Category Archives: General

Since I’m doing more ASP.Net than I’d normally like to admit to, here’s a really useful little snippet that I struggled with earlier. After my google ninjitsu failed me I turned to figuring it out for myself. Once I’d wiped … Continue reading →

Ok, by now you know Oracles table adapters are broken. Just searching on google for a solution turns up a significant number of other people having the same issues. Broken code, bad ODP crashes inside devstudio etc etc etc. Google … Continue reading →

Image via Wikipedia After speaking to one of my friends about this, I must point out that my current client *IS* actually switched on enough to correct the situation by providing the best equipment they possibly could. It’s as pleasant … Continue reading →

Image via Wikipedia I’ll never understand how some people in IT departments don’t grasp the value of a developers time. Its a false economy to provide anything but the absolute fastest PC for a developer. I’m not really sure where … Continue reading →

Ok, not really part three but a quick post about how the last two posts arrived at the blog in the wrong order. I can’t be bothered swapping them round so just read from the top down 😉

This stuff really does tire me out. I’ve spent yet another day battling with Oracle’s data provider instead of doing anything meaningful. I’m calling a stored procedure with an out parameter of a varchar2. I assign an OracleParameter in exactly … Continue reading →

Ok, after spending another 1/2 day battling with the oracle tools for devstudio, i took the plunge and reflected the whole Oracle Data access component. I’m not sure I should be publicly admitting to reverse engineering Larry’s baby but if … Continue reading →

Apart from not understanding how to catch trains properly for the first 2days, everything’s going pretty well. The team is switched on, and the work is interesting so its all good 🙂 What I do find a bit puzzling is … Continue reading →

Image by Neil T via Flickr Ok, so after after a short break over Christmas, I though I’d better pull my socks up and start looking for a new contract. As everyone returned to work on the 5th of Jan, … Continue reading →

Image via Wikipedia nCode I.T. Limited! Yes, I’ve finally got round to setting up my own limited company. Since it makes more sense from a taxation point of view, and also gives me a platform to launch my own Micro-ISV. … Continue reading →