Here is the proof, according to the site Great White Snark: I am intelligent and obsessed, but I think I tend to lean towards nerd as well.
VS2010 RC will expire in 3 weeks
If you show the About form of VS2010 RC, you will see that your version will expire soon, and for me it will be just in time to buy (or download) the RTM version!
ASP.Net Path
Rick Strahl saved my day with his post “Making sense of ASP.NET Path” especially the following line:
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Orchard Project on Web Platform Installer
The Orchard Project can now be installed via the Web Platform Installer (WebPI). Just follow the instructions!!
The source files are still available on CodePlex.
Orchard Project - Reusable Applications and Components for ASP.NET
The Orchard Project aims to create an application and reusable components using ASP.NET. Additionally, in the short term, it will provide a CMS application based on .NET.
Having tested it several times, it seems very promising, but still too immature to consider using it as my Blog engine. But we’ll see….
The source code is available on CodePlex
XKCD got it right...
Alexhave pinned 2 XKCD flowcharts that are more than accurate and I think I should repost here:
You need this oneto understand the other one:
This iswhat any user should do prior to call support:
Hope you enjoyed and find a solution to your problem.
SqlDataSource and ORA-01036 Illegal variable name/number
If you ever use the Oracle ODP.Net component with SqlDataSource and get the ORA-01036 Illegal variable name/number error, it is mainly due to the fact that your number of parameters does not match the number in your Insert, Update, or Delete query. I had this problem using a ComposedKey with the ASPxDataGridView from DevExpress. You need to remove the ComposedKey field before executing the query.
Here is the conversation on ASP.Net that helped me resolve this issue.
[Read More]Using ODP.Net 9 and 11 on the Same Machine
If you want to use Oracle’s ODP.Net 9 and 11 in parallel, you must absolutely uninstall version 9 of Oracle.DataAccess from the GAC. It was blocking me when I wanted to use the graphical tools of VS2008 (Server Explorer and DevExpress).
My question on StackOverflow
Atlassian at a Low Price and for a Good Cause
As Frédérick mentions, Atlassian offers some of their products (Jira, Confluence, GreenHopper, Bamboo, FishEye, and Crowd) for only $10 each!
In addition to enjoying excellent products, Atlassian donates the money to Room to Read, so you kill two birds with one stone!
Visual Studio 2010 RC 1
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2010 RC 1 (release candidate) version. This free version is available here. You can start experience this new version before the official release.