Connecting Remotely to SQL Server Express
By default, remote connections are disabled for all versions of SQL Server 2005, including SQL Server 2005 Express. If you try to connect from a different machine, you’ll get an […]
Continue ReadingValidating Sizes of Uploaded Images in ASP.NET
I wanted to share a quick & easy way to validate uploaded images in ASP.NET. One of my projects has a feature allowing users to upload a logo. But I […]
Continue ReadingSQL Server 2005 Full Text Search on HTML documents
SQL Server has a decent full text search engine (IMO), but if you have HTML data in your database, it can be tricky searching on it. For example, if users […]
Continue ReadingSending multipart MIME emails using .NET 1.1
If this were an ordinary post I’d show you a bunch of code illustrating how to send multipart MIME emails using .NET. But yesterday I ran across DotNetOpenMail, an open-source […]
Continue ReadingSome issues running ASP.NET 1.1 on Windows 2003
Had a few issues running a 1.1 site on Windows 2003. Things I did to resolve the issues: Made sure v1.1 was selected in the ASP.NET tab in IIS Manager […]
Continue ReadingWeighted Columns in SQL Server 2005 Full Text Search
So I was having a little trouble getting full text search to work with the GUI in SQL Server Express with Advanced Services (formerly SQL Server 2005 Express SP1), so […]
Continue ReadingTips for Virtual Workers
AKA “working virtual, or virtually working?” My friend Griffin Caprio blogged about the virtues of being a virtual worker and finding wifi hotspots. I thought I’d chime in with a […]
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