Justin Cooney

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

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  • T-SQL Find Highly Populated Tables in a Database

    When you are working with an unfamiliar database, such as a third-party SQL Server database, you want to find out which tables actually store the important data. If there is no clean database diagram, then the best option is to write a T-SQL query in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). If you are interested in…

  • IIS7 Increase File Size Upload Restrictions

    In IIS 7 there is a lesser known upload file size limit of 30 megabytes. Usually this is more than enough for most Web applications, but sometimes you will want to allow your users to transfer larger files. To do so, you’ll need to update a setting in IIS.

  • Fixing IE 10 Text Box ‘X’ and Sizing Issues

    I’m taking a look into the controversial new ‘X‘ that IE displays in text boxes along with text box sizing changes between IE 10 and previous versions. Users will often  complain that they click it by accident and that it clears what they have entered. I can’t say I disagree with them. This is especially…