The peculiar problem when your entity framework query returns the same row for every record
This one had me confused for a long time, several hours in fact. There were over 8,000 rows in the table, and the for some reason the query was returning the same row 8,000 times. After much rending of garments and gnashing of teeth, I discovered that the table in question (in a sql server […]
Connecting Entity Framework to Sql Server 2000
A lesson learned – when trying to map Entity Framework to Sql Server 2000 (if you must) – make sure that there are no nullable dates – if so, work around them. I just spent hours looking into that.
Something to watch for on WordPress shortcodes
The first inclination is to create a shortcode that will look like [MyShortCode]My Only Parameter[/MyShortCode], which would look like this function MyShortCode_func($content = null){ //————-stuff happens return $processedContent; } However, if you want to have parameters = you must have the $atts parameter in the function, even if it is not used. The proper function […]
How to fix problems with password reset tokens
For some reason, asp.net identity 2 generates password reset tokens that are not property url encoded, but does send them as part of a querystring. Therefore – when you send out the email – the web browser will add spaces to the code, which renders it invalid. The way around that is to base 64 […]
How to fix problems with file creation and web deployment in asp.net
The scenario – you have an asp.net app that creates a file of some kind – everything works great – then you upload it and the file is not created. It turns out that Visual Studio will not deploy an empty folder, or a folder that it seems as empty anyway – if the app […]
My Qnap TS-431P-US 4-bay NAS Review – Part 1
As my current backup server (the now defunct Windows Home Server 2011) is reaching end of life – I reached out to my informed tecnical brethren and all of them mentioned the QNap brand of network attached storage – that in mind, I got the QNap TS431-P – and slapped two four terabyte drives. […]
What to do when intellisense stops working in java script files in Visual Studio 2015
Recently I was working on a project and noticed that none of my jquery code extension were working in Visual Studio 2015. After much rending of garments and gnashing of teeth I discovered that the jquery code snippet plug just doesn’t work with jquery 3 – I downgraded to the most recent version of 2.0 […]
What to do when your web.release.config does not transform in Visual Studio 2015
Make sure that you are building in release mode – i.e. go to Build => Configuration Manager, and make sure that the relevant project is set to “Release” (like below)
How to do a cross domain json request with jquery and asp.net mvc web api
So – I was trying to request some data from one server from another – not normally a big deal, but the data would vary depending on whether or not the user was logged in or not. I thought just setting up CORS would work (I’m using asp.net mvc web api 2). I thought a […]
How to fix problems with missing form values on jquery serialization
So – I was toiling away on some client side code, and noticed that a dropdown value was not being sent on a post command. After much rending of garments and gnashing of teeth I figured it out. I was setting the value with a .val(“something” command) – then doing the post. It would seem […]