Archives for Software Dev - Page 40
Some telerik kendo mvc script issues
I love telerik - I hate working out the correct inclusion order of javascript references. Here are some common issues I encountered with Telerik MVC (Kendo) UI . Controls not…
Publish from Visual Studio to IIS Server – Tips
Lots can go wrong with this simple task. Basically, you want to create a publishing profile within Visual Studio - but unless you are setup correctly on the IIS Server,…
Sharepoint – Avoiding Full Crawls
The idea (in Sharepoint) is to try and avoid a FULL crawl as much as possible – since it is a resource (CPU) hog – and can bring a server…
Enabling ports in Windows Firewall (for SQL Server Access)
If you are having trouble connecting to a newly created default instance on SqlServer , try this msdn article (it DOES seem to contain every possible thing that could be…
Hide gridlines in Excel
Select multiple sheets , On the View tab, in the Show/Hide group, check/uncheck the Gridlines check box.
Pie Charts, Pivot Tables and multiple data series in Excel
Pivot Tables - the first step to creating a pie chart Pivot tables help you summarize data in either a single column (typically) or multiple columns. Select your data (both…
Default instance SQL Server
Each SQL server can contain many INSTANCES ( a set of SQL Server Services). An instance is either the default, unnamed instance, or it is a named instance. When SQL…
.NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 feature install fails on Windows 8.1
I tried to enable this feature on Windows ( as part of a SQL Server 2014 installation) - it failed. I tried downloading the redist executables separately - and installing.…
WCF and AJAX
In VS2010 – you are provided with a template for AJAX enabled WCF Service. Basically, all you need to do is Add an AJAX-enabled endpoint to a WCF service 1.…
S3 storage for database backup files
Why Use S3 (instead of EBS) The use of AWS S3 storage to store SQL Server backups makes sense it is significantly cheaper than EBS One can encrypt what’s stored One can…