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What motivates geeks?
I recently moved a project from .NET 2.0 to .NET 3.5 and discovered that a method I had used to deserialize some JSON had become obsolete. This prompted much debate with my colleagues about why the .NET framework continues to change. The guys I was talking...
Posted 14 February 2008 01:45 PM by jonsayce | with no comments
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Programmatically Listing SQL Servers
Using the .NET Framework there are a variety of ways you can search for available SQL Servers, but no single technique does the whole job. The best approach is to use a combination of methods to ensure you get the most complete list possible. Most methods...
Posted 10 February 2008 10:37 PM by jonsayce | 1 comment(s)
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Extending SMO Classes with Extension Methods and IEnumerable(T)
One of the simplest ways to audit changes to a table is to have a trigger that stores a copy of any row that's inserted/updated/deleted, together with some meta data such as who made the change and when they made it. There are limitations (such as several...
Posted 09 February 2008 02:50 PM by jonsayce | with no comments
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