July 2006 - Posts

• Prefixing Database Tables

  Posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 2:24 AM | 2 Comments
  
  

  Reviewing a database with 400 tables is no easy task, especially when you didn't make the database.  It seems like it would make everyone's life easier is if people would prefix their database tables in a way that helps group tables logically. For Read More by Damon | 2 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: Databases

• The Innocuous NAD

  Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 12:37 AM | 2 Comments
  
  

  Language is a quirky thing.  I’m from Texas, so I speak American, Texan, and my six years of classroom Spanish have given me the ability to ask for beer and directions to the bathroom.  I say that I speak American because I’ve been told by Read More by Damon | 2 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: Life Attachment(s): BINARY_NAD.gif

• Creating Class Instances from Type Strings

  Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:16 AM | 0 Comments
  
  

  If you've looked through the web.config or the machine.config then you've had to have seen various type strings strewn about the configuration.  But have you ever wondered how they use those type strings to actually make a useful class instance (or Read More by Damon | 0 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: .NET Development

• Demoralizing a Table

  Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:01 AM | 1 Comments
  
  

  Even though I'm a web developer by nature, I find myself writing about databases fairly often.  At work I'm writing a proposal for building a reporting database with a denormalized structure for better query performance and I keep running into a Read More by Damon | 1 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: Life, Databases

• In Loo of Technology

  Posted Monday, July 03, 2006 1:37 PM | 4 Comments
  
  

  I can imagine how the conversation must have gone.  A slick salesman stood in the board room staring down a room full of business savy executives.  "Just image how much money you will save," said the salesman, producing a break even analysis Read More by Damon | 4 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: Life, Technology