How To: Connect to SQL Server with C# and Optimize Reusability. | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 11/16/2008 1:36:58 PM
I wrote a article a while back on how to connection to SQL and publish a class that would do just that. Since it was by far the most popular article on my blog. I'm thinking this must be something people need help/guidance. It's been 8 month since I drafted that class (MySQLConnection). In these las... [More]

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OpenX Ad Management Software | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 9/26/2008 9:49:10 PM
In a side project I had to integrate a ad manager into a existing website. In fact all that there is to be done in add JavaScript or any other suitable tags to the HTML page. The big part is the ad manager. In the quest to find the good one I stumble on OpenX ad manager. This is by far one of the be... [More]

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How to: use Foreach in C# | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 4/16/2008 9:41:55 PM
Understanding foreach was one of the toughest learning experience I had to go trough when learning C#. Foreach is use to iterate trough an Array or a Collection. When searching the web for examples of how to actually use it I never found enough. I decided to show a couple of example that I would of ... [More]

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Say no to IE 6, savethedevelopers.org |Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 4/16/2008 7:49:45 PM
Say no to IE 6! Our current campaign focuses on assisting users in upgrading their Internet Explorer 6 web browser. This campaign will result in former IE 6 users having a more enjoyable experience on the web while (hopefully) creating a less stressful and complicated environment for web developers ... [More]

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My Encryption 64 Class for .NET in C# | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 4/15/2008 10:54:00 AM
We rely on encryption on the Internet more than ever before. For shopping, paying bills, banking online, and many other purposes, it's important that our Internet transactions remain as secure as possible. Encryption is an especially popular and effective technique for maintaining Internet security.... [More]

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CSS Naked Day | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 4/10/2008 2:04:00 AM
It's a little late but I removed my cascading style sheet from my weblog. Participating in this event is great and I like the idea of supporting web standards. Though what really got my to participate is that msdn did, great? Not! I couldn’t get to the .NET Framework Library, so, I had t... [More]

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Six LinkedIn Best Practices | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 3/22/2008 7:16:00 PM
This blog was initially about .NET development, and I find myself to diverge from that goal more and more. But this, is also about development, about professional development.  Laurence and I composed together some best practices on how to use LinkedIn, to better your professional stand... [More]

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PDF Bad Image Problem (Pixilated) | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 3/20/2008 5:34:00 PM
For the last few days I've been trying to print a PDF, it's the first time I really try to print a PDF since I got Windows Vista. My problem was bad images, they were fine in excel and word but once printed trough Adobe PDF, bioPDF or PDF995. It all came out the same, pixilated. ... [More]

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How to: float? | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 3/18/2008 10:52:00 PM
In web design one of my favorite CSS propriety if the float. Here I’ll demonstrate how to use it to built a page header. In this simple example I float every section left, but it can be done differently. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" &... [More]

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How To: Connect to SQL using C# and SELECT, INSERT or any other SQL STATEMENT? | Simon Deshaies

by Simon Deshaies 3/12/2008 12:10:00 PM
I started a thread on the asp.net forums a while back wanting to share with the others a easy way to connect to SQL. Since then I perfected quite a bit the code and made it a class.cs file, that can be up and running inside a few minutes. Connecting to SQL using the design vie... [More]

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