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Here's a quick SQL tip on how to get records beginning with numbers only.  Use the query string LIKE '[0-9]%'  For example: SELECT u.UserId, u.UserName FROM dbo.aspnet_Users u WHERE AND u.UserName LIKE '[0-9]%' ORDER BY...  more »
0 0 Doug 1 week ago in Computers
Here's a tip on how to create a Regular Expression to validate a positive number that can optionally have a decimal with decimal places.   The Regular Expression will also be valid if there are any whitespace before or after...  more »
0 0 Doug 2 weeks ago in Computers
Zipping a file or folder up can be a great way to compress the file in order to make the file size smaller and easier to manage.  It can be especially useful when you want to send a large file to someone via email, since most...  more »
0 0 Doug 3 weeks ago in Computers
If you only have one monitor, but want to split your screen to work in two different windows at the same time, you can now easily do that with Windows 7. The new split screen feature in Windows 7 allows you to view 2 windows side by side on your screen...  more »
0 0 Doug 3 weeks ago in Computers
Ever since moving to a Windows 7 (64 bit) computer, I haven't been able to view Photoshop thumbnail previews of .psd files in Windows Explorer.  However, today I decided to find a solution to this anonying problem, so that I could start seeing...  more »
0 0 Doug 3 weeks ago in Computers
Today I decided to implement a StopWords filter in C# that would filter out certain woulds from a search engine query.  I wanted something to filter out common words like "a", "I", "to", "the" "how", from search queries since in most cases...  more »
0 0 Doug 4 weeks ago in Computers
I just installed the latest version on AOL's Instant Messenger (AIM) version 7.3.  The first time after rebooting my computer, I was instantly hit with AIM starting up as well as the AIM Welcome Page popping-up much to my surprise.  To...  more »
0 0 Doug Jul 29 in Computers
So below I'm going to share with you a fairly easy to use and understand ASP.NET User Control that allows you to pick a Date (with the ajaxToolkit CalenderExtender) and also select the Time of day using a drop down list.  I've...  more »
0 0 Doug Jul 27 in Computers
In SQL Server 2008 Management Studio, you may want to change the default settings to allow you to edit more than the 200 rows at a time, or select more than 1000 rows, which are the default settings for SQL Server.  To modify "Edit Top...  more »
0 0 Doug Jul 21 in Computers
So yesterday, I started getting green squiggly line validation warnings at design time on ASP.NET server controls within the HTML Design view for my Visual Web Developer 2010 Express project in Windows 7. Essentially, intellisense on all the...  more »
0 2 Doug Jul 8 in Computers
While using my new Windows 7 64-bit computer, with Visual Studio 2010 running as Administrator,  I began getting the following error while trying to open up individual c# files or asp.net files in VS2010: "There was...  more »
0 1 Doug Jul 7 in Computers
Windows Live Messenger can be pretty annoying if you have it installed on your computer, but don't actually use it.  Messenger will by default load during start-up of Windows, and also pop-up when opening Internet Explorer or using the Bing...  more »
0 0 Doug Jun 26 in Computers
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