Answer by Simon_Weaver for XAML Columndefinitions width * not taking...
If you're using SharedSizeGroup see this questionGrid's SharedSizeGroup and * sizing
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on How can I create a unique constraint on my column...
Disclaimer: It may be possible to create a CONSTRAINT that allows nulls. I frankly didn't have time to look, but was so astonished to not see anyone mention that concern in 13 years. I only recently...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for How to update dependency injection token value
Regarding WHY...Since you were also wondering WHY you might want to inject a static structure, Angular Material does this quite often to provide configuration to components.eg. for Chips...
View ArticleHow to simulate Server.Transfer in ASP.NET MVC?
In ASP.NET MVC you can return a redirect ActionResult quite easily: return RedirectToAction("Index"); or return RedirectToRoute(new { controller = "home", version = Math.Random() * 10 });This will...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for Density in Angular Material Design for single...
If you want to do it for all buttons in the component you can do this::host { // this particular example is for icon button @include mat.icon-button-density(-3);}This way you are still of course...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for How to determine if a related child-entity has...
You don't need to do it through the ChangeTracker object, or manually find the entity.Here's an example for a collection:var isOrderItemsLoaded = MyContext.Entry(order).Collection(i =>...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for rowVersion gets mapped to byte[8] in Entityframe...
In the debug logs EF Core shows timestamps in the same format that they appear in SQL Server Management Studio. I needed to be able to convert the byte[8] for timestamp / rowversion to the same format...
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Answer by Simon_Weaver for Log event datetime with.Net Core Console logger
Visual Studio / .AddDebug() not showing timestampsIf you're in Visual Studio and needing timestamps on debug logs (eg. logs from EF Core showing SQL) the only option AFAIK (since AddDebug has no...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for How to get isolation level in EF for MSSQL?
In EF Core this works:System.Transactions.Transaction.Current.IsolationLevelIt's showing Serializable for me by default if I don't specify a level, and does show the updated value if I set it...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for Subscribing to Observable Input
Edit: This answer is mostly outdated now due to Angular signals.I'm really not a fan of passing an Observable as