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May 2006 - Posts

Threading Subtleties
Scott Allen talks about atomic operations. You forget that operators equate to a method call. Its exactly these kind of coding assumptions that get you in trouble (Who is always saying "Know your CLR?").  When stuff like this happens in my favorite Read More
posted 18-05-2006 09:36 by gmckinley | 0 Comments   
SQL Performance Reminders
Just a couple of SQL Server reminders to keep your database skills sharp. 1. Use Fully Qualified Names. This allows SQL Server to better access the stored procedures execution plan and speed up its performance. EXEC pubs.dbo.reptq1 2. Use SET NOCOUNT Read More
posted 16-05-2006 08:17 by gmckinley | 0 Comments   
In the trenches style article
Mike Gunderloy's latest article Working Smarter With ASP.NET 2.0 has some great tips for developing an ASP.NET 2.0 app quickly. Many ASP.NET projects have extremely short development cycles so it is vital to "hit the ground running". This article is a Read More
posted 02-05-2006 07:56 by gmckinley | 1 Comments