A Blog About Random Computer Subjects
Summary In this blog post I’m going to demonstrate how to do a bulk data insert using ADO. I’ll be adding code to my helper set of tools so that you can use the ADO database code at my GitHub account to write clean ADO database methods. Bulk Inserts The C# SqlClient library contains a … Read moreBulk Data Inserts
Summary I’ve blogged about how to write a windows service before (click here). In my previous blog post I did not deep-dive into how to handle a cancel request issued by someone who is clicking on the stop button. In this article, I’m going to expand on the previous article and show how to setup … Read moreWriting a Windows Service with a Cancellation Feature
Summary In this post I’m going to demonstrate how to generate a safe token for a custom session module. The Session Token When a user logs into a website, there needs to be a way to keep track of who the person is after the authentication occurs. One method is to give the user a … Read moreGenerating a Custom Session Token
Summary If you have ever worked with sessions in a web application using multiple languages you’ll know that you need to do some special configuration to get the session data to be shared across all languages. Another issue involves the problem of cycling or resetting an IIS server while using the default session settings. Basically, … Read moreWeb Sessions Stored in SQL
Summary In this blog post I’m going to expand on my last post about COM objects and design a COM “wrapper” for a dictionary. This will demonstrate the use of properties, passing parameters and the indexer. The MyDictionary Class The code that I’m going to use in my COM module will be something like this: … Read moreCreating a COM object for Classic ASP (Part 2)
Summary This blog post will show you how to create a COM (Component Object Model) object in C# that you can use in your classic ASP code. Why would anybody do that? Amazing as it might seem, there is a lot of classic ASP code out there in the form of legacy applications. It’s monstrously … Read moreCreating a COM Object for Classic ASP
Summary I’m going to create a series about how Microsoft handles sessions for VB.Net and C# web applications. The purpose of these posts will be to provide a clearing-house of all the information needed to get a common session system going between multiple languages. The Problem Web sites typically use session data to keep track … Read moreWeb Sessions
Introduction In my previous two blog posts on game algorithms, I showed how to search for a ship in a battleship game. Now, I’m going to show how to sink a ship as soon as your search algorithm gets a hit. In this article, I’m only going to discuss possible algorithms, there will be no … Read moreGame Algorithms (Part 3)
Introduction If you read my last game algorithm blog post you’re probably screaming at me “Where’s the rest of the game AI ?!!” So in this post I’m going to go more in depth on searching for a ship to sink. In a future post, I’ll show how to figure out where to fire once … Read moreGame Algorithms (Part 2)
Summary In this post, I’m going to show how to write a unit test that can access a private method of an object under test. There is a lot of debate about whether private methods should be accessed from unit tests or that they should be either not tested, or made public. I’m going to … Read moreAccessing Private Methods From Unit Tests