RobT1805 | The Difficult Bit

Getting the Build Date from a .Net Version Number

If only the first two parts of the version number (major and minor version) are specified in the code and an asterisk is added for the others then the last two parts will be populated automatically: the third part (the build number) is the number of days since the beginning of 2000 and the fourth […]

Rounding .Net DateTime to match SQL Server

The SQL Server DateTime type is represented by LINQ to SQL as a .Net System.DateTime type. This presents a small problem in that the .Net type supports more precision – a “tick” representing 100 nanoseconds – than the SQL type which is “rounded to increments of .000, .003, or .007 seconds”. It is worth noting […]

A Test String to Break Stuff

I use this string both in unit tests and when testing an application directly: Analysis: “Z”: starts with a normal letter. “<XD>”: this is not a well-formed XHTML/XML element as it is not closed. “&”: will blow up XML parsing as it is not escaped. “кот” Russian characters that will not display correctly if Unicode […]

Removing Visual Source Safe Files from a Visual Studio Solution

This is a DOS command file to remove the Visual Source Safe files from a solution if you have the debatable honour of using it but wish to retrieve a clean copy of your solution. You will also need to open the solution file itself in a text editor and manually delete the “GlobalSection(SourceCodeControl)” section. […]