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March 2007 - Posts

• Article: Seven steps to remarkable customer service, by Joel Spolsky

  I recently read this article by Joel Spolsky and I thought it was worth forwarding on. It is not one of his best articles, but the first three items are worth a read. Here is a quote from the article that I have found to be true of Blockbuster Online's Read More... Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 11:45 AM by Tod Birdsall | 3 Comments

• Howto: (Almost) Everything In Active Directory via C#

  For future reference, I had to blog about this article about using C# to work with Active Directory. Howto: (Almost) Everything In Active Directory via C# (via Larkware News ) Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:12 PM by Tod Birdsall | 2 Comments Filed under: Tutorial

• SQL Server Database Versioning with Subversion

  I found this slick little application (created by Ewout Stortenbeker) that quickly scripts DB objects to individual .sql text files as well as create one file to generate the database from scratch. This also makes it very easy to version your SQL Server Read More... Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 4:43 PM by Tod Birdsall | 15 Comments Filed under: Subversion

• How-To: Create a dynamic stored procedure with optional paremeters in SQL Server

  Problem I would like to be able to use one stored procedure to query my SQL Server database using one or more prameters. I have a search form on my ASP.NET web site that allows the user to search using multiple fields in my SQL Server database. If the Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:56 PM by Tod Birdsall | 4 Comments Filed under: Tutorial