Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

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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.

Category: SQL Server 2005

ASP.NET – Handling Null Return Values from the Database using IsDBNull

2013-05-15

If you are retrieving or adding values from and to your database then you will know the difficulties that can be caused by NULL values. The notorious InvalidCastException is one example of receiving a NULL value from your database into an ASP.NET object that doesn’t know what to do with database NULL values. Here’s typical example…
T-SQL – Get a Historical Record of SQL Statements Hitting a Table

2013-05-09

Today I’ll review two useful queries that you can use to get information from SQL Server about what SQL statements are hitting one or more of your database tables. If you are interested in further T-SQL tips and tricks, please have a look through related articles I have written.
T-SQL – Replace Multiple Extra Whitespaces in a String with One Whitespace

2013-05-04

In this article I will review three easy methods that can be used to replace extra spaces between words in a string. Note that if you want to remove extra spaces from the start and end of your string you will still need to encapsulate the output of the routines within the standard LTrim /…

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Category: SQL Server 2005

ASP.NET – Handling Null Return Values from the Database using IsDBNull

T-SQL – Get a Historical Record of SQL Statements Hitting a Table

T-SQL – Replace Multiple Extra Whitespaces in a String with One Whitespace