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Software Tip: How To Export A Table To XML File In SQL Server Management Studio

ragin'Geek — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:24:16 +0000

There doesn’t seem to be a User Interface for exporting a table to an XML file in SQL Server Management Studio. It seems that Microsoft completely overlooked the case when you just need to do a one time export. (more…)

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Save Your Maxtor One Touch 4

ragin'Geek — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:56:55 +0000

If you happen to have a Maxtor One Touch that is going or has seemingly gone bad, don’t fear. Your data is most likely safe. It’s just that something has gone wrong with the controller card in the unit. For a few months my One Touch was hit or miss (probably 1 out of 5 times it would actually work). Finally I got tired of it and cracked open the case. I disconnected the Sata drive from the card and connected it to the Sata controller on my motherboard. After I booted up my machine and opened explorer, I was able to drill down into the drive and see all my data!

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Software Tip: Linked Item Fails to Preview in Sitecore

ragin'Geek — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:15:28 +0000

Recently I encountered a situation where a linked item would only show in preview mode when the preview date / time was prior to 12/15/09 12:00pm. There were no publishing restrictions on my linked item. So I was very perplexed. After a few fruitless days of exchanging posts on the support site my issue was escalated to the next level and I was able to talk to a support rep. After a few minutes of showing him what was going on, he figured out that it must be a publishing restriction on an item in the path of the linked item. So we walked back up the item path in the content tree checking publishing restrictions for each node as we went along. Finally we got to the Home node and low and behold someone had set it to expire on 12/15/09 12:00pm. After we removed that expiration, previewing worked as expected.

HTH!

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Software Tip: Add Machine Name to Log4Net Filename

ragin'Geek — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:20:13 +0000

If you have multiple servers logging to the same folder, you can create unique file names by adding the server name to the file that it logs to by changing your log4netConfig.xml file to something like:

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Beware! SQL Server Stops Execution on Recompile

ragin'Geek — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:39:47 +0000

Can anyone tell me why Microsoft SQL Server stops executing a stored procedure when it is recompiled? This is dangerous behavior unlike any other software code release system I’ve ever seen. Through all my years of SQL development this thought never crossed my mind. (more…)

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Wendy’s Boneless Buffalo Wings - Yuck!

ragin'Geek — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:52:44 +0000

As a buffalo wing enthusiast, I was excited to see a fast food restaurant was finally offering them. Although boneless buffalo wings are not the true buffalo wings we all know and love, I’ve found that buffalo wing sauce goes exceptionally well on anything. Have you tried it as a replacement for pizza sauce on pizza? On a Chicken sandwich? On Thanksgiving Turkey? Mmmmmmmmmm. (more…)

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Software Tip: Default Value for Checkbox in Sitecore

ragin'Geek — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:44:03 +0000

In Sitecore, if you want to default a checkbox in a template to checked, set the default value to 1.

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Why do we let smokers litter?

ragin'Geek — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:13:52 +0000

On our summer camping trip in Yosemite my family and I were excited to get what appeared to be an excellent campsite at the Crane Flat Campground. It was a large site on the edge of the meadow with lots of large rock formations for privacy and rock climbing. While scouring the site to determine the best spot to pitch the tent I noticed several large clusters of cigarette butts. There were literally thousands of cigarette butts throughout the campsite. My excitement turned to anger as I realized we would basically be camping in an ashtray. Why do smokers so self-servingly disrespect others and nature?
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Fun Pic: Dart in a Dart

ragin'Geek — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:46:24 +0000

During a rather competitive game of Tiaga Darts, I threw one dart through the tail of another, kinda like Robin Hood.

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Stranger Among Bears

ragin'Geek — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:29:49 +0000

I watched “Stranger Among Bears“ last weekend on Animal Planet. And as an avid hiker and nature lover I couldn’t help but admire the relationships Charlie has with these bears. (more…)

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