SYSK 1 – 300
For those of you who would like to revisit certain topics, and for those of you who started reading this blog recently, below are the links for posts 1 through 300:
Welcome to the "AppDev: Something You Should Know" blog
SYSK (Something You Should Know) 1: What is a Digital Locker
SYSK 2: A word on versions – deployment, assembly, file…
SYSK 3: Resumable file downloads
SYSK 4: Why are the read only-cursors (i.e. "firehose cursors") faster than server side cursors?
SYSK 6: Summary of agile methodologies
SYSK 7: Tool Time – .NET Reflector
SYSK 8: .NET Generics = C++ Templates?
SYSK 9: Multiple column searches with one WHERE clause?
SYSK 10: Automating nightly builds
SYSK 11: Is now the time for Binary XML?
SYSK 12: Office 12 chooses Open XML
SYSK 13: Cool Products: Wi-Fi Finders
SYSK 14: The easiest way to sign your assembly
SYSK 15: Show me the … Open Windows!
SYSK 16: How StringBuilder works, or on the importance of StringBuilder initialization
SYSK 18: CLR “discrimination” of large objects
SYSK 19: Confused about Forward and Backward Compatibility? Then read this...
SYSK 20: Testing UserControls without writing a line of code
SYSK 21: How slow is invoking properties via reflection?
SYSK 22: Detecting a Change in Network Connectivity
SYSK 24: ?? operator. Is it new to you?
SYSK 27: What you need to know about referenced assemblies in VS2005
SYSK 28: Do you know about ‘Anonymous Methods’? If not, read on…
SYSK 29: The Power of Ctrl+Shift+N
SYSK 30: Differences between SET and SELECT in SQL Server
SYSK 31: Wondering what is vhost.exe, and why you need it? Then read on…
SYSK 32: Should you use temp tables or table variables in SQL?
SYSK 33: New kind of “friend” -- assembly:InternalsVisibleTo
SYSK 34: Tool Time – Spellchecker for Visual Studio
SYSK 35: Performance comparison of WITH and TABLE variable queries
SYSK 36: The Cost of SQL EndPoints
SYSK 37: 5 minute video on Windows Vista
SYSK 38: Visual Studio 2005 Code Snippets
SYSK 39: ASP ViewState Stored as SessionState
SYSK 41: “The Curse and Blessings of Dynamic SQL” by Erland Sommarskog
SYSK 42: A must-read article on BackgroundWorker class
SYSK 44: ASP.NET 2.0 Website Administration Tool
SYSK 46: New in SQL 2005 -- Snapshot Isolation
SYSK 47: OLEDB deja vu? A look into LINQ.
SYSK 48: Why is Microsoft Recommending WebServices as the Best Path to WCF upgrade?
SYSK 49: Have You Heard about BitLocker™ Drive Encryption?
SYSK 51: Ten Essential Tools for VS Developers
SYSK 52: Looking for NDOC that Works with .NET 2.0?
SYSK 53: To Close() or to Dispose()? That is the question…
SYSK 54: The New Way to Deal with Apostrophes in SQL
SYSK 55: Rotate SQL table without any INNER JOIN (narrow to wide table without PIVOT)
SYSK 56: A Word on Frameworks (from the lighten up series)
SYSK 57: Handy Undocumented Stored Procs
SYSK 58: Making Code Line Length Conformance Easy in VS
SYSK 60: How Does SqlBulkCopy Deal with Duplicate Records?
SYSK 61: Creating Temporary (not persisted, a.k.a. in-memory) Projects in VS 2005
SYSK 62: Jim Allchin's view of what Vista will offer the enterprise
SYSK 63: Vista’s Speech Capabilities
SYSK 64: Notes from “Windows Presentation Foundation Under the Hood” talk
SYSK 65: Change to Full Trust Definition in .NET 2.0
SYSK 66: .NET 1.1 and 2.0 Handles ASCII Encoding Differently?
SYSK 67: SQL – Who is Connected and What are They Running?
SYSK 68: Choosing Between T-SQL and .NET Stored Procs
SYSK 69: Visual Studio – Controlling Which Files Are Saved At Build Time
SYSK 70: Where Does the Expression “You’re Fired” Come From?
SYSK 71: Dataset Footprint in Memory vs. Remoting Size
SYSK 72: Fast Comparison of Dates
SYSK 73: On the Importance of allowExeDefinition Attribute
SYSK 74: Are You Using SecureString Class?
SYSK 75: Do You Use Your Computer From Public Places? If Yes, Read This...
SYSK 76: When Should You Call AddMemoryPressure?
SYSK 78: Avoiding Infinite Loops Due to Error Handling Retries
SYSK 79: Good SQL Interview Question -- What is the Left Anti Semi Join?
