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Writing to an output text file and finding out extra characters or lines in it?
If you’re using File.OpenWrite() to create the output file, make sure the output file does not exist. This MSDN article explains what happens if output file exists: For an existing file, it does not append the new text to the existing text. Instead, it overwrites the existing characters with the new characters. If you overwrite a longer str... Read More
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Column aliases in ORDER BY works on older SQL version but not on SQL 2014?
The rule of thumb is: don’t prefix the column aliases with a table name or table alias in the ORDER BY clause, OR just use the column name directly instead. This MSDN article explains it in detail. Read More
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What's new in C# 6?
Even though I’m still using VS2013 for all the projects I’m working on, it won’t hurt to know the new features of C# 6 in VS2015. I might start converting some of them or maybe start the new projects in VS2015, who knows. I won’t try to write about the new features in C# 6 in this post as I am pretty sure you can find them on the Internet. ... Read More
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Display Bootstrap’s Navbar Dropdown Menu On Hover
DEMO Using only 3 simple CSS rules, you can have your Bootstrap’s navbar menu dropdown display on hover seamlessly. Below is the CSS code: /* display dropdown menu on hover only when navbar is not in mobile mode (hamburger menu mode) */ @media (min-width: 768px) { /* display submenu on hover */ .dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu { displ... Read More
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How Many Ways Can You Add Entity Framework Model To Your Project?
Let me count the ways. 3? Well there are at least 3 ways you can add Entity Framework (EF) model to your .NET project, that I know of. One is Code First, second is Reverse Engineer Code First, and third is the ADO.NET Entity Data Model (EDMX). Code First, as the name suggests, requires you to code your EF model. Yep, this requires more co... Read More