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WebApi controller action with comma-separated parameter values

Today I've run across an issue where I had to create a WebAPI GET action that could accept, among other things, a parameter with comma-separated values. If you ever need to implement this, then that's one way to do it: Create an action filter### The action filter will be used

Configuring SQL Server Always On Availability Groups in Azure - Part 3

This is the last of the 3 part blog series where I will explain how to setup Always On using primarily PowerShell and a little bit of GUI. In this section we discuss how to setup and test the Always On SQL Server functionality Prerequisites### You have already completed Part

Configuring SQL Server Always On Availability Groups in Azure - Part 2

This is part 2 of a 3 part blog where I will explain how to setup Always On using primarily PowerShell and a little bit of GUI. In this section we discuss how to install and configure the Windows Server Failover Cluster in Azure to support the Always On functionality

Visual Studio 2013

XAML formatting using Visual Studio 2013

If you, like me, are obsessive about the appearence of your xaml code and spent time to line up properties just the right way, you will be delighted to know that Visual Studio has a number of formatting tricks up its sleave to help you with this task. One of

Backing up SQL Server to Azure Storage account using T-SQL

One of the cool things of SQL Server 2012, is the ability to backup any database to Azure. This frees DBA’s from having to maintain tapes for offsite backups. Think of it as your Disaster Recovery on the cheap (and easy) The setup is incredibly simple and I would

Importing CSV files using jQuery and HTML5

One of the cool features of HTML5 is the new File API that allows the broswer to directly interact with files on the file system. Most modern browsers that support HTML5 can use this API to perform client-side only processing without the need for a round trip to the servers

Getting Json data using jQuery and .ASMX web services.

If you still have the misfortune to work with asmx services on your project, you may want to know how to easily retrieve json data from an asmx method. The differences between asmx and WCF have been aalyze[d b]efore here and here. Return a simple string as json

Ordering Collections with enum properties using LINQ

Interesting find today. To order a collection based on an enum alphabetically, you can use LINQ as per the example below: var collection = new List<myCustomObjectWithEnumProperty>(); var sortedCollection = collection.OrderBy(c=>c.EnumProperty.ToString()); To order a collection based on an enum by value, you can do