SYSK 81: How compression works
SYSK 82: Compression Example in .NET
SYSK 83: On the Importance of Calling TrimToSize
SYSK 84: Where Do GAC Assemblies Live?
SYSK 85: What are the key features of TFS (Team Foundation Server)?
SYSK 86: .NET Reflector Revisited
SYSK 87: A Better MaskedTextBox For Currency Fields
SYSK 88: How to Avoid Hardcoding Stored Procedure Names
SYSK 90: SQL: What Is a Hash Join and When Should You Use It?
SYSK 91: Cool Trick -- Move an Entire Paragraph with a Key Stroke
SYSK 92: How to Clear or Remove Certain Items from “Recent Projects” List in Visual Studio
SYSK 93: SQL 2005 – How to Script Database One Object per File
SYSK 94: as, is, where keywords in C#
SYSK 95: Expand Your Horizon – Learn About NUMA
SYSK 96: Macros to Expand and Collapse Regions in VS.NET
SYSK 97: The Power of Environmental Variables
SYSK 98: Digging Deeper Into GetHashCode
SYSK 98: Digging Deeper Into GetHashCode
SYSK 100: Can You Define What Is Web 2.0?
SYSK 101: How to Release Build an ASP.NET application
SYSK 102: Unexpected Behavior in Generics
SYSK 103: WriteFile or TransmitFile?
SYSK 104: Great Tool for ASP.NET developers
SYSK 105: Switching Between Running ASP.NET Project Under IIS and Personal Web Server
SYSK 106: The Cost of Using WindowsPrincipal
SYSK 107: The Difference Between Decimal.ToString(“C”) and Decimal.ToString(“C2”)
SYSK 109: Is it possible to change the ForeColor of a SubItem in a ListView?
SYSK 110: Two-Key Dictionary Class
SYSK 111: RoundUp and RoundDown in .NET with Decimal Digits
SYSK 112: How to Invoke a Method on the Parent Web Form From a Control
SYSK 113: System.Convert.ChangeType Undercover
SYSK 115: Do You Know When and How to Use TypeForwardedTo Attribute?
SYSK 116: Which Code is Faster and Why – Using ‘As’ or ‘Is’ + cast?
SYSK 117: Are You Using Eval or Bind for your ASPX Data Binding?
SYSK 118: ReadOnly or ContentEditable?
SYSK 119: Granular Role Based Security via an Attribute
SYSK 120: When == is not same as Equals
SYSK 122: Clone a WinForms Control with all its Properties
SYSK 123: Expand Your Horizon – Learn About How BitTorrent Works
SYSK 124: IDENT_CURRENT Without an Identity Column
SYSK 125: Custom Controls in ToolBox
SYSK 126: Protect Yourself – Use ‘deployment retail’ Setting
SYSK 127: ResetBindings To the Rescue!
SYSK 128: Unexpected Behavior in NumericUpDown Control
SYSK 129: A Tool Every ASP.NET Developer Should Know
SYSK 130: The Sexy Side of Internationalization in ASP.NET
SYSK 131: SQL: String to Bit Conversion
SYSK 132: Loop Performance Comparison -- foreach vs. for
SYSK 133: Oh, the Mighty OUTPUT Clause!
SYSK 134: Intellisense for SQL Server
SYSK 135: Hot Key for Windows XP System Properties Dialog
SYSK 136: INSERT SHRED(DelimitedString) INTO TABLE MyTable
SYSK 137: A Quick Way to Get to System Information Dialog
SYSK 138: Still Using text, ntext, and image data types? Then this post is for you…
SYSK 139: Multiple Environments Support by a ClickOnce Application
SYSK 140: Ranking Functions in SQL 2005
SYSK 143: Async Invocation of Stored Procs from SQL
SYSK 144: A Faster Way to Get a Total Number of Rows in a Table
SYSK 145: Preventing Configuration Setting Inheritance in Web Apps
SYSK 146: SMTP – More Configuration, Less Code
SYSK 147: On the Importance of Script Closing Tags
SYSK 148: Format My Code, Please!
SYSK 149: Performance Analysis of the ‘yield return’ Statement
SYSK 151: New in SQL 2005 – DAC (dedicated administrator connection)
SYSK 152: Comparison of DoEvents, Sleep and SpinWait
SYSK 153: Leveraging XQuery in SQL Server
SYSK 154: Adding Existing Classes to a Class Diagram
SYSK 155: Don’t Know Much About GAX? Then read on…
SYSK 156: For Smart Client Developers…
SYSK 158: IComparable<T> vs. IEquatable<T>
SYSK 159: How to Clear ClickOnce Application Cache
SYSK 160: Implementing Session Expiration Concept in WinForms
SYSK 161: SQL – the Pros and Cons of Updating Statistics Asynchronously
SYSK 162: P/Invoke Required. Or Is It?
