[OT] Australian .NET or programming podcasts

2021-01-17 Thread Wallace Turner
Does anyone know a podcaster who discusses tech that has an audience mainly in Australia? Thx Wal

Re: Network monitoring

2020-02-12 Thread Wallace Turner
>my 2 year old NBN connection takes 5 minute breaks multiple times a day, every day. Greg what nbn type do you have? i.e. FTTC, FTTN, HFC etc? my father was on HFC (existing cable connection) and had a similar problem which was hard to diagnose. the eventual fix was the connectors at each end (hous

Re: Linux for .NET Core testing

2019-10-23 Thread Wallace Turner
Greg, i'm using ubuntu 18 in production with 2 dotnet core apps. in fact i just switched from windows/.netframework/mvc5 to dotnet-core on linux as the base image for ubuntu is ~2gig vs 20-25gig for windows (after you run windows updates eleventy billion times) one piece of software i recommend is

free azure configuration

2019-09-19 Thread Wallace Turner
can someone with azure experience tell me how to configure my azure website so i don't incur costs? it is hosting a basic and humble personal website and i would rather it 404's than be charged for traffic. here is what my dashboard looks like... i'm not sure why 'pay as you go' appeared - [imag

Re: [OT] EV SSL best value

2018-08-09 Thread Wallace Turner
://letsencrypt.org/docs/faq/ On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 2:26 PM Wallace Turner wrote: > why not use lets encrypt ? (is there an echo in here?) > especially since its for a dev site... i havent yet seen a good argument > against these certs (i've heard bad ones like 'they're not

Re: [OT] EV SSL best value

2018-08-09 Thread Wallace Turner
why not use lets encrypt ? (is there an echo in here?) especially since its for a dev site... i havent yet seen a good argument against these certs (i've heard bad ones like 'they're not as good because i just paid money for one') and since its a friday and a rant is due... call me a whacko but i

Re: Very slow query on Persisted Column with Function call

2018-07-04 Thread Wallace Turner
does the estimated query plan reveal anything? also just as an aside your index is on `AccountId and NormalizedName but your query is on P.BusinessFileId ? is that an 'AccountId' ? On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:50 AM Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: > Hi, > > I have a table with a persisted column that is

Select while insert on another transaction gives unexpected results

2018-03-14 Thread Wallace Turner
The crux of the problem: 1) you batch insert into a table using a transaction (say 1000 rows) 2) another query simultaneously reads from same table 3) sometimes the query returns partial results - e.g. instead of 1000 rows being returned you get 600 My understanding was a query should return eit

Re: clicking on KB links in windows update [OT]

2018-03-12 Thread Wallace Turner
doesnt do anything for me (no context menu) - i'm on RDP On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Ian Thomas wrote: > Right-click > > > > Regards, Ian > > Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-bounces@

clicking on KB links in windows update [OT]

2018-03-11 Thread Wallace Turner
is there some trick to clicking (or copying) these links or must i type it out ...

Re: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-28 Thread Wallace Turner
hahaha that image is great ‌ On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:38 AM, Craig van Nieuwkerk wrote: > All the Angular (and almost every Js framework) tooling is built with > Node, so on you dev machines at least you are unlikely to be able to get > away from it. Going forward, unless you are planning on

Re: What dotnet magazines do you read?

2017-10-29 Thread Wallace Turner
pretty much just the standups for me, which i find informative and entertaining... you can kind of listen to it and do other things at the same time (like work!) https://live.asp.net/ ‌ On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Bill McCarthy < bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au> wrote: > What dotnet maga

Re: Client-Server choices

2017-10-15 Thread Wallace Turner
i am quite partial to protobuf :) something like this looks good: (we developed our own in house) https://github.com/mtmk/ProtobufSockets ‌ On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, my experiments with the TcpClient and TcpListener classes last week > worked well, my server

Re: Web debugging problem solved

2017-09-09 Thread Wallace Turner
i'm late to this party but what youse reckon of my keyboard? [image: Inline image 1] ‌ On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Greg Keogh wrote: > At a funeral, the Real Programmer is the one saying ``Poor George. And he >> almost had the sort routine working before the coronary.'' >> > > If poor Ge

