Author Archives: Robert Barron

The Move

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Robert Barron

It’s been a while now, but Penny and I are officially Californians now. About a month ago we made the move from Austin, TX to Oakland, CA. The reasons for the move are really quite complex and drawn out – … Continue reading →

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Migrating Code From SQL Server To MySql

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Robert Barron

After having worked exclusively with Microsoft’s SQL Server for some years now I was working on a project in which the customer wanted the data to be stored in their database of choice, MySql. My first thought was to utilize … Continue reading →

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Skipping Unit tests In MSTest

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Robert Barron

When creating a large number of test cases for a project there may be a number of cases that don’t apply for some particular scenario or platform. I didn’t want to mark a non-applicable test case as having passed just … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Versions And Compatibility Levels

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Robert Barron

When working with a number of different SQL Server versions on various projects I’ve been a bit confused about what exactly I’ve been dealing with. I wanted a single table with all of the names, versions and compatibility levels all … Continue reading →

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Free Team Foundation Server Hosting

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Robert Barron

In a recent post I pointed out how having my hobby code in source control helped diagnose an issue when migrating from one OS and Visual Studio version to another.  But if you’re just playing around with some code at … Continue reading →

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CSS Content To The Rescue

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Robert Barron

Looking to get a bit of extra visibility for pages on my hiking websites I implemented support for Google’s Rich Snippets.  This feature allows for the markup of pages so that extra bits of information such as user ratings or … Continue reading →

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Beware Of Visual Studio Proxy Migrations

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Robert Barron

I recently moved a C# code project from Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7 to Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8.  Theoretically, this should have resulted in no problems and code that just works from the start.  But that’s not … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.5 on Windows Temp Directory Problem

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Robert Barron

I installed WordPress on a couple of different hosting accounts that I have on hand to try and see where I should place the final result.  On one of those accounts I was not able to update one of the … Continue reading →

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Welcome to My New Site

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Robert Barron

You might have noticed that my old personal website had gotten quite stale and needed to be updated.  Though I started the site to learn a bit about web programming, other projects have popped up since then that have drawn … Continue reading →

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