SYSK 163: New Way to Reduce the Number of Unhandled Exceptions
SYSK 164: ASP.NET ProfileModule Undercover
SYSK 165: Are You Encrypting Your Stored Procedures?
SYSK 166: Stream Output Performance Comparison
SYSK 167: “A program is trying to access your Address Book…”
SYSK 168: Why Developers Should Know About Memory Bandwidth?
SYSK 169: Quick Access to SPS 2007 Mobile View
SYSK 170: Under the Hood of SQL System Objects
SYSK 171: MSDE Will Not Be Supported on Vista
SYSK 172: C# 3.0 is Not Part of .NET 3.0
SYSK 174: What Does Stand-By Mode Have To Do With Display Device Driver?
SYSK 173: Rediscovering the Immediate WindowSYSK 175: Border for a <TR> Element Without a ColSpan or a Div
SYSK 176: Recycling Only One Application Pool
SYSK 177: Formatting Numeric Data with Comma and Decimal Separators in SQL
SYSK 178: A Simple Way to Improve Performance of a Secure Web Site
SYSK 180: Different Accessor Accessibility
SYSK 182: SQL -- Are We There Yet?
SYSK 183: Variable Number of Parameters – the Right and the Wrong Way
SYSK 184: What Is CardSpace? The Reader’s Digest Version…
SYSK 185: CSS as a Replacement of Tables? Yes!
SYSK 186: CSS as a Replacement of Tables? Yes! … part 2
SYSK 187: The New Way to Get Configuration Settings
SYSK 188: Understanding AspNetHostingPermission…
SYSK 189: The Footprint of SQL Everywhere
SYSK 190: Desktop View at Your Fingertips
SYSK 191: Is Your Public Web Site P3P Compliant?
SYSK 194: “X-Ray Vision” of HTTP Traffic
SYSK 195: Speeding Up Index Creation
SYSK 196: Is there a performance hit and CPU spike when concatenating literal strings?
SYSK 197: Smart Start and Stop Service in VS.NET Build
SYSK 199: A Quick Way To Lock Your Computer
SYSK 200: How To Detect and Remove No Longer Valid Windows Logins From SQL Server
SYSK 201: Using Linked Server? Possible bug discovered…
SYSK 202: Shining a Light into the Mystery of the Boot Process
SYSK 203: Mind That Label Length in SQL Reporting Services
SYSK 204: Windows Vista Resources
SYSK 205: Profiling Tool for .NET Developers
SYSK 206: Aliases in SQL Server
SYSK 207: Delete Recycle Bin Icon from Your Desktop
SYSK 208: Slow Running SQL Queries? Here are possible reasons…
SYSK 209: What Is Groove 2007? And, Is Microsoft Competing with Itself?
SYSK 210: Cross-Process Synchronization
SYSK 211: Trace Only What You Want with TraceSource and SourceSwitch
SYSK 212: Does .NET Garbage Collector call Dispose? Dispose – Best Practices.
SYSK 213: Curious to Know How C# lock Keyword is Actually Implemented? Then read on…
SYSK 214: in cm mm pt px pc em… You guessed it – this post is about font sizes
SYSK 215: Testing the Limits of .NET 3.0 Workflow Foundation
SYSK 216: BizTalk Orchestration or Windows Workflow Foundation?
SYSK 217: Processing WebService Response using JSON
SYSK 218: Reclaim Space Immediately After Dropping a Column
SYSK 219: Solution for SQL Reporting Services Problem Described in SYSK 203
SYSK 220: Triggers and Bulk Insert of Data
SYSK 221: Combat Spyware -- Check Your Browser Settings
SYSK 222: CPU Impact of Animated GIFs
SYSK 223: The Power of Double-Not Operator
SYSK 224: Why Join Is Better Than Sleep
SYSK 225: Portals, Dashboards, Scorecards…
SYSK 226: Exception Handling in JavaScript
SYSK 227: Monthly Calendar control in ASP.NET
SYSK 228: Get Table Columns or Rows with Single Key Press
SYSK 229: AJAX.NET Update Panel or Web Service?
SYSK 230: Do You Need BizTalk To Load a CSV File?
SYSK 232: Why Are There Four HTTP GET Requests Retrieving an AJAX Enabled Web Page?
SYSK 233: How to Decrypt an ASP.NET Encrypted Data
SYSK 234: WeekDiff = Number of Weeks (full + partial) Between Two Dates
SYSK 235: Display .pdf Document Search Results Programmatically
SYSK 236: Using SQL Server Notification Services API Remotely
SYSK 237: What is my Object’s Memory Footprint?
SYSK 238: Vista… Six SKUs… Which One Is For Me and Which One Is For My Spouse?
