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Connecting to different database on the fly using Subsonic 2.x

By jonezy | Published: November 3, 2009
Recently I started working on a project at work that requires me to connect to more then a single database at a time (different parts of the app connecting to different databases at the same time). I figured this should be pretty straight forward, Subsonic is relatively mature and should probably support this out [...]
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subsonic won’t update my bit field?

By jonezy | Published: October 28, 2009
I recently ran into a really strange problem while using SubSonic.  I had a bit column in my database that was set to not allow nulls and had a default value of false.  Pretty standard stuff in the world of database design I guess. When it came time to start saving my entities to the database, [...]
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xcopy won’t copy .css files

By jonezy | Published: October 20, 2009
I use xcopy as part of a build script to copy a bunch of files and directories from a subversion checkout directory to another directory so that I can zip them and upload them to a server. I have an exclude file that I use to tell xcopy to ignore files like the obj directory and [...]
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If your gonna fuck up, do it early

By jonezy | Published: October 15, 2009
I’ve worked in the online industry for the last 12 years or so, one thing above all else I’ve learned in my time in this industry You are going to fuck it up Now I use the phrase “fuck it up” in place of fail for effect, for impact, ya know if this was a power point [...]
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Building new features makes sense!

By jonezy | Published: October 13, 2009
But spending an insane amount of time upfront without ever having tested or planning said feature doesn’t make sense at all. If you are going to spend time working on new features, don’t spend time on planning what you think might work. Build something quickly and let your users decide on how it should work. You [...]
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ASP Menu controls aren’t rendering correctly in google chrome

By jonezy | Published: September 29, 2009
“ASP Menu controls aren’t rendering correctly in google chrome” I did a search for this exact phrase about a month ago to solve a quirky problem that I encountered while using the built in asp:menu control that was introduced with version 2.0 of the framework. I could go into a long explanation of how difficult it was [...]
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