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Sql Server Oddity: Passing Default Values to Functions
Unlike stored procedures, one cannot simply omit a parameter (with a default) to a Sql Server 2000/2005 user-defined function. For example, if you had a function such as: create function...
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Live Africa Video
A friend recently passed on a link to a live video/audio stream from a South African watering hole. I have seen all kinds of animals in the last few days and have become addicted to the relaxing...
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Google Mail for Domains: A Winner
Life has been getting harder for owners of small mail servers on the internet. Costly software upgrades and restrictive anti-spam policies at the major servers have made running your own mail server a...
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Nets Game #28: Away vs. Detroit
A different, yet not unexpected starting lineup was used tonight. Given the size and offensive force on the front line of Detriot, Eddie House would not have been a good fit. Enter Mikki Moore in...
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IE7: Open home page for new tabs
Whenever I set up a new machine for myself, I immediately go to Internet Explorer tab options and check the “open home page for new tabs instead of blank page” option. However, it does not...
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DotNetNuke SMTP Server Settings for GMail
Looks simple enough but it took a few tries to get the SMTP servings right for a “Google for Domains” account: Remember that Google limits each mail account to sending 500 messages a day to foil...
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sp_addlinkedsrvlogin and MSDAORA OleDb Provider Issues
One really handy feature of Microsoft Sql Server is the ability to link to non-Sql Server databases, such as Oracle. This allows you to write simple queries in Sql Server against the other database....
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Microsoft Access Application – Sql Server Does Not Exist
I recently moved a database to a new Sql Server installation for a pro-bono client. They have a legacy Microsoft Access application (adp file) which needed to be re-pointed to the new server. Since...
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Outlook 2007 PST File Did Not Compact
My Outlook PST file recently reached 3GB in size and, while Outlook will still performing ok, I needed to reduce the size of the file to keep the size of my nightly backup reasonable. I removed old...
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Silverlight IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings Not Saving
This is a very simple case of saving a list of settings to Silverlight Isolated storage during an Application Exit event: IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings[key] = settings; When the...
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