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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

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

Resharper 3.0 Beta is out

Jetbrains has just released their beta version of Resharper 3.0, download it here . Again, VB.NET guys out there, you should try Resharper since it now supports your language. Resharper 3.0 will now come into three versions (C#, VB and Full edition)....

Published Thu, May 05 2007 10:24 AM by jokiz

Filed under: .NET, visual studio, C#, resharper, tools

Closing shortcuts

if you're a keyboard junkie, you might have mistaken to close that Visual Studio Tool Window (resharper's find usage is a prime candidate) with an Alt+F4 keystroke and when you don't have any changes to save, your slow VS which took you almost...

Published Mon, May 05 2007 4:29 PM by jokiz

Filed under: tips, visual studio, keyboard shortcuts, excel, resharper

Debugging ICollection

i'm sure you have experienced debugging an ICollection type and couldn't see the values included in the said collection, recursively expanding nodes in your QuickWatch just like this: i just found this forum post about it here using visualizers...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2007 2:22 PM by jokiz

Filed under: visual studio

Ankhsvn 1.0.1 now available

If you're like me who had a hard time with the blue icon color for modified files in Ankhsvn 1.0 final, just grab the latest bits of Anksvn here . The team has released a patch to change the modified icon to orange.

Published Wed, Feb 02 2007 10:04 AM by jokiz

Filed under: visual studio, subversion

Refresh issue of AnkhSVN

There is a refresh issue on the version 1 release of AnkhSVN addin for visual studio last year (i thought it was already the RTM version 1.0 release, it was just RC4). if you are a tortoisesvn committer, you'll notice that the ankh refresh command at...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2007 9:24 PM by jokiz

Filed under: visual studio, subversion

vshost files in bin folder

i was surprised to see two new files in the bin folder of our windows application project (<application name>.vshost.exe and <application name>.vshost.config files). post from here says that it is an optimization for visual studio debugging...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2007 10:02 AM by jokiz

Filed under: visual studio

Learning VSTO

We've just upgraded to Visual Studio 2005 (finally!) and I'm currently exploring Visual Studio Tools for Office for my next project. It's my first time to use it and i have seen it used in one of the events through MS Philippines. The project's specification...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2006 5:14 PM by jokiz

Filed under: .NET, visual studio, msoffice

Stored Procedure Debugging

i previously have an experience on debugging stored procedures especially those that involve dynamic sql generation and execution. my experience told me that debugging stored procedure of this type is better with visual studio compared to query analyzer...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2006 9:42 AM by jokiz

Filed under: SQL, visual studio, debugging, stored procedures

InstallShield 12 uninstall breaks TestDriven.NET

I have just uninstalled my Evaluation copy of InstallShield 12 which I used to setup our build server. Unluckily, my TestDriven.NET addin suddenly is not behaving properly. My officemate who also had his IS12 copy uninstalled currently have the same problem...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2006 10:48 PM by jokiz

Filed under: techie, visual studio, tdd

Resharper's Unit Test Runner hangs

One of my teammate is using Resharper 2.0's unit test runner and i like the way it presented the passed, failed and ignored tests in tabs. I want to shift to using it instead of TestDriven.Net which just output results to the Output Window but i am experiencing...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2006 3:31 PM by jokiz

Filed under: visual studio, resharper

designtime visual inheritance bug for new .NET 2.0 controls

i just found out a bug on visual inheritance concerning the new controls in .NET 2.0. Basically it says that if you have an inherited control (non-private), designer won't allow you to "design it" in the child form (they're locked). more info here .

Published Wed, Aug 08 2006 8:27 PM by jokiz

Filed under: .NET, visual studio, bug

VS 2003 SP1 available

Soma blogs about the just released service pack 1 for vs 2003. i am not installing it yet until a number of users have already said that the said service pack is stable. i don't want to deal with a bug resulting from this fix (if there will be any...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2006 9:49 PM by jokiz

Filed under: visual studio

dropping dropdowns

i haven't really used this shortcut key for the past years and eversince i used firefox with the web search, i became hooked into it. i've been using it in every application (ms excel, visual studio) to toggle the dropdownlist items. no need to...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2006 11:54 AM by jokiz

Filed under: techie, tips, visual studio, ms word, keyboard shortcuts

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Debugging stored procedures on SQL Server 2005

Tracking active item in Solution Explorer

Resharper 3.0 Beta is out

Closing shortcuts

Debugging ICollection

Ankhsvn 1.0.1 now available

Refresh issue of AnkhSVN

vshost files in bin folder

Learning VSTO

Stored Procedure Debugging

InstallShield 12 uninstall breaks TestDriven.NET

Resharper's Unit Test Runner hangs

designtime visual inheritance bug for new .NET 2.0 controls

VS 2003 SP1 available

dropping dropdowns