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My blog of techy stuff, ranging around SQL (SQL Server, that is), C# and .net, JavaScript and a smattering of stuff about the Orchard CMS (that powers my site) as I get more familiar with it. There's the occasional non-technical post when something is of interest to me that I feel is worth sharing, but they should be few and far between
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Splitting out ASP.NET Core Identity into a separate library
In a recent post I described how to change the data type that ASP.NET Core Identity uses for the generated id's for users. Before I go much further I want to split this out into a separate library, …
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A brief look at the Windows Admin Center (1809)
A few days ago I happened to look at the list of recently installed updates in the Settings app and noticed that I'd received an update for Windows Admin Center 1809 which reminded me that I'd …
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Wrapping ConcurrentQueue<T> to make it eventful
One of the projects I inherited has been merrily sat on its server bubbling away and doing what it needs to do since before I joined the company until a few days ago when another service on the …
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Taking the GUID out of ASP.NET Core Identity
I've been working on an ASP.NET Core web project using the built-in ASP.NET Core Identity solution. All the project scaffolding was done by choosing to create a new ASP.NET Core Web Application, …
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Styling the Orchard Tag Cloud so it looks like a cloud, not a list
I've had a tag cloud sat on the right-hand side of my blg (or down the bottom for those viewing on mobile devices, or computers with tiny screens) pretty much since I set it up on Orchard. The tag …
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My "Hit Refresh" moment - twelve months on
Yeah - it's the cat, again.
Twelve months ago Dona Sarkar encouraged me to write about My Hit Refresh moment. Quite a lot's changed since then so I thought it'd be good to write a retrospective, …
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SQL Operations Studio is now Azure Data Studio, with added Azure Resource Explorer
In true Microsoft fashion, SQL Operations Studio has undergone a re-brand and is now Azure Data Studio (you can download it here). Along with the reccent re-brand of Visual Studio Team Services (the …
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'Application cannot be started' running SQL Server Reporting Services Report Builder
SQL Server Reporting Services delivers its Report Builder as a click-once application when you click on the 'Report Builder' icon in the toolbar of the web application, unfortunately sometimes it " …
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TIL: You can mark due dates on Trello cards as complete
I use Trello at work to keep track of support requests from the business in lieu of a full ticketing system (though that's something that's in the works!). As a stop-gap measure to make sure we can …
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SQL Operations Studio, what is it and why should I use it?
Since the availability of a preview version of SQL Operations Studio (SOS, for short) was announced in November last year, It's been forever on my to-do list to download and take a look. Like …