In an effort to provide information for those of you who are newcomers to databases, especially with the wonderul new Sql Server Express, I have committed myself to about half a dozen posts or so targeted directly at you to help you understand and build better databases. The ACID model has been a cornerstone of database modeling for a very long...

On behalf of CodeBetter, we'd all like to wish everybody a safe and wonderful holiday season.  We are looking forward to a great and eventful new year, and hope you continue to follow us as we gain and share knowledge with you all!

On behalf of CodeBetter, we'd all like to wish everybody a safe and wonderful holiday season.  We are looking forward to a great and eventful new year, and hope you continue to follow us as we gain and share knowledge with you all!

A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Departmental Manager were on their way to a meeting in Switzerland.  They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt,...

A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Departmental Manager were on their way to a meeting in Switzerland.  They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt,...

Every once in awhile, these are fun to do. You scored as Maximus. After his family was murdered by the evil emperor Commodus, the great Roman general Maximus went into hiding to avoid Commodus's assassins. He became a gladiator, hoping to dominate the colosseum in order to one day get the chance of killing Commodus. Maximus is valiant,...

Every once in awhile, these are fun to do. You scored as Maximus. After his family was murdered by the evil emperor Commodus, the great Roman general Maximus went into hiding to avoid Commodus's assassins. He became a gladiator, hoping to dominate the colosseum in order to one day get the chance of killing Commodus. Maximus is valiant,...

Sometimes you get some really funny issues reported to you from users of your website or application.  And every once in awhile, you’d just LOVE to give them back some smart-ass solutions and remarks regarding those comments.  Well, that is exactly what some ground crew and mechanics did with some of their “bug” reports. ...

Sometimes you get some really funny issues reported to you from users of your website or application.  And every once in awhile, you’d just LOVE to give them back some smart-ass solutions and remarks regarding those comments.  Well, that is exactly what some ground crew and mechanics did with some of their “bug” reports. ...

I’m sure most .Net developers have played around with the class designer some at this point.  Its a great tool for visualizing class structures, interfaces, implementations and relationships, as well as creating new classes.  Personally, I’m still a “type it out” kind of person.  I guess I’m just a masochist in that...

I’m sure most .Net developers have played around with the class designer some at this point.  Its a great tool for visualizing class structures, interfaces, implementations and relationships, as well as creating new classes.  Personally, I’m still a “type it out” kind of person.  I guess I’m just a masochist in that...

This is an old solution to an old problem, but since somebody asked me if I knew how to solve this problem, I thought I'd post the solution here to make it easier for people to find in the future. The problem has to do with ASP.Net and modal windows. If you've ever launched a modal window and issued a postback by clicking a button or tried to...

I’ve heard and read a lot of comments over the months about why can’t we build applications for the 1.1 framework using the VS 2005 IDE?  Simple.  VS 2005 only targets the 2.0 framework.  However, it appears as though making the IDE target multiple versions of the framework is something they are taking seriously and working...

I’ve heard and read a lot of comments over the months about why can’t we build applications for the 1.1 framework using the VS 2005 IDE?  Simple.  VS 2005 only targets the 2.0 framework.  However, it appears as though making the IDE target multiple versions of the framework is something they are taking seriously and working...

Monday, December 05, 2005 (PST) - The REST of Visual Studio 2005Speaker: Raymond LewallenLocation: Lunch: Oklahoma City OSU/OKC Student CenterDinner: Oklahoma City Downtown Library TOO MUCH MATERIAL, TOO LITTLE TIME… For the first time we are actually planning 2 separate presentations for our lunch and dinner meetings. In the wake of the...