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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  • Querying SQL Server 2008 and 2000 System Objects Table

    The syntax to query the system objects table has changed slightly from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008, but the useful data stored about your server objects is still very good to have access to. It’s worth noting that both DDL and DML trigger information is not stored in the system objects table, but can…

  • Crystal Reports Generating SQL Server Error 18456 Severity 8 Error Logs

    Crystal Reports XI R2 and Crystal Reports 9 incorrectly generate non-critical connection error logs when set to run reports from SQL Server 2008. Specifically, when Crystal Reports is connected to a SQL Server 2008 database it will serve the report correctly, but invisibly it will also generate an error log in SQL Server. Although insignificant…

  • UDL Files: How to Create and Configure Universal Data Link Files

    UDL files can be incredibly useful for a variety of reasons (please see my earlier post for details). In this article I will explain the steps for creating and configuring a UDL file. Creating a UDL file is quite straightforward. Here are the steps: First create a new text document in Windows Explorer and give…