SYSK 239: Header/ContentPlaceholder/Footer Without Hardcoding Header and Footer Height Size
SYSK 240: AJAX.NET – Resolution for Sys.ScriptLoadFailedException when Opening Login page
SYSK 241: Generate and Download Animated Progress Indicators for Free… Nothing to install!
SYSK 242: PDC? TechEd? What about MIX?
SYSK 243: Stopwatch Undercover
SYSK 244: Writing Multi-Processor and Multi-Core Aware Applications with #pragma Directives
SYSK 245: Are You Using the ‘media’ Attribute In Your CSS?
SYSK 247: Generate BizTalk XSD from SQL Server Generated XML
SYSK 248: I’m an administrator!!! Why do I get User Account Controls prompts all the time in Vista?
SYSK 249: Choosing the Right Microsoft Integration Technology
SYSK 250: How To Start ASP.NET Development Server Without Visual Studio
SYSK 251: A Word about Forefront Client Security
SYSK 252: Running SQL statements at a desired time
SYSK 253: SQL: version, platform info and then some…
SYSK 254: How to make your Windows XP or 2000 run a bit faster
SYSK 255: BizSharp a.k.a. Biz # a.k.a. PPS a.k.a. Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
SYSK 256: JavaScript: Embed or Separate? Pros & Cons of both scenarios.
SYSK 257: .NET way to analyze SQL data I/O performance
SYSK 258: dr[columnIndex] or dr[“ColumnName”]? The cost of field name lookup…
SYSK 259: Is ‘internal’ class modifier a sufficient level of protection?
SYSK 260: Custom Configuration Settings Just Like Ones Used in .NET Framework Classes
SYSK 261: Investigating Blocked Processes in SQL Server
SYSK 262: Lowest common denominator? No – interfaces offer a superior solution!
SYSK 263: .NET Stored Procs Do Not Execute in Parallel using MARS
SYSK 264: Restricting Item Types in Generic Collections
SYSK 265: Thought Provoking Statement About Design by Douglas Martin
SYSK 267: How to bypass YourGenericClass<T> where T : ValueType constraint restriction
SYSK 268: You Know Your Project Is Not Agile If…
SYSK 270: How to implement C++’s typedef in C#
SYSK 271: A Better (?) NameValueCollection Class
SYSK 274: How to Implement a Serializable Type with Read-Only Properties
SYSK 275: Pagination in SQL – Easy!
SYSK 276: Are These “Requirements” or “Desirements”?
SYSK 277: How-To Bring Back the TrustedInstaller
SYSK 278: How-To Use Windows Live Search on Your SharePoint Site
SYSK 279: What’s New in the World of Database Tuning?
SYSK 280: ControlChars in C# Without Using Microsoft.VisualBasic Assembly
SYSK 281: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF): The Missing LinkButton
SYSK 282: How JSON is Making Your Code Cleaner
SYSK 283: Use Caution When Using ‘Short’ Data Type in Enumerated Types
SYSK 285: Is JavaScript an Object Oriented Programming Language?
SYSK 286: What Does a Web Service Proxy Look Like on a Client Side?
SYSK 287: Custom C#/VB (CLR) Types Used in SQL Server
SYSK 288: Callbacks vs. Delegates Explained…
SYSK 290: ASP.NET AJAX -- $get vs. $find
SYSK 291: SQL 2005 SP 2 is Available and Comes with Good News About Licensing Costs
SYSK 292: Assembly in GAC != Assembly in Add References .NET tab
SYSK 293: Business Rules – Easy, Flexible, Decoupled
SYSK 294: Surf Internet Anonymously
SYSK 295: Difference between password handling in SQL 2000 and SQL 2005
SYSK 297: Condense JavaScript Code for Faster Download
SYSK 298: WPF: Control Whether a Grid’s Cell Is Editable in XAML
SYSK 299: WinForms controls and COM support – an interesting fact…
SYSK 300: Why TABLESAMPLE Is Not Returning Specified Number of Rows
Also, below are links to previously published non-technical SYSK topics:
What is the lowest denomination of paper currency ever issued by the U.S. government?
What’s the difference between heat and temperature?
How much time per day does the average giraffe spend sleeping?
Why are many Arctic shrubs evergreen?
What country requires judges to wear wigs?
How did enthusiasts come to be called buffs – as in sports buffs, opera buffs, and computer buffs?
What was the original name of the Bank of America?
In real-estate shorthand, what does the acronym FDR represent?
Who was the first king to be called “the Great”?
Why Tundra flowers are mostly white or yellow?
Which American state was the first to officially abolish slavery?
What are the only three fruits native to North America?
Why is the Sun red at sunrise and sunset?
How many bones are in a giraffe’s neck?
Which U.S. state was the first to impose a sales tax?
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