Go ahead and fire up SQL Server (I have 2008 R2) and type the following into a query window (c’mon, you know you wanna): PRINT LEN(‘ ‘) Now run it (F5). 0 That’s right, no matter how many space you put in, the length is 0. This has apparently been around a while and a […]
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OK, as usual I have to open with disclaimers: I am not a doctor, and this is all personal opinion. As this article shows, I also need to be more careful where I spray bug spray. I wrote this up for anyone who may ever wonder about the effects of ingesting a fairly small quantity
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You know… I used to work for GoDaddy. So, when a friend of mine sent this link, I had to watch (be warned: dead elephant is shown). Don’t worry, I tie this loosely into Easter at the end… I think…? Now, I am not exact a PETA zealot…but when their spokesperson was like,”Why not build
THE SUPER SHORT VERSION True, there is no SAFE level of radiation, but if I contract brain cancer, I am going to be looking angrily at my cell phone…or I might remember that day I visited the Star-ship Enterprise and mooned the dilithium crystals. That probably wasn’t my smartest maneuver. INTRO OK, for serious, I
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I love it. My son has called me with the 3rd game he wants to sign up for on the computer. “This time I checked,” he said, “It says right on their site there are no viruses, no malware, and no spyware!” “Buddy,” I replied, “If I was going to write software that installed a
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Bad News… OK, I read this post and it has me thoroughly pissed off… Basically neither SQL Server 2008 SP1 or SP2 are compatible with SQL Server 2008 R2. That is completely lame! I have work to get done, and I already lost an hour applying the Service Pack. Now, in order to attach my
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THE SETUP Pretend you want to open an app.config or web.config file. OK, normally, that is easy. But, let’s say you mange a bunch of config files, and you want to write a widget that can open any of them and edit them programmatically. That means opening a config file NOT part of your EXE
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A friend in Arizona texted me when Giffords was shot on Saturday. I went to fire up Word Press, but then I stopped. I had no information. What was I going to say? Was I just going to catch the tag wave frenzy? That’s not my style, so I waited until there was more background
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I’ve been listening to Digitally Imported for years and years. I’ve recently decided to become a premium member to show my support. What I like about Digitally Imported is that anywhere I have an internet connection, I have access to a great selection of electronic and dance music. Now, with the addition of sky.fm, there’s
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LOLBOOT: Verb. 1. Replaces the word “reboot” when nobody knows why a particular problem is occurring on a computer or server, they’ve spent hours researching it and everyone is stumped. 2. Acknowledges the irony of throwing expertise out the window, assuming the crash position and simultaneously conveying the need to reboot. Usage: “Try lolbooting.”, “I have know idea why air
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