SQL Server Maintenance Plans
Introduction SQL Server maintenance plans provide automated backups of SQL Server databases. What if you want the same maintenance plan to be deployed to one or more additional servers? The deployment...
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Viewing Comments from a Completed Code Review in TFS
Long after a Code Review Request is completed, you may want to go back and look at the comments to make sure that all of the issues are still covered in the latest code. How do you do this since the...
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Discovering MongoDB
MongoDB is an open source document oriented database engine developed and supported by 10gen. MongoDB can be downloaded from http://www.mongodb.org/downloads. The documents are stored as JSON objects...
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Determining the Active Network Interface Adapter Programmatically
The Network Interface Adapter is part of the physical system and you could find it on a Windows system by going into the control panel but what if you need to find the active NIC programmatically?...
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