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Visual Studio’s Immediate Window – C# vs VB.Net
I am primarily a C# developer, I will admit up front that I dislike VB.Net and will avoid using it when I can. I am […]
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I just wanted to share some very basic things that you can do with Visual Studio Macros. This explanation will be valid for both Visual […]
Windows Services and Creating a Setup Project
I want to create a constructive post on this with a full explanation on how to create a setup project for anything, my main example […]
SQL Server: Attaching a Second Copy of a Database that Exists Already in the Same Server
This was a fun one, I couldn’t find a definitive answer on this so here is mine. Question How can I attach a database (MDF/LDF) to my […]
SQL Server 2008 R2 will not install – Unhandled Exception has occurred in your application.
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Visual Studio 2008 Installation – Debugger Not Installed!
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Notepad++ Errors: Doing a full Uninstall
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Straight to the Point: Query for Database and Table Sizes
I love how I have to search too much to find simple information, one liners, it is just like in College where my college course […]
Query SQL Server using PowerShell
I don’t understand why it was so difficult for me to find an example on this, so I compiled one from three posts so I […]