Monthly Archives: August 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/202121/ Here was a problem that was perplexing us with MS Access. You can only have an autonumber field begin at one. The attached MS Support site shows you how to get around it. Basically, JET has an IDENTITY() operator … Continue reading →

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Understanding Hash Codes in C# Hash Codes are like the double jeopardy of the Cryptex featured in the DaVinci code. With a Hash Code you start with the contents of an object, and you generate a unique identifier (the hash … Continue reading →

I knew I can, I knew I can, I knew I can, I knew I can…. C#’s primitives thru the use of System.Nullable, can be made to support null. To declare a type, lets say an int, as follows: int? … Continue reading →

http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorials/AdoDotNet/Lesson01.aspx Today I was looking for a good tutorial for using SQL parameters rather than build strings on the fly. We ran into STAKS of problems trying to convert different datatypes into a correct SQL string. That said the linked … Continue reading →

My recent Uni project team faced staks of problems recently when it came to synchronising and developing different areas of our system. There were a lot of lessons learnt by all, I’d like to put down here my lessons I … Continue reading →

On the Thought: How do you tell someone their code/design is bad? I’m sure as a Junior Developer there have been many a time people have wanted to tell me this. Some have and I’m all the more better for … Continue reading →

Ok, so the time has come to write tests. You want to conform to Test Driven Development. You’ve been taught the power of Design by Contract, but abysmally, you learn that apart from Eiffel with its postconditions, preconditions and invariants, … Continue reading →