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bcp and errorlevel checks

we have a number of batch scripts at work which executes sql-related tasks for each of our project releases. last time, i incorporated errorlevel checks so we know if there was a problem with the execution and in order to abort the rest of the operations...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2007 11:54 PM by jokiz

Filed under: SQL, tips

C# Trivia #6

As I've mention in this post, I'll be continuing the trivia series here in my blog. I've encountered a good one from internal chat yesterday, here it is: will this compile? [ Test ] public void IntTests () { int i = 1; if ( i != null ) { Debug...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2007 1:43 PM by jokiz

Filed under: trivia, C#

my first pocket pc

i purchased my very first pocket pc last week and i have'nt really used it extensively. except for calendar and the gps software bundled which has been very useful travelling in this new country. i'm thinking of installing an rss reader so i can...

Published Sat, Dec 12 2007 12:31 PM by jokiz

Filed under: tips, pocketpc

windows xp search containing text problems

i've been told by one of my officemates that the windows xp search containing text does not work with all file types. of course mr. skeptical always verify it and was surprised that indeed it does not work for all file types, even with C# cs files...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2007 12:07 AM by jokiz

Filed under: tips, windows

winword repaginating issue

we have a document that keeps on repaginating eveytime i open it in winword. i found a post in usenet that you just have to save it as a webpage (html) then resave it as word document and it did solve the problem. just sharing!

Published Mon, Oct 10 2007 2:13 PM by jokiz

Filed under: tips

deltree = rd /s

for years i thought deltree (deletes a folder and all the files in it) was removed from the DOS days. before it was not included in the default command set but available as a separated executable. i just stumbled in one of our post build events which...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2007 11:48 AM by jokiz

Filed under: tips

Debugging stored procedures on SQL Server 2005

My current task in our project is majorly in MSSQL. I wanted to debug a chain of stored procedures and I have just found out that MS has removed debugging tools out of SQL Server 2005 client tools and relied more on visual studio's. I have experienced...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2007 12:41 PM by jokiz

Filed under: SQL, visual studio, debugging

SQL Implicit Commands

Not being an SQL guy, i'm really not used to implicit commands from T-SQL. By implicit, I mean those simplified commands which does the same thing as those documented in every SQL books. I first encountered a query below from a teammate: FROM Table1...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2007 5:48 PM by jokiz

Filed under: SQL

VSS to Subversion to Clearcase

follow up to my post about visual source safe and subversion (which has a good google page rank), now i'm exploring rational clearcase. we are using clearcase at work and i can see a very close similarities with visual source safe. although the previous...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2007 2:40 PM by jokiz

Filed under: version control, sourcesafe, subversion, clearcase

Tracking active item in Solution Explorer

I find it hard when the currently active code sheet or item is not highlighted in solution explorer and there were times when i couldn't easily see where the option is so this is for my future reference. VS 2003: Tools->Options->Environment...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2007 3:28 PM by jokiz

Filed under: tips, visual studio

welcome to singapore!

I arrived this noon, new job to start this Monday. I hope this will be interesting.

Published Sat, Aug 08 2007 6:10 PM by jokiz

C# Trivia Question Series

Some of you know about the C# trivia series that I started in MSForum's C# section . Good thing some of these posts were revived since they were missing months ago. Here are the links: Trivia #1 - Arraylist's initial size Trivia #2 - String concatenations...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2007 11:16 PM by jokiz

Filed under: .NET, trivia, C#

we're moving backwards

This is technically another rant (long overdue), sorry to the guys involved. 1. From test-driven development to deadline-driven development We are practicing test-driven development and continuous integration (okay, just some!). I saw the following code...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2007 11:49 AM by jokiz

Filed under: rants

Web application projects and build server issues

Normally, you don't have Visual Studio installed in build servers. Unless you're using the setup and deployment package which can only be compiled by the IDE executable devenv.exe, that's the time that you install VS. As such, you only have...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2007 10:52 AM by jokiz

Filed under: ASP.NET, continuous integration

Attacked by reserved keywords

One of our shipment application are used by a number of countries. It has a functionality to write files in an organized manner using country and gateway codes. In other words, files for Manila gateway are written inside PH->MNL folder. It has been...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2007 7:05 PM by jokiz

Filed under: techie, trivia, windows

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