Monthly Archives: November 2006

Invalid Use of Default Parameter

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Sam

For some unknown reason I'm connecting to a Oracle 10g database via ODBC (from .Net! don't ask). I was adding some new code to a existing project which I'd manage to get to use IDataReader and such so that if one day I … Continue reading →

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Robin Returns

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Sam

One of the blogs I regularily read [1] just pointed me to this article on the BBC web site. Looks like Robin Hood gets another series, hurrah! The first one has been good fun so far - very silly on … Continue reading →

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Implement “Donut Caching” with the ASP.NET 2.0 Output Cache Substitution Feature

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Sam

  Scott Guthrie has produced yet another brilliant blog post on a new feature in ASP.Net. To be frank I never used the old ASP.Net 1.1 caching (bad me!) but I fully intent to use this new feature as soon … Continue reading →

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Timers and Threads in .Net

Posted on November 9, 2006 by Sam

I recently came across the following 'gotcha' which once you know about it seems really obvious, but was driving me up the wall. Side Note: Timers in .Net In Visual Studio 2003 there are 2 timers availabe from the toolbox, … Continue reading →

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Big Developer Announcements from Microsoft

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Sam

Tim Heuer was the first I've spotted of what I'm sure will be quite a few announcements about the final release of .Net Framework 3.0. Apparently they've also released a small product call 'Office 2007' to go along with  the .Net Framework, but … Continue reading →

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Flickr.Net API – Example Web Site

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Sam

I've created a quick example Flickr.Net web site in Visual Studio 2005, for both VB.Net and C#. There is a simple page that performs authentication, and stores the resulting authentication details in the session variables. There is also a very … Continue reading →

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FlickrNet API Library updates

Posted on November 3, 2006 by Sam

 I've done a batch of bug fixes and updates to the FlickrNet API library, including Photos.DateAdded which tells you when a photo was added to a group, and the PhotosRecentlyUpdated method which details your recently updated photos. Download from Codeplex … Continue reading →

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FlickrWebCam

Posted on November 3, 2006 by Sam

A new application using the Flickr.Net API Library has been launched. Basically allows easy and quick uploading of your web cam images onto Flickr! Cool or what. Possibly based on the Coding 4 Fun article that tells you how to … Continue reading →

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VB.Net vs C# in Visual Studio 2005

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Sam

Strangely enough considering my background using Visual Basic and programming in Access (since version 1.1 no less, back in the day it was called Access Basic) and developing web sites using ASP when .Net came out I switched straight away to … Continue reading →

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