Coffee, smoke and techilicious burps at 3.47 AM
Some half baked ideas by Nilotpal about Tao, Zen and the art of converting coffee into code...
The last blog post...
My last communique has always been quite important for me in all my previous organizations. And I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/20/2009
Visual Studio 2008 Unit tests… Error loading *.vsmdi: *.vsmdi
I got this error. I got no information on the internet as to how to get around it… 3 hours earlier:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/22/2009
Left outer join in Entity Framework
This evening I heard someone say that Left Outer Joins are not possible in Entity Framework or...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/18/2009
To query the local object context
When faced with the dilemma that what if I wanted to insert something and before I actually saved...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/28/2009
Your user profile was not loaded correctly! You have been logged on with a temporary profile.
This is not a problem that I feel you would encounter on a regular basis. I think I had a unique...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/22/2009
Function Point Analysis (FPA) Glossary
Internal Logical File (ILF): An internal logical file (ILF) is a user identifiable group of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2009
Update an entity in Repository Pattern
Look around the web. You will find no Update method in the repository patterns for entity framework...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2009
Repository Pattern – The purpose
We decided to implement the repository pattern for the Entity Framework Implementation in our...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2009
Function Import and Loading of referenced data
Why do Entity Framework Function Imports do not have eager loading? Because when you use Entity SQL...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/20/2009
Are you Eager? Or are you Lazy? Or are you both on a case to case basis...??
Entity Framework, Eager Loading and Lazy Loading, my own 2 cents. For those new to Entity Framework,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/28/2009
StyleCop and Good Code
So you are serious about your code quality huh... well StyleCop is a fantastic tool to ensure that....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/15/2009
Entity Framework FAQ
Lately everyone in my team and around my bay have been talking about Entity Framework. Well since I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/09/2009
It's all there in the cloud...!!
So what's this new buzz word... everyone has been talking about it... Essentially what we are doing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2008
Hot fix for the Entity Framework Bug
I had recently posted about a bug on SQL CE Entity Framework. Please note that the links mentioned...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/14/2008
SQL Server Compact Edition / Entity Framework bug
I am working on this really smart, smart client application installer. Which smartly installs other...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/26/2008
Best RSS Feed Reader
My wife is a writer, and a pretty good one for that matter. Recently she went for a job interview,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/24/2008
Downloading and installing AdventureWorks Database
I am assuming that you want to write a prototype of some sort for which you want a sample database...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/19/2008
Marriage and the movie maker
I am getting married. That's right. Well I don't know about the other parts of the world, but 32 is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/19/2008
Hosting a WCF Service on IIS
Look for this topic on the Internet. The first thing that you will see is the implementation of the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/18/2008
How much are you worth after all...?
Well It has been a really long time since I blogged about anything. Lots of things happened in the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/29/2008
Is Code Folding that bad...?
I am a huge fan of Jeff Atwood and Coding Horror. I usually like his stuff. But I somehow didn't...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2008
Do it smart: Shortcut Keys
Most interesting short cut keys on Visual Studio 2008: Ctrl + R + R: Rename whatever is selected...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/04/2008
Funny Behavior of Google Talk
I was booting up my machine. I had just logged in and all the apps were firing up one by one. So I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/03/2008
Planning to join Google...? Think again.
Sarang just posted on his blog about this post. And it really impressed me. So I thought it has to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/03/2008
Joins in LINQ... What do I return?
I want to write a select query that returns all the data in a table? this is how it would go:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/28/2008
Command Copy exited with Code 1
If you get that error message, it is usually because you have configured your application to run...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/09/2008
login failed for user (Microsoft SQL Server error: 18456)
So you had some problems with your installation of the SQL Server 2005 installation on your machine...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2008
Microsoft Rocks...!
Everyone talks about the workplace of Google... and just look and pictures and say ooh la la...!...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/21/2008
Who are you...?
There was a senior manager from the leadership who had a meeting with the entire team today. He was...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/14/2008
Blogger stops working with Live Writer
I use Microsoft live Writer. I maintain a no. of blogs. One about tech, one about gadgets, one about...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2008
Google Calendar Sync... Bro ha ha...
Google launches Calendar Synch. This provides 2 way Synch with your Outlook Calendar. So every time...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2008
Windows Mobiles Rule...!
For a long period of time there was a fad that windows is bad. Open source and anything anti windows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/04/2008
Netgear wireless router at home - Issues and Solutions.
Hi, I have a Sify Broadband connection at home. And I have a Net Gear wireless router. So now we...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/27/2008
Why can't the developer not think like a user...?
Usability... Microsoft is known for it. She (Microsoft) has given birth to some of the most user...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/21/2008
Code Performance:
I read coding horror. It is a good blog. I just read about the Graphics Programing Black Book. Yes...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/21/2008
Mobile Phone Design Challenges...
So what are the challenges Facts. Typing on a soft keyboard is not ergonomic at all. Hard keyboard...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/20/2008
Now That's what I call a phone... A Phone...? Err... Ahem...!
Now This is what I call a phone... A Phone...?? err... Ahem...!!! It's been almost a year since we...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/08/2008
Do it Smart: SVCUTIL Error
Ok, this is a complete no brainer... SVCUTIL Error: "'svcutil' is not recognized as an internal or...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/25/2008
Do it Smart: Switch between Windows (Vista)
Now this is a smart looking feature... if you look at your quick launch tool bar on your Vista...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/23/2008
Configuring ASP.Net 3.5 applications for IIS 7 on Vista
Ok, it is complicated... There are some issues. So I am logging everything that I can as I do it....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2008
Coding Horror: The Danger of Naïveté
Coding Horror: The Danger of Naïveté
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/08/2008
Software Quality Metrics
I attended a session by one of our senior managers. He defines Software quality metrics as 2 things....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/03/2008
Puzzle...
One of my managers, who also happens to be a pretty smart guy, and I were having a discussion today....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/03/2008
Would you call this a hack...?
Look at this piece of code... Select * into #Constant from SCM3DConstant WHERE 0=1 Would you call...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/28/2007
Do it Smart: Navigating between Windows
We all know how to navigate between windows... it is Alt + Tab... and we also know how to navigate...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/26/2007
Do it smart: Some Interesting Shortcut Keys
Help Shortcut Keys Ctrl + Alt + F1 displays the content window for the documentation contained in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/26/2007