Configure Database Mail on SQL Server Azure VM using T-SQL
Emails are an integral part for any SQL Administrator who wishes to stay on top of thins. Emails can be used to send alerts…
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Christos Matskas
Create SQL Login with Powershell and T-SQL
If you ever have the need to create a number of logins and users for a specific database(s) programmatically, then the following scripts…
Setting up a new Windows 8.1 machine the easy way - using Chocolatey Nuget
I admit it! I like new, shiny things. Besides, I wanted to sync all my devices (Surface and laptop) to the same version of…
Working with Radio buttons and jQuery
Working with Radio buttons and jQuery Radio buttons are one of the essential HTML elements that you can find in almost any website that…
Resolving “HttpContextWrapper is not serializable” errors after upgrading Glimpse.
If you are doing any ASP.NET development and not using Glimpse you are seriously missing out. It helps is so many ways to…
Fixing TextChanged event firing twice in Windows Phone 7 (WP7)
I’m currently playing around with WP7 and WP8 development trying to get to grips with the framework. I don’t have a specific…
Dealing with “Cannot drop database because it is currently in use” error in ADO.NET
I’m a big fun of Entity Framework but every once a while I come across a case where EF is not adequate or…
Fixing error: "Cannot generate SSPI context" after changing SQL service account
Everyone knows that it is good practice to use a domain or service account to run the SQL service. I’m sure you do…
Azure - Error deleting VHD: There is currently a lease on the blob and no lease ID was specified in the request.
Working with Azure the last couple of days, I came across an issue where I deleted a VM but I was unable to delete…
Using NCrunch to enhance your tests in Visual Studio
I have recently come across nCrunch during a code demo. nCrunch is an automated, concurrent testing tool for Visual Studio and I have to…
Configuring Visual Studio 2012 to work with the Xamarin framework and PCLs
If you want to do cross development using Xamarin and Visual studio, you need to install the Xamarin tools for Visual Studio. This will…
An Object with the same key already exists in the ObjectStateManager, Entity Frawework
I have a generic repository which I use in my application to manage a large number of objects. I wrote the necessary unit tests…