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.

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  • TwentyFeet Review – Useful Tool for Twitter and Social Media Statistics

    For the past few weeks I have been trying out the free version of the online social media statistics reporting service provided by TwentyFeet. I like monitoring my social media statistics, and was quite happy when I came across this tool. I have tried quite a few tools, but I like the comprehensiveness and ease of…

  • SQL Server: How to Query Version and Server Information

    There are three commands that can be used in SQL Server to query version information or information about the server hosting SQL Server. These commands can be run in SSMS directly, or can be used in code, for example to tailor queries for a particular database version. The commands are xp_msver, @@Version, and sp_server_info. I…

  • 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…