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SQL Server Database Project and Database Source Control 14 Jul 2011 | 10:25 am
One the features long sought after by developers is a reliable and easy way to maintain source control on SQL Server databases. Especially on Agile projects where multiple developers are making change...
Format a DateTime as a Facebook-style date with Months, Days, Hours, Minutes Ago 16 Jun 2011 | 12:22 pm
When you post a status update on Facebook, instead of showing you the exact date/time when you posted, the default view of Facebook is to show you the amount of minutes, hours, days, and even months s...
Getting Started with .NET Entity Framework 14 Jun 2011 | 08:07 am
Entity Framework is one of my Micrsoft's new recommended ways to build a data access layer. It provides a lot of flexibility in allowing you to control your database model, easily update your model, a...
ASP.NET Programatically Add META Keywords and META Description Tags 3 Jun 2011 | 08:56 am
One important part of any ASP.NET page is adding a META Keywords and META description tag to the HEAD section of the page. Many search engines place significant weight on the presence of these two tag...
ASP.NET 301 Redirect for Search Engine Compliant Redirects 2 Jun 2011 | 11:26 am
There are lots of ways in ASP.NET to redirect to a different page. When a page has been indexed by a search engine at a specific URL, you will be getting traffic from that search engine to that URL. B...
ASP.NET Download File to Web Browser 27 May 2011 | 06:21 am
Many times you will want to allow a user to click on a link on your ASP.NET page and then cause a file to be downloaded to the user. This is common for operations like exporting a file as a CSV or PDF...
C# Generate Password Hash with Salt 26 May 2011 | 10:28 am
There are many options to store passwords in a database for authenticating users. One of the more secure methods is to store a one-way "hash" of the password instead of the password itself. Another op...
C# Remove or Replace Microsoft Word Special Characters 25 May 2011 | 08:42 am
When users cut and paste text from Microsoft Word, special characters that are not web friendly are usually pasted in with the text. One common character is the word style apostrophe () instead of th...
C# Convert string to enum 21 May 2011 | 07:58 am
If you had an enumeration such as this: You may be storing some of these values as a string in your database or at the very least, putting these values in a drop down list. When doing this, many try ...
C# Get Enum values as a List 18 May 2011 | 07:31 am
Many times you have an enumeration that contains a list of items that you may want to display to the user or bind to a drop down list. For instance, let's say you had an enumeration that defined possi...
