There are a number of different reasons that you would want to get your database results in a random order. I’ve had a number of different reasons to do this so far throughout my career, the first of which was in a simple T-SQL statement that we were pulling up a list of items that we wanted in a random order. Turns out that with T-SQL there is a really simple way to get your results in a random order. All you have to do is add the following to the end of your SQL statement. “ORDER BY NewID()” Simple isn’t it? I thought so too. However, more recently I have been playing around more and more with LINQ and in specific LINQ to SQL. I [Read More...]
Recently I was struggling with something in WordPress, any time I would try and make a change to a plug in or try and upgrade it would prompt me for a FTP Login. This was frustrating me as this blog was the only one I’ve set up so far that was giving me these problems. So it became my personal quest to try and find a fix for it Upon searching I found that the reason it was asking me to enter FTP information is because it did not have permission to write to the location on disk that it needed to, so it was forcing it to be done through FTP. It’s an ingenious design, but the problem for me was that even after [Read More...]
Just another quick post to announce to the world that I have once again updated the projects page. This time around I have added a new website that was quick to implement and hopefully will serve as a place for some quick laughs and enjoyment. The website that was added is titled Tasty Spam, and is designed to take a look at the humor that is freely included with some email spam that is sent out today. Whether it be mocking the Engrish that is used or simply the random subjects or included content it’s all designed towards bringing the humor or fail out of the annoyance that is induced by spam. Here is where I need your help, I need more spam. I have [Read More...]
Looking for a job, whether it will be your first real job or just a better job, is something that the nearly everyone will do in their lifetime. Many people don’t realize this but in many ways looking for a job is a job in itself. Keeping yourself organized during this process will help ensure that you keep your best foot forward so that it might just end up in the door at your ideal company. Luckily Google has many free tools out there that can help you with this process if you use them to their fullest potential. First step when looking for a job is modifying or creating a resume. The resume is the mos important document in your job search because it [Read More...]
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