July 2005 Entries
I just did something that was bound to happen. I deleted data from a production database. But it wasn't just any data; it was the user's role information on our website. It wasn't just some, a little, or most of the data; I deleted the whole freakin' table. Good job. Yay me. I was performing some routine user maintenance and was trying to delete a single role but I forgot to comment out my test SELECT statement in the DELETE query. So when the script ran the table data got whacked. I reviewed the row counts and immediately saw what...
The new PSP v2.0 firmware is now available for download. This is what we’ve been waiting for people. This is the update that installs a web browser on your PSP. From the sounds of it the browser might actually be pretty capable with sizing features and *gasp* tabs. Grab this one folks. Via Scoble. Update Instructions: - Connect your PSP to your PC via USB cable. - Goto the directory /PSP/GAME/ in your memory stick. - Create a sub-directory named "UPDATE" (MUST be uppercase) - Copy the downloaded PBP file into this directory. - Rename it to "EBOOT.PBP" (MUST...
Scoble reports that there are a whole bunch of videos on Visual Studio Team System at TeamStystemRocks.com. See everyone, Scoble can be right about some things. Keep doing what you do Rob.Now Playing: Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
I had a question. How do I launch an application after installing it with a Visual Studio deployment project? Luckily, the newsgroups know all. To achieve this, we can add the primary output of the application (the EXE file) to the "Install" custom action. We also need to change the "InstallerClass" property of the custom action to "false". As a result, when the installation is finishing, the application will be lanched. However, the Windows Installer Session will be suspended to wait for the return of the application. This "Synchronous execution" behavior of the custom action is by default. If...
How to use the ASP.NET utility to encrypt credentials and session state connection strings More to come…
I’ve got to check the Channel 9 Video feed more often. Channel 9 posted a ten minute chat with MS head honcho Steve Ballmer. It’s an interesting video. The one thing that I found surprising was Ballmer’s energy. I always thought that his energy level was more of a sales pitch thing than anything else. Kinda like the way radio DJ’s are always over exaggerating things. But it seems like he’s really like that. Now it could be that he’s just hamming it up for Channel 9 but I don’t think so. Note to self: a good leader should...