Keith Barrows

VS2008 & Win 7 x64 – Compatible?

Keith Barrows — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:08:10 GMT

Can anyone reproduce this sequence of events? I added 6 lines of code to of my data model view. I compile – no warnings, no errors, build successful. I run the app and the lines of code I added DO NOT EXECUTE! In fact, I am getting an error that...(read more)

VS2008 (MVC) & Win 7 x64 – Compatible?

Keith Barrows — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:49:42 GMT

I am currently developing on a Win 7 (build 7000) x64 box using the newly released MVC addition for ASP.NET. While the promise of MVC is great, the reality that this developer has been experiencing for the last 2 weeks is not at all what I expected. ...(read more)

Late Notice – MVC has been released.

Keith Barrows — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:39:02 GMT

New machine, new OS, new this and new that I forgot to post a blip on the hottest release from Microsoft – MVC! I’m not going to hammer on it so feel free to read the following: Phil Haack – ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Released ScottGu - His free ASP.NET MVC...(read more)

Snow Day

Keith Barrows — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:12:05 GMT

My wife and I were supposed to go to her Doctor’s appointment today. After nearly 15 minutes of driving we had made it about a mile into a 30+ mile drive. Time to turn around and try it another day. Nasty, nasty day today. White...(read more)

MVC RC2 Released

Keith Barrows — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:26:00 GMT

Microsoft’s ASP.NET team has been hard at work. Phil Haack just blogged on the latest release of MVC – which is Release Candidate #2. Make sure to read all of the requirements as they have changed a bit since RC1. More later. Share this post: email it!...(read more)

MVC, Master Page, Extension Methods and Controlling your menu items

Keith Barrows — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:10:00 GMT

I am working on an application using MVC and discovered quite quickly that there is no documented way to control my main menu’s looks while it is in the master page. After searching for an hour or more I knew there had to be a way to overcome this without...(read more)

Starting a new gig...

Keith Barrows — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:25:00 GMT

I am finally back to working with modern technologies - and for myself. I am no longer an employee of a corporation! I am so looking forward to being on the cutting edge again after a year of classic ASP and some .NET 2.0 Win Services. I can't go into...(read more)

Windows XP Pro x64

Keith Barrows — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:15:00 GMT

I am biting the bullet now. I have a desktop that is running an AMD Opteron (Dual Core) and have never run a 64 bit OS. I have Win XP Pro x64 on my MSDN subscription so decided to repave this desktop and install it. Several false starts later I finally...(read more)

Missed my High School Reunion :(

Keith Barrows — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:59:46 GMT

Wish I had thought to google for this. Another classmate just left me a message on MySpace and the link to my HS Reunion site . <sigh/> With all of this technology at hand it is still hard to know when periodic events like this happen. ...(read more)

Loading XML with accented characters breaks System.XmlDocument.Load()

Keith Barrows — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:29:00 GMT

It took me a bit of time but I finally found a solution for loading a XML file that has accented characters (like áéíóúâä) into a UTF-8 format. I'm loading data for a client and it ended up having a name in it...(read more)

Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is on CodePlex

Keith Barrows — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:18:37 GMT

The Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a new library in .NET that enables greater reuse of applications and components. Using MEF, .NET applications can make the shift from being statically compiled to dynamically composed. If you are building extensible...(read more)

SQL Not In Revisited

Keith Barrows — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:52:46 GMT

I always seem to struggle with a NOT IN clause when there are more than one column to compare. This, of course, comes up when I am trying to get records from one set that are NOT IN another set and the comparison has to be done across multiple columns. ...(read more)

SQL XML - TreeView

Keith Barrows — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:52:47 GMT

I sometimes forget how to do an XML output formed in a tree when dealing with a single table parent/child relationship. There is a great explanation on SQL Server Central on *how* to do this . I am mainly capturing the link and the SQL I just...(read more)

Microsoft's Velocity - Caching turned up a notch

Keith Barrows — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:28:41 GMT

Microsoft just released it's CTP-1 of a new caching product code named Velocity. It is a distributed caching technology that should add extra velocity to your ASP.NET applications. Summary: “Velocity” is a distributed in-memory application...(read more)

VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 SP1 (Beta)

Keith Barrows — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:40:45 GMT