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SQL server data base restore script

this is a quick trick that i googled from bits and pieces in a caffe when my laptop didn’t have a Management studio installed i found a way to execute sql scripts to my instance of sql express well to restore you need to have the logical names of files in the database backup to know that just type RESTORE...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 07-03-2009
Database or Object Size in SQL server [sp_spaceused]

Space used by the objects in the database is a tricky subject, this can be very useful when planning your database maintenance plan a system stored procedure as you probably had figured is called sp_spaceused gets you the needed information that procedure can be used in multiple ways use Northwind exec...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 06-01-2009
Fiddler 2 to monitor localhost ie7

IE7 and .net framework are programmed never to request data localhost Just change the wording Localhost to your machine Name. this is a better explanation http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler/help/hookup.asp#Q-LocalTraffic

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 05-27-2009
Change Web Service test page [wsdlHelpGenerator]

the default web service page is a page that reveals a lot of the internal information of the application, this is something that you want to hide. Warning this does not really secure your web service. may be you should read something like this < configuration > < system.web > < webServices...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 05-26-2009
visual studio 2008 Team System setup a problem encountered while loading the setup components canceling setup

i wanted to install an additional feature of Visual studio 2008 but when i started the setup process or tried to uninstall the application i got this error “Setup a problem encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup.” the Fix i went to check for fixes under that application uninstalled...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 03-10-2009
Dynamically create domain users

My Team was planning a Stress test scenario to be run on our stress lab, the application we were planning to test needed windows authentication to function. The plan was to create a set of users with predefined passwords and add them to the domain so the application can be tested correctly. We used VBscript...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 02-10-2009
Dynamically Resize an IFrame According to its contents

problem with iframe is that you can't always predict the size of the content and eventually you'd end up with a scrollbar or even less convenient: a hidden part of the Iframe content this is a straight forward, easy way to make sure that the IFrame is properly resized according to the contents...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 11-25-2008
Windows Fake URL test [hosts file]

you can make your application respond with a different behavior based on requested URL, This can be as simple as showing a different logo or as sophisticated as filtering data by that requested domain this is not such a big implementation problem, but it seems hard to test that is if you don't know...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 03-09-2008
Yield in c#

i've been trying to explain the keyword yield to a friend of mine for more than an hour and he did not get it. but finally when i typed in this example he finally did 1: class enu :IEnumerable 2: { 3: public IEnumerator GetEnumerator() 4: { 5: yield return 1; 6: yield return 2; 7: yield return 3;...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 02-25-2008
DotnetKicks on CommunityServer.org [in 24 seconds]

i didn't do this the right way i didn't go through documentation or consult with forums, i just wanted to do this the quick and easy way, what i do is i keep a sepparate theme for my blog sepparate from other bloggers so i can change whatever i like without hurting anyone's blogs so what...

Posted to .net Wand (Weblog) by amir.magdy on 12-31-2007

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