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Break into Debugger when Exception is thrown

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:59:09 +0000

Break into Debugger when Exception is thrown even if you are using try catch statements.

From Visual Studio, hit CTRL + ALT + E. Then check the “Thrown attribute of the Common Language Runtime Exceptions.

Create and populate a simple calendar table in MS SQL

admin — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:36:57 +0000

Edit as required…

USE master
go
 
IF  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'tCalendar')
BEGIN
DROP TABLE tCalendar
END
go
 
CREATE TABLE tCalendar (
DateID INT IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT tCalendar_PK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
DATE DATETIME,
Holiday BIT DEFAULT 0,
Workday BIT DEFAULT 0)
go
CREATE UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED INDEX
tCalendar_date_N_Idx ON tCalendar(DATE)
go
 
--Populate all days
 
DECLARE @n INT
DECLARE @maxn INT
DECLARE @begindate DATETIME
SET @n =1
SET @maxn=36500    -- Number of days added to the calendar
SET @begindate =CONVERT(DATETIME,'01/01/1995')
-- Initial date for the first run is todays date
-- or Jan 1st
SET @begindate =@begindate -1
 
WHILE @n <= @maxn
BEGIN
INSERT INTO tCalendar(DATE) SELECT @begindate+@n
SET @n=@n+1
END
 
--update the holiday and workday flags
 
go
UPDATE tCalendar
SET holiday=1 WHERE DATENAME(dw,DATE) in ('Saturday','Sunday')
go
UPDATE tCalendar
SET workday=1 WHERE holiday=0
go
 
SELECT * FROM tCalendar

Visual Studio Syntax Highlighting and Intellisense for Classic ASP

admin — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:58:28 +0000

With the new release of Visual Studio (VS) 2005, you would think that it would have full support for classic ASP when working in a directory. This is not the case. There are some hacks out there, however none are fully functional and some require that you set the page directive on every page you want highlighting and intellisense. Of course this will break some of your pages.

For those who want the power of VS (mainly Intellisense), you still need to use vs 2003 until MS makes a fully functional .asp template for VS 2005.

This tutorial will walk you through the process of creating a Solution that allows you to edit your classic ASP in VS 2003. The site must be accessible though windows explorer (C:\ or mapped drives).

Start VS 2003
File > New > Blank Solution
Name it “Classic ASP” or whatever. The location is where the link will be stored for opening the solution and all it’s projects.
Add your sites…
Right Click the Solution “Classic ASP”
Add > New Project > Visual Basic Projects > New Project In Existing Folder
Name it “My ASP Site 1″
Click Ok
Browse to the location of the root folder for that web site.
Single click the project. From the VS menu bar, click Project > Show all Files (or click the second button in the solution Explorer)
Repeat for all your sites/directories.

Now when you start the solution, all the sites and files will be listed from within VS 2003. You now have html, javascript, and vbscript intellisense. You also get param lists when you call functions/subs that are on the same working page. Sweet!

Notes:

VS will create a couple of files in the project directories (bin folder, .vbproj, .vbproj.user) . They are harmless and a small price to pay for the power of VS.
You may get a warning about a project not being fully trusted by the .NET runtime. That’s ok, we are not using .NET here anyway.