May 2008 - Posts

Retrieving SQL Type Image Using LINQ by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

LINQ views the Image type in SQL Server as Binary. So, there are a few options that we have. We can either (a) modify our LINQ to SQL class and change the property to Byte() instead of Binary or we can (b) convert the Binary to an array. To do the latter...
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ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Announced by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

Scott Guthrie just posted about the 3rd preview of the ASP.NET MVC over on his blog. You can catch the full details here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/05/27/asp-net-mvc-preview-3-release.aspx . Read More...
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Attention Twitter: Wise up! by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

I read through the Twitter blog from time to time just to see how things are going. Apparently, things aren't going good. Pagination and IM updates have been temporarily disabled and something has caused my twitter utilities (twhirl and OutTwit) to...
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Force Your Web Site To Be IE7 Compatible by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

Microsoft recognizes that it will be difficult to have all sites use the latest HTML and CSS specs that are found in IE8. To accommodate the web sites that cannot be converted at this time, they've created a work around. There are two options: a)...
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SQL Management Studio Shows All Databases by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

This has "bugged" me for awhile. When you log into any version of SQL (2000, 2005, and even 2008) as a user with restricted access to just a single database (or even a few databases), you can still see a complete list of all the databases on...
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Using "Like" in LINQ to SQL by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

I've recently discovered that LINQ and VB can be confusing. I was attempting to pull the top 10 rows of a table where the column started with 'W'. You'd think after I typed that, I'd figure out the solution. That's not the case...
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Using LINQ to SQL and ConnectionStrings in a Class Library by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

I was looking to separate my LINQ to SQL data layer from the rest of my application. So, I decided to move the files to a class library. This way, when my application builds, all of my LINQ files are found in MyApp.DL or something similar. However, I...
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Obtain the Identity of a New Row Using LINQ by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

It's actually pretty easy and user friendly to obtain the value of the identity column using LINQ. After you create your object and insert it on submit, you can call the identity column's property on your object. For instance: Dim db As New BlogDataContext...
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3G iPhone will Come In June by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

According to Gizmodo, the iPhone 3G launch date will be June 9th. It will be interesting to see what further market share the iPhone will capture with this latest phone. I know many individuals have held out from purchasing an iPhone because of the lack...
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Philly.net Code Camp #2 by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

The second Philly.net Code Camp will be held tomorrow. Roughly 600 attendees will get to see some great talks in 8 different tracks. For more information about the event, check out http://tinyurl.com/5t7qdw . Read More...
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Outlook Add-On for Google Apps? by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

I just read an interesting article where Cemaphore is creating an add-on application for Google Apps. It's an interesting concept. I haven't messed with the Office Online options yet to see if the Microsoft team has something similar. If they...
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My ESPN Fan Profile and Blog by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

I'm moving my sports blog from MSN Live Spaces over to ESPN. Hopefully ESPN will release an RSS aggregate for the blog posts, but for now, you can add me to your fan profile here: http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/spaceman126/ . Read More...
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FBI Purchased $3.5 Million Counterfeit CISCO Parts by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

I just came across a post that the FBI purchased 3500 counterfeit CISCO parts (estimated at $3.5 million in value). This goes under my "funny, but not funny" category of the day. :) Here's the full article: http://tinyurl.com/5aht29 . Read...
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VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 SP1 Beta Available Now by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

Soma just posted that SP1 for VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 is available. The full blog post on his site is at http://snurl.com/28i1z . Read More...
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Word Now Supports DAISY XML by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

You can now download an add-on for Microsoft Word that supports DAISY XML, the Digital Accessible Information System standard for accessible translation. The add-on reads the word document to individuals. Like most accessibility projects, there are still...
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TECHbash in 3 Days - Get your Swag here! by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

We're coming down the home stretch to TECHbash 2008. 90% of the prep work is complete. Wow do we have some swag to giveaway. Each attendee will receive a SWAGbag with an event t-shirt, pen, and notepad. In addition, we'll be raffling off 41 books...
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Dell is 24 Years Old by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

Have you visited dell.com yet today? Dell is 24 years old. Sometimes when you deal with a company for so long, you forget about some of the good (and bad) things that they have done in the past. It's nice to use these lists when you reconsider that...
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Bad SQL Mistake For One Forum Goer by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

This isn't funny, but it is. It should be a daily WTF. Wally just sent me this forum post where someone deleted a little more than anticipated. It sounds like this guy can be in quite a lot of trouble... http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx...
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Xobni Goes Public, But Still In Beta by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

Xobni went public recently offering it's beta tool for download at http://xobni.com . Xobni, inbox spelled backwards, is an add-on for Microsoft Outlook. I've been using it with Outlook 2007 for quite some time and appreciate it's usability...
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Need To Set Bounds for onscroll to Work by Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

Sonu Kapoor over at DotNetSlackers.com has, not only a great site, but also some great AJAX controls. He's always looking to improve his controls and today he stumbled across something. He was working on a prototype where he had a div nested inside...
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