A new project, incomplete documentation, and the original author gone. I need to know “what updates and uses this object?”. So, how do I search for it?. If there is good source control and code management, a simple search will work. In many cases, there isn’t the luxury of code management. Search the code behind…
When are two values the same but different? When they are both NULL. Here I compare equality checks, including my datatype neutral method. The Problem Equality (or lack thereof) between values is an easy check. Is 1 = 3, or is 4 <> 5? Many people (and processes) get unexpected results when they try to…
Here is a quick look at number sequences, which are a brilliant (and fairly database neutral) method to create numbers (and rows) to build datasets from. While working on the dates articles, I used number sequences a lot and thought they were worth coming back to. What is a number sequence A number sequence can…