This was more of a pain in the ass than it was Obscure, more of a Gotcha, but not really since there is indeed a […]
Changed Blog Background
I changed the background of the blog because I think it is easier on the eyes. I have a problem staring at lines that are […]
How do I consolidate my student loans?
This is an unclear and scary subject for most people exiting college and being thrown into the woes of the work force. I say woes […]
GridView does not have a default Insert Support
Here is a fun fact for you. The ASP.NET GridView control does not have default Insert Support for your objects, even if you are using […]
Easy Way to Start/Stop SQL Server on a Multipurpose Machine
I have been doing a lot of development on my gaming machine and as all gamers know, you want to have as much free RAM […]
Entity Framework: Executing SQL Strings
I’ve griped about this before, not sure why everything has to be so complicated with EF at times, but holy hell executing just a simple […]
Entity Framework: Basic CRUD Operations
I like Entity Framework (EF), I think it is a little too rigid sometimes and it would be very nice if there was a very […]
WCF: Why isn’t my object showing up on the client side?
I had a minor head-palm moment a few minutes ago. Problem I declared an object in my WCF service with the correct DataContract and DataMember […]
New cannot be used on a type parameter that does not have a new constraint
This is not such an obscure problem as it is just not straight forward to solve. Simply put you cannot instantiate a new instance of […]
How to get Filename and File Extension from a Column with tSQL
I have written this query like 100 times, but this time I am going to document it so I don’t lose it again. This query […]