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ORA-01008 Not All Variables Bound error

I have recently had the opportunity to work ( once again ) with Oracle. Specifically, I had to create a mechanism that would, based on configurable settings, update either a SQL Server or an Oracle database. In and of itself, this is not particularly Read More...

The Cost of Migrating from VB6

Recently, a question regarding the cost associated with migrating from VB6 to VB.NET was asked by one of our clients. Since that is a question whose answer has a broader appeal than just to the asker, I thought I would replicate my response here. It should Read More...

Looking for Mr (or Ms) GoodDeveloper

Business has been booming of late at ObjectSharp. Don't know whether it's the weather or the business cycle, but our recent company barbeque had more new faces that I've seen in many years. And we haven't lost any of the old faces either. And yet it doesn't Read More...

Toronto Code Camp Registration Opens

The rumours have been swirling. Now the truth is out. On Sat. Jan 14, there will be a Toronto Code Camp. You can register/find more infomation/hang out at http://www.torontocodecamp.com/ If you're a developer looking for in-depth content from the people Read More...

The Dual Life of Code Behind

When you create an ASP.NET page using Visual Studio .NET, the default processing model is to use code-behind (the basics of which I described here ). One of the more interesting aspects of code-behind is that you can specify the code for the code-behind Read More...

New Article - Optimizing the Downloading of Large Files in ASP.NET

Just to let everyone know, I have posted a new article on techniques that can be used to optimize the downloading of large files in ASP.NET. It discusses some of the architectural issues that impact download speed if you need to push multi-megabyte files Read More...

Sending Mail through SMTP with Authentication

If you have looked at the process of sending emails from within .NET, odds are pretty good that you have stumbled across the SmtpServer class. To send email, you create a MailMessage object, assign the necessary properties and then use the Send method Read More...

Cookieless Sessions and Security

In a previous blog , I pointed out that Microsoft had created an HttpModule that mitigated the ASP.NET cannonicalization issue that was first described a couple of weeks ago. In one of the comments, Amir asked about the security issues surrounding the Read More...

Poor operator overloading (or why I'm an evil developer)

In the project that I'm working on, I had the need to overload the Equals operator for a custom class that was being used. This is a fairly well known problem, although if you haven't done it before, there are enough traps to make it challenging. More Read More...

Missing random files while serializing nested classes

One more post aimed at solving the mystery of a strange error message. The situation is as follows: A public class is defined so as to include a nested class. Within the public class, a method is defined that XML serializes the nested client, the reason Read More...
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