Author Archives: sujatad

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LINQ

Posted on January 12, 2009 by sujatad

LINQ doesn’t have the equivalent of the SQL “IS NULL” operator. e.g. SELECT * FROM dbTable where dbColumn IS NULL In LINQ to write a query against nullable column, fashion the query as, var results = from a in dbTable where a.dbColumn == null select a; or string myVar = null; var myRows = from […]

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Virtual PC Console not displayed

Posted on January 10, 2009 by sujatad

Virtual PC Console not displayed Ran into an issue where my Virtual PC Console would not display even when the program was up and running, turned out that it was an issue with the previous display position that is stored in a configuration file – %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Virtual PC\Options.xml. To fix the problem, exit the Virtual PC […]

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ADO.NET data services

Posted on November 9, 2008 by sujatad

ADO.NET data services does not support SQL Server 2008 DateTimeOffset type… Too bad.

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PDC 2008

Posted on October 30, 2008 by sujatad

Interesting PDC sessions by Anders Heilberg on c# 4.0.. Liked his comment – new static type called ‘dynamic’.

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BizTalk Server 2009

Posted on September 8, 2008 by sujatad

BizTalk Server 2006 R3 is now BizTalk Server 2009. Microsoft has made the official announcement, with a roadmap on future versions and integration with ‘OSLO’. BizTalk Server 2009 will support the Windows Server 2008 platform. CTP expected about the end of the year.

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New SQL Server User Group!!

Posted on September 6, 2008 by sujatad

Local SQL Server expert Kevin Boles is close to starting a new SQL Server User Group here in Huntsville.

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Gustav

Posted on August 31, 2008 by sujatad

Gustav seems to be gathering steam as it heads towards the US southern coastline. Checking the National Weather Service Site for latest news…

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Goosh!!!

Posted on August 31, 2008 by sujatad

Goosh.org – UNIX like command line interface to Google…

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Twitter

Posted on August 24, 2008 by sujatad

Twitter is a great micro-blogging tool, that is growing in popularity by leaps and bounds. At 140 character length per tweet, it forces you to be brief and to the point (which is a good thing). Have chirpr on gadgets bar.

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Code Repositories

Posted on July 31, 2008 by sujatad

Most people are familiar with codeplex, a popular code repository. Here are some other links to check out, github, sniplr, codeproject.

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