April 18, 2013
by Dirk Watkins
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If you’re using Windows Authentication for your SQL Server database you’ll need to run SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as that Windows account to test queries. SSMS normally runs as the user logged in to Windows, but there is a … Continue reading
April 2, 2013
by Dirk Watkins
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When looking at long queries you’ll typically need to remember what data is in one of the tables. SSMS allows the creation of shortcut keys that can be used to quickly look at the first row in a table. You’ll … Continue reading
November 20, 2012
by Dirk Watkins
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If you have intranet sites using Windows Auth that are not fully qualified domain names (fqdn) (like http://companyintranet/) you probably noticed that Firefox constantly prompts your users to enter their windows authentication credentials. You can easily get Firefox to work … Continue reading
September 17, 2012
by Dirk
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In a Visual Studio 2012 class file, type “prop” and then press tab twice. There are a few options, but at least check out “prop” and “propfull”. This will create a template getter/setter property for you! When you modify the datatype … Continue reading
June 18, 2012
by Dirk Watkins
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By default IIS 7.5 will recycle your web application’s worker process after 20 minutes of inactivity. In a nutshell, this means that when you have a site that is used lightly, it will take a while to start up. This … Continue reading