Re: [OT] Comodo EV SSL

2017-07-11 Thread Wallace Turner
do u have url rewrite [1] installed on IIS ? additionally here is my rewrite rule https://{HTTP_HOST}{REQUEST_URI}"; redirectType="Permanent" appendQueryString="false" /> [1]: https://

Re: [OT] Comodo EV SSL

2017-07-11 Thread Wallace Turner
; http and https to the same domain it went haywire in incomprehensible ways > and I reverted back to https only. I presume there was some simple trick I > missed despite the searches for help. I'll have to battle that problem > again as I'd want both working on my hobby site. > &

Re: [OT] Comodo EV SSL

2017-07-10 Thread Wallace Turner
>It's a shame they only last 90 days that *is* the feature - you set up your server to auto-renew the cert (every 60 days so if theres a problem you have 30 more to sort) so right now on my server i have a scheduled task that checks every day for a renewal. read more here: https://letsencrypt.org

Re: [OT] Comodo EV SSL

2017-07-10 Thread Wallace Turner
is free cheap enough ? https://letsencrypt.org/ b4 you bag it out read the faq https://letsencrypt.org/docs/faq/ On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 6:22 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Why are you using an EV cert? >> > > Because it looks pretty and creates a nice impression. > > I could downgrade to a cheaper

Re: log server [OT]

2017-05-10 Thread Wallace Turner
yep! also if anyone knows what *not* to use that would be appreciated. On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:55 AM, David Burstin wrote: > >> can anyone recommend a log server they know and love? (theres a myriad > of options out there!) > > 5 answers later - 5 different options! > > I love the diversity of

log server [OT]

2017-05-10 Thread Wallace Turner
can anyone recommend a log server they know and love? (theres a myriad of options out there!) our basic arch entails a number of windows services and scheduled tasks running across multiple VMs I was thinking of having each 'thing' log to disk (as always) but also log to the windows event log. th

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Wallace Turner
i'll all for the move... maybe we'll get fresh new minds into the discussion to banter with the dinosaurs On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > You'll be fine Greg. [image: 😊] > > It has an email interface which shouldn't have any Javascript at all. This > depends on your email

Re: HTML5 app suggestions

2017-03-30 Thread Wallace Turner
is your business app suited to a SPA ? On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, I was just told we have a big customer who is aware of the dying > support for Silverlight and they are asking if we have a browser-based > version of our app. We have an original Windows deskt

Re: WebApi - PUT and DELETE

2017-03-26 Thread Wallace Turner
why hasnt anyone attempted to sound important and mentioned idempotent yet!? On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 5:49 AM, DotNet Dude wrote: > Just ask a bunch of devs to define REST and you get all different answers. > I wouldn't take all this too seriously though :) > > On Monday, 27 March 2017, Greg Keog

Re: [Advice] Xamarin as a next step.

2017-03-15 Thread Wallace Turner
> or should I start looking for another job? Yes absoultely :) hit me up please On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Go Unity3D... >> > > Wow, wouldn't that be like using a supercollider to recharge your phone > battery? However in these strange times, who knows?! It's worth read

[OT] need junior/mid level dev

2017-03-15 Thread Wallace Turner
Hit me up if interested; for a 'greenfields' (new!) project back-end likely dot net/core; front end is flexible 3mth initially; very likely longer perth location

Re: Mobile Emulator

2017-02-07 Thread Wallace Turner
[image: Inline image 1] i know you said its installed and running but can u confirm the above is ticked? if yes what happens when you try to create a new VM using the Hyper-V Manager? On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 6:48 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Has anyone here successfully run a Windows 10 mobile app in

Re: Client-side data into asp.net post

2017-01-22 Thread Wallace Turner
that is reliable... i.e. hooking into the form submit event (javascript) and appending any number of hidden input fields... step thru it on Safari browser on desktop? On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, in an ASP.NET app is there a recommended and reliable way of > passin

Re: Friday Rant (today!)

2017-01-22 Thread Wallace Turner
>>Squirrel: It's like ClickOnce but Works™ ha ha On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Geoffrey Huntley wrote: > FYI if you don't know about it: https://github.com/Squirrel/ > Squirrel.Windows is a thing, that sucks less that most options and is a > pit of happiness. > > On 23 January 2017 at 13:4

Re: Friday Rant (today!)

