http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summaryMon, 30 Oct 2006 13:13:44 +0000http://www.spotlightIT.com/blogCraigBlogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/116679968454006869Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:01:24 +00002006-12-22T15:01:24.616Zwww.taxcalc.eu Updated for the 2006-2007 budget allows calculation of tax allowanceshttp://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/12/tax-calculations-for-irish-budget-2007.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/116678801871021989Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:46:58 +00002006-12-22T11:46:58.903ZI have been looking into pricing and features of the new visual studio team system.It is unfortunate that this product is being pitched at the enterprise market to the exclusion of smaller teams, which could do with the functionality.Here are some of my favourite features:- A SQL server based replacement for Visual SourceSafe, finally ! - Code Coverage tools to show how much of the code was http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/12/visual-studio-team-system.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/116281508031154511Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:10:00 +00002006-11-06T12:11:20.326ZWhen dealing with different database names per country/region it is quite common to write the following code IF @Region = @Const_Ireland BEGIN Select * from DATABASENAME_IE.dbo.Orders where........ Update DATABASENAME_IE.dbo.Orders Set OrderDate=... where........ etc etc END IF @Region = @Const_UK BEGIN Select * from DATABASENAME_UK.dbo.Orders where........ Update DATABASENAME_UK.dbo.Ordershttp://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/11/replacing-region-specific-blocks-of.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/116133723337356109Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:40:00 +00002006-10-29T14:37:02.666ZAfter years of nondevelopment the worlds most popular browser internet explorer has been released to version 7. Some nice new features but nothing that FireFox doesn't already have. This will probably be sent to the world in general via automatic updates at some stage. If testing different browser compatability for your web pages and you still want to have IE 6 on your machine you can try http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/10/internet-explorer-7-released.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/116118639481729256Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:46:34 +00002006-10-18T16:46:35.763+01:00I'm buying a printer and when out at lunch today I dropped into one of those shops (that shall remain nameless) that refill cartridges to get some advice. Q. Which is cheaper for printing large amounts of black and white A4 paper, Laser or Inkjet ? A. You will have to replace a cartridge every 200 sheets for an inkjet, every 2000 for a laser, much cheaper... I think this could be an exagerationhttp://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/10/printer-supplies.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/116058619228691475Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:03:00 +00002006-10-11T18:17:48.416+01:00Andy McDermott sitting beside me (check local press for his comedy gigs !) just bought me a Nestle "Lion Bar" to prove a point that he has been saying for the past few months, and you know, he's right, IT IS THE best accompaniment with a cup of tea. The only payment he demanded was to spread the good word. So, to both of you reading this blog now you know, try a lion bar instead of your regular http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/10/its-official-best-chocolate-bar-to-go.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/116056888187301512Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:14:41 +00002006-10-11T13:14:41.956+01:00Essential for searching for open source code, why reinvest the wheel Google Code Search Check out this blog for great comments like "I am drunk and coding like I am the greatest coder of all time." and other funnies found...http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/10/google-code-search-released.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/115952406510632830Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:01:05 +00002006-09-29T11:01:05.180+01:00The makers of the excellent SQLCompare tool will likely see a slice of their market dissappear with the comparison features of this new VS.Net 2005 edition. Here are a few more reasons its going to be successful. What Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals Can Do for You Automatic storage of database changes in Source control is well overdue, no more jumping http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/09/watch-out-redgate-here-comes-vs-2005.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/115927206958299431Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:58:00 +00002006-09-26T13:01:09.613+01:00This MP3 player is about the size of an iPod nano but will also play windows media WMA files, has a FM radio and the 2GB model is only €70 ex VAT Neon mp3 playerhttp://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/09/it-looks-like-nano-but-at-less-than.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/115642823772136073Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:03:57 +00002006-08-24T15:03:57.733+01:00 Add the following http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/08/forcing-pages-to-expire-in-net-20.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/115522549179710192Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:55:00 +00002006-08-10T16:58:11.866+01:00Download these professionally designed Starter Kits and XHTML templates to get you started creating compelling, standards-compliant Web pages with ASP.NET 2.0. There are four Starter Kits. These Starter Kits are complete web site solutions using ASP.NET’s latest controls (tree view control, grid view control, detail view control, login control, site map path controls and more). There are another http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/08/aspnet-20-themes-styles-skins-and.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/115296542683856507Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:10:26 +00002006-07-15T13:10:27.060+01:00I have just started a new contract role delivering ASP.Net 2.0 web applications agains a SQL Server 2005 database. One of the aspects of this project is the use of the CSLA .NET 20 framework by Rockford Lhotka. This open source framework allows the creation of object oriented business objects that can be located across 5 logical tiers. It encapsulates common functionality encountered when http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/07/csla-net-20.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/115019140169526636Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:36:41 +00002006-06-13T10:36:42.140+01:00Microsoft have finally got on the bandwagon, instead of having to use tools from Reg Gate software such as SQLCompare when Team system releases in late 2006 you will be able to add new database objects through your project, compare database schemas (even if they aren't part of your Database Project), compare the data contained within a table for differences, reverse-engineer objects from a http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/06/vs-team-edition-for-database.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/114958168949703653Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:14:49 +00002006-06-06T09:14:50.046+01:00Windows Vista: Get Readyhttp://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/06/check-if-your-pc-is-capable-of-running.htmlCraighttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7419256/posts/summary/114848644868026562Wed, 24 May 2006 16:00:48 +00002006-05-24T17:00:49.286+01:00CodeTranslator: Free Code Translation From VB.NET C# Very useful tool, does a great job from C# to VB.Net 2005 anyway. They also say that privacy of code is assured as its converted on the fly and not saved on their server.http://www.spotlightIT.com/blog/2006/05/codetranslator-free-code-translation.htmlCraig