SQL Cast from Varchar to Numeric
If you are working a lot with numbers in SQL Server or other database, sometimes it’s necessary to cast a text to numeric or vachar to int or varchar to
Tag: Programming
WebsiteSpark Program for Noobies and Small Businesses
Microsoft has been moving at lightning speed to give software away. Especially to web professionals that want to make a huge difference in their new start-up career. They may actually
Dreamspark Opportunity Extended
The opportunity for students just got a little sweeter. It used to be that under the Dreamspark program, college students wanting to get their feet wet in programming, could signup
C# Missing References
If you are getting an error like “The type or namespace name does not exist in the namespace” you may have found yourself tweaking the references or the using statements
Using properties in an ASP.net Web Control
When creating a web control in an ASP.net application many times you will need to make references to information, data values and other contents of the web control from the
SMO SQL Server Error Reading Stored Procedures Collection
The following error is appearing while running Visual Studio 2005 and developing an application with SMO capabilities. It appears when trying perform a foreach( on ActiveDB.StoredProcedures). Could not load file
.NET DataGridView Edit Pencil Icon
There’s a problem when editing the DataGridView. Problem: The pencil glyph icon in edit mode wouldn’t go away. Here’s the situation and the solution. Solution: If the property Virtual is
Visual Studio DataGridView
An application I wrote to compare values in the rows of two datagridviews, set side-by-side, will hide rows if no difference is found; which then leaves just the rows that
.NET and MySQL
Searching for a document that helps to connect a .NET web application with MySQL is hard to find. So, I thought I would provide instructions I put together while developing
C# Console Application Versions
Well, something stumped me. But figured it out … As part of my C# console application, I wanted to print out the version (Major.Minor.Revision) as part of the help output