2017-01-18 Thread Wallace Turner
>Is it just me or is WIX just just a complete utter PITA? Yes its garbage. Yes this is just my opinion and apologies if you have built the worlds best installer on WIX but for me it is the most un-intiative piece of crap in the world. I have been waiting for someone else to rant so i myself can ran

Re: [OT] Angular certification

2016-10-13 Thread Wallace Turner
slightly topical link How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Craig van Nieuwkerk wrote: > RC is the new Alpha. > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Nick Randolph

Re: [OT] Ad tracking and security

2016-10-04 Thread Wallace Turner
I had a quick look into this because straight away i thought the scenario Greg described wouldnt be possible just with cookies - that is if you go to site-A and it creates a cookie how would this cookie then be sent to site-B to determine its the same person? As Ken says It appears that they are a

Re: [OT] IIS redirecting

2016-07-26 Thread Wallace Turner
can you see what the network is doing? you dont need fiddler u can just use chrome: as an example type 'google.com' into the browser and then the first response is a 302 ​ On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, on 2008R2 IIS I have to redirect/rewrite all incoming requests

Re: Training/Mentoring a developer who doesn't seem to use many modern development productivity tools

2016-07-19 Thread Wallace Turner
>>Yeah I reckon I must be bombarding her - I'll ease up a bit. I don't know all the details but someone (especially as a programmer) should know their own shortcomings (eg, oh i can't believe i was doing it that way!) and be doing everything possible to get up to speed otherwise I would question t

Re: Mobile enabling MVC application

2016-06-13 Thread Wallace Turner
16 at 3:49 PM, Adrian Halid wrote: > Media queries are great to change a multi column layout (for desktop) into > a single column layout (for mobile). > > Bootstrap is great for this. CSS rules are automatically applied without > refreshing the page. > > > > @Wallace Turn

Re: Mobile enabling MVC application

2016-06-12 Thread Wallace Turner
when applicable (and with the usual disclaimers) i like to use response web design [1] which at its core uses CSS media queries to layout the page based on the browser dimensions. Bootstrap may be useful for helping you achieve this goal. If you are not using Bootstrap already (and i suspect you ar

Re: [OT] PC powering off

2016-06-10 Thread Wallace Turner
> I could use one of those apps that shows you the MB temperature and conditions?! http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Thanks chaps, I'm going to work from the bottom up. I'll swap the power > cord on two machines first. I don't think it's overheat

Re: [OT] PC powering off

2016-06-09 Thread Wallace Turner
Greg, I'm having this same issue now too :( except the computer doesnt randomly turn off but once its off its a real 'experiment' to turn it back on. ie exactly what you just described here > If I pull all the plugs out of the back and wait 5 to 15 minutes and put everything back in, then it powers

Re: [OT] web essentials vs grunt vs gulp

2016-06-05 Thread Wallace Turner
hink the integration with VS is worth > it. > gulp with a watch task to the job fine for me. > I code all those in VS code > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Wallace Turner > wrote: > >> for vs2013 and vs2015 which do you use ? >> i see web essentials doesnt support s

[OT] web essentials vs grunt vs gulp

2016-04-21 Thread Wallace Turner
for vs2013 and vs2015 which do you use ? i see web essentials doesnt support scss and autoprefixing in vs2015 (altho it did in 2013) which is the two things I'm chasing...

Re: [OT] - seeking junior dev

2016-02-18 Thread Wallace Turner
ill looking? I have a mate in Melbs who may be interested. > Was a senior dev about 5 years ago then did something else for a while and > now heading back into .net. If he can live on the pay he'll do it. > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:18 PM, Wallace Turner > wrote: > >> As

[OT] - seeking junior dev

2016-02-17 Thread Wallace Turner
Asking for a friend - looking for a junior-ish dev (2-5yrs) with full stack experience for an initial 3-4mth contract. Project is NEW - looking to use MVC (migrate to .net core when RTM) with bootstrap/knockout and noSQL (most likely ravenDB). Based in west perth but work from home also an option.

Re: Good code to read

2014-12-16 Thread Wallace Turner
http://www.funnelweblog.com/ is good +1 for ayende (ravendb source anyone?) On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Tom P wrote: > > Thanks William I am checking out the mvc source code now actually but > wanted maybe a good non trivial web app and not a framework as such. > > Thanks > Tom > > > On 16 D

Re: vs2013 community edition performance

2014-11-13 Thread Wallace Turner
[mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Wallace Turner > *Sent:* Friday, November 14, 2014 10:53 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* vs2013 community edition performance > > > > I was very pleased to learn about the 2013 community edition which was >

vs2013 community edition performance

2014-11-13 Thread Wallace Turner
I was very pleased to learn about the 2013 community edition which was announced yesterday - the main reason because it supports resharper which I need. However since installing it I've found the performance of opening/closing files and switching files to be woefully slow. Its like click...wait wa

Re: Opinions sought on Xamarin

2014-10-24 Thread Wallace Turner
>Get someone who's been in the trenches to show you how to layout a solution or study open source code. Can you (or anyone) suggest a good open source project done in Xamarin ? On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Geoffrey Huntley wrote: > @rid00z is right on the money. > > Xamarin makes perfect sen

Re: dotnet Cat Systems

2014-04-28 Thread Wallace Turner
nopCommerce ? have tinkered, seems ok On 28/04/2014 1:40 PM, anthonyatsmall...@mail.com wrote: Is there a dotnet ecommerce system i can use for my clients without any royalty fees etc..i have developed my own ecommerce system but thinking i might start using an open source version instead?

Re: [OT] FTP diagnosis

2014-03-13 Thread Wallace Turner
can you try winscp[1] ? filezilla *used* to work for me to connecting to an sftp site; it stopped working couldnt determine why so I now use winscp which works [1] : http://winscp.net/eng/index.php On 12/03/2014 11:12 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: Folks, for the first time in a couple of years I have

Re: What are the Mocking/Testing frameworks/patterns de jour?

2013-12-08 Thread Wallace Turner
Dave Walker do you (and/or your colleagues) use ncrunch daily? Would be interested to hear some real world feedback on that

Re: What are the Mocking/Testing frameworks/patterns de jour?

2013-12-08 Thread Wallace Turner
I also use the R# test runner. (and dotcover) and MS Test I'm using and love autofixture, nsubstitute and autofac

Re: [OT] twitter, something posting on my behalf

2013-12-04 Thread Wallace Turner
r it - pretty sure changing your Twitter password fixes it - also just make sure via Settings and Apps on Twitter that there are no erroneous apps installed. Good luck, Andrew ---- *From*: "Wallace Turner" *Sent*: Thursda

[OT] twitter, something posting on my behalf

2013-12-04 Thread Wallace Turner
i am a twitter noob and this morning while scrolling thru I noticed I had apparently tweeted the below: https://twitter.com/walturner (the link is to a weight loss program) How did this happen ?

Re: [OT] We need a senior developer ASAP!

2013-12-02 Thread Wallace Turner
(sry to the original poster whos thread is now hijacked) >and the first person to pick a number loses. how does that work? they ask you what you want, you say it and they agree to that level. Everyone *can* be happy and no one 'loses' On 3/12/2013 12:38 PM, mike smith wrote: Or if you're al

Re: Runtime log4net configuration

2013-11-10 Thread Wallace Turner
hi Greg, thanks for posting it is very useful as have come across this recently too. In addition to posting here you should blog this if you dont already have one! On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, this post is partly a reminder to myself and anyone else who goes > thr

Re: Process.Start Stuck

2013-09-10 Thread Wallace Turner
dust off windbg, or open dump in vs2010 if .net4 to see what that thread is doing. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: > Existing Logging left and right of the Process.Start :) > > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Wallace Turner > wrote: > >> &g

Re: Process.Start Stuck

2013-09-08 Thread Wallace Turner
does not get stuck and > everything works as expected. doh :( > > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Wallace Turner > wrote: > >> is the process you're starting still running ie can u see it in task >> manager >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at

Re: Process.Start Stuck

2013-09-07 Thread Wallace Turner
is the process you're starting still running ie can u see it in task manager On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: > Hi, > > I have a website that is running some background tasks as separate > executables with Process.Start. > This has been working like this for a long time.

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-14 Thread Wallace Turner
>das keyboard mechanical keyboards http://www.daskeyboard.com/product/model-s-ultimate/ these are especially fun when you want to check you got a password correct :) For fun, I would like to see them remove the F1 key from this model (useless help) and the scroll lock key, (sry teracopy)

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-14 Thread Wallace Turner
Do not accept that the ergonomic keyboard will make your life easier. I used one for well over a year before I realised I hated it. its too big, its inconvenient. when debugging step out is a pain in the neck as I'm used to using my left hand alone to do this (Shift-11) as my right hand is on the m

Re: Serializing large numbers of entities

2013-08-10 Thread Wallace Turner
Its not really that big a deal. If you've got it working with DataContractJsonSerializer then it shld be a drop in replacement.(eg install package and replace your serialize/deserialize calls) I understand what you're saying about using somethings inside the framework but the protobuf library exis

Re: Serializing large numbers of entities

2013-08-10 Thread Wallace Turner
yea! you can build the model on the fly too if you cant annotate the classes On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: > Have you had a look at ProtoBuffers what Wal recommended? > The payload is about 30% smaller and few times faster. > There is a SL implementation as well: > >

Re: Lots of data over a service

2013-08-08 Thread Wallace Turner
> I can't use pure binary serialization because it's not supported in Silverlight clients. >I ran an experiment to convert ~6000 entities How big are you entities? One thing i can suggest is protobuf (protobuf-net). The size of the serialized entities will be *tiny* compared to BinarySerializer or

[OT] 3 month contract

2013-07-29 Thread Wallace Turner
anyone in Perth looking for a 3 month contract (likely extension, potential perm) c# .net mvc linq sql server nunit/teamcity asp.net email me direct thx

Re: Static resources in MVC 4

2013-06-25 Thread Wallace Turner
set the RouteCollection’s RouteExistingFiles property to true. (It’s false by default.) source: http://forums.asp.net/t/1536510.aspx

Re: [OT] My New Pluralsight Course

2013-06-20 Thread Wallace Turner
Since you are in the business of begging, could you please make yourself a cardboard sign or something so we can all give you free stuff as we pass you in the street. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Wallace Turner mailto:wallace.tur...@gmail.com>> wrote: since you are in the business

Re: [OT] My New Pluralsight Course

2013-06-20 Thread Wallace Turner
pport distributed programming models instead? On 20 June 2013 22:01, Heinrich Breedt <mailto:heinrichbre...@gmail.com>> wrote: Mate, you are out of line. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Wallace Turner mailto:wallace.tur...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hes not exact

Re: [OT] My New Pluralsight Course

2013-06-20 Thread Wallace Turner
> > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Wallace Turner > wrote: > >> since you are in the business of spamming the list could you provide a >> free copy of your content please? >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:11 AM, wrote: >> >>> Hi a

Re: [OT] My New Pluralsight Course

2013-06-20 Thread Wallace Turner
Hes not exactly sharing it, is he? On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Wallace Turner wrote: > I dont agree sorry. > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Stephen Price > wrote: > >> Pretty sure one email doesn't classify as spamming. Personally, I think >> i

Re: [OT] My New Pluralsight Course

2013-06-20 Thread Wallace Turner
since you are in the business of spamming the list could you provide a free copy of your content please? On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:11 AM, wrote: > Hi all, > > My new Pluralsight course has just been released “Automated Testing: End > to End” > > > *http://bit.ly/pstesting*

Re: [OT] Great SSMS add in

2013-06-04 Thread Wallace Turner
thanks, is installed and adding value already! On 4/06/2013 9:55 AM, David Burstin wrote: Hi folks, A friend of mine wrote this *free *add-in for SSMS. It's a great search tool for finding and manipulating tables, stored procs, functions and views. http://sql-hunting-dog.com/ I love it. Of

Re: [OT] Windows Desktop search problem

2013-05-07 Thread Wallace Turner
FDISK On 6/05/2013 10:51 AM, Ian Thomas wrote: Nobody with any ideas on this?   Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia  

Re: [OT] Opening shell folders

2013-05-07 Thread Wallace Turner
nice! On 6/05/2013 10:21 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: Folks, I was just looking for the "Send To" folder in Windows 8 and a web search led me to this page which describes an interesting technique for quickly opening special folders: http://www.nextofwindows.com/quickly-access-system-folders-with-shell

Re: occasionally connected application design problem

2013-03-28 Thread Wallace Turner
>Yes, but can RavenDB replicate to SQL Server or SQL Server Express? Does it need to anyway? The OP stated '*probably SQL express databases*' which I'm assuming means he hasnt picked the database for both the front and back end (pls confirm) RavenDB would be highly suitable for this scenario. You

Re: Running code snippets

2013-03-12 Thread Wallace Turner
Greg, back on your original question...this may be handy: https://compilify.net/ On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:28 AM, mike smith wrote: > I'd never want to run PayPal the other way around (EG, sell stuff on eBay, > and have PayPal owe me money) > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Greg Low (Gre

Re: Crypto hash in a Parallel.ForEach

2013-02-17 Thread Wallace Turner
7;ve tried it) every now and then it hits some odd error. I don't think [ThreadStatic] is safe to use with Parallel.ForEach. Corneliu,. On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Wallace Turner mailto:wallace.tur...@gmail.com>> wrote: It should work fine... the following code does wh

Re: Crypto hash in a Parallel.ForEach

2013-02-15 Thread Wallace Turner
attribute your hasher with [ThreadStatic] ? (and obviously move the init check into the loop which would only be done once per thread) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threadstaticattribute.aspx On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: > I hit exactly the same i

Re: sql server concurrency and 'conflicting' updates

2013-02-04 Thread Wallace Turner
om -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Wallace Turner Sent: Tuesday, 5 February 2013 12:54 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: sql server concurrency and 'conflicting' updates i have googled a bit for this but fear i am

Re: sql server concurrency and 'conflicting' updates

2013-02-04 Thread Wallace Turner
age), and allow the user some minutes to make changes before then putting the changes back into the DB. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Wallace Turner Sent: Tuesday, 5 February 2013 12:54 PM To: ozDotNet

sql server concurrency and 'conflicting' updates

2013-02-04 Thread Wallace Turner
i have googled a bit for this but fear i am missing an important keyword. What methods are used to handle concurrent updates in sql server? That is, two users editing the same 'thing'. The way ravenDB does it [1] looks good to me. What support is there for approaches of this type (using etags

Re: 2012 process name disappeared

2013-01-16 Thread Wallace Turner
this fixes it: thank goodness! On 17/01/2013 1:59 PM, mike smith wrote: I sometimes think that changing things is Microsoft's raison de etre. Mike   On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Wa

2012 process name disappeared

2013-01-16 Thread Wallace Turner
since we're all taking about 2012 has anyone else noticed this annoyance: The Threads window no longer shows the Process name: (only the Process ID) Compare this with 2010: Yes I know I can find this information out other ways (ie switching

Re: vs 2010 and 2012

2013-01-15 Thread Wallace Turner
We've got our installers as vdproj. Is there a fancy converter ? :) Interestingly no one has been that interested in the installers and if its they're working then dont change it, so this is a real PITA for us... On 16/01/2013 6:16 AM, Katherine Moss wrote: Vproj? Eew, use Wix instead! *Fro

[OT] Java 0-day vulnerability

2013-01-10 Thread Wallace Turner
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/10/new-java-vulnerability-is-being-exploited-in-the-wild-disabling-java-is-currently-your-only-option/ />Overview -- Java 7 Update 10 and earlier contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary c

Re: DockPanel (Windows Form)

2012-11-15 Thread Wallace Turner
boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Wallace Turner *Sent:* Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:27 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: DockPanel (Windows Form) i'm using 2.6.0.0, we definitely downloaded it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dockpanelsuite an

Re: DockPanel (Windows Form)

2012-11-15 Thread Wallace Turner
t you have used? Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia *From:*ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Wallace Turner *Sent:* Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:51 PM *To:* ozDotNe

Re: DockPanel (Windows Form)

2012-11-15 Thread Wallace Turner
yes, i've done it, with much success. On 15/11/2012 4:03 PM, Ian Thomas wrote: Can I use the WeifenLuo DockPanel (WinForms code library) objects to contain an existing Windows Form? I have a quit complex form that I would like to auto-dock -- and don't want to have to rebuild it entirely. I

Re: [OT] Basic authentication fails when credentials are pasted with the mouse

2012-11-08 Thread Wallace Turner
Without knowing anything about it, I suspect that is rated as a 'feature' and not a fault... similar thing occurs for remote desktop whereby you cant cut/paste the password in (this is bypassed by using mRemote) On 9/11/2012 5:29 AM, noonie wrote: Greetings, We've come across an annoying b

Re: time did not exist

2012-11-07 Thread Wallace Turner
adate 60)wstTimezone) 31/12/2008 4:00:00 PM > All the local times in between are invalid. Drop a note at Connect. -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) On 8 November 2012 10:44, Wallace Turner <mailto:wallacetur...@gmail.com>> wrote: This question is similar to [this][

time did not exist

2012-11-07 Thread Wallace Turner
This question is similar to [this][1] stackoverflow question insofar as the Exception thrown is clear and explicit: I'm converting the 1st Jan 2009 (perth time) to UTC and getting "/System.ArgumentException: The supplied DateTime represents an invalid time/" |[TestMethod] public void TestM

Re: [OT] sql convert datetime problem; forcing order of AND statements

2012-11-07 Thread Wallace Turner
seeing. Your where clauses can be resolved in any order. Actually even your working case can fail too. I've hit this loads of time converting numbers tables to date ranges. Always go the sub query if there's a convert and not all the input data is valid

Re: Determine Gateway issue [SOLVED]

2012-11-07 Thread Wallace Turner
Mike I've been there before, see my SO question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7390285/webrequest-getresponse-taking-a-long-time-unless-defaultwebproxy-is-nulled I really dont like this solution tho (yours and mine) unless its on a per-customer basic (which I think it is in your case) as ob

Re: [OT] sql convert datetime problem; forcing order of AND statements

2012-10-29 Thread Wallace Turner
-Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Les Hughes Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012 6:58 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] sql convert datetime problem; forcing order of AND statements Wallace Turner wrote: > I'm

[OT] sql convert datetime problem; forcing order of AND statements

2012-10-29 Thread Wallace Turner
I'm running into an issue with a select query; it appears the CONVERT operator is performed before any other condition in the WHERE clause. Consider the data below: Now some queries, This one works, note only 6 rows are returned: SELECT Value,

Re: LINQ question

2012-07-26 Thread Wallace Turner
that doesnt work Mike? did you mean: int? foundId = context.Things.Where(t => t.ID == lookupID).Select(t => *(int?)* t.ID).SingleOrDefault(); On 26/07/2012 8:05 PM, Michael Minutillo wrote: Try int? foundId = context.Things.Where(t => t.ID == lookupID).Select(t => t.ID).SingleOrDefault();

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Wallace Turner
i've used this in the past with mvc, may be of use http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#modal-form On 17/07/2012 7:59 AM, Williams, Thomas wrote: Hi Greg -- I'd say it would be worth the overhead to include jQuery and a pop-up/modal like http://swip.codylindley.com/DOMWindowDemo.html Can pop-u

Re: Australian Postcode data source

2012-07-04 Thread Wallace Turner
>But IANAL and unfortunately our in-house counsel had a different opinion… What a surprise and sorry to be cynical but if there wasnt a problem then the lawyer wouldnt have anything to do. whip up a drama. last time i checked there wasnt a copyright on postcodes, ffs. back in my hole On 4/0

Re: no more Macros for VS2012!

2012-06-29 Thread Wallace Turner
Jano, Resharper also fixes the problem if you use Code Cleanup (Ctrl-E, C) and select the default profile 'Reformat Code' It will remember your last profile so you can quickly run it, allbeit with a few more keys. On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 6:39 PM, wrote: > I have ctrl+q (in editor) do the follow

Re: no more Macros for VS2012!

2012-06-29 Thread Wallace Turner
Jano, Initially i thought you mean the trailing whitespace at the *end* of the file, and thought that was seriously OCD (which is a feature in my books!) however re-reading I now know what you mean and YES it bothers me all the time... in fact, can you please send me your macro? Is the main

Re: What's up with braces?

2012-06-28 Thread Wallace Turner
comments??? are you feeling ok today mate?? On 29/06/2012 2:32 PM, Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: The main reason I like the brace on the next line is because I generally use that line for a comment explaining that branch of the code. For a function is not that relevant but for an if or for statement

Re: sql connection taking ages when using IP Address vs Computer Name

2012-06-07 Thread Wallace Turner
NET 2 and above (from memory 2.0 introduced it) On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Wallace Turner <wallacetur...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi All (especially Greg Low tho), I've been debugging

Re: sql connection taking ages when using IP Address vs Computer Name

2012-06-07 Thread Wallace Turner
IPv6 endpoints ? Cheers, j. On 7 June 2012 09:43, Wallace Turner <wallacetur...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi All (especially Greg Low tho), I've been debugging an issue whereby conn.Open( ) was/is

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