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Moving AppSettings to a Database Table.

In one of our ASP.Net application we wanted to change where the AppSettings were stored from a...

Visual Source Safe to Subversion Conversion

Our experience with the Visual Source Safe to Subversion conversion. BACKGROUND Visual Source Safe...

Unexplained SQL Server Timeouts and Intermittent Blocking

We had a problem where our users would timeout for apparently no reason.  I monitored the SQL...

Time Zones and Performance

In one of the systems I work on we have the problem of needing to track the different timezones that...

Where to put the connection string

Machine.config is used for machine specific items – thus the name. It never get moved from...

GridView Sort Column Arrow Performance

I see code like the following a lot: protected void GridView1_RowCreated(object sender...

Connection Pool Misconceptions

Below is the sql to show how many connection are being used from my application. declare @Database...

Checking All CheckBoxes in a GridView Using Client-Side Script

Given a GridView like the one below, I want to add the ability to check the check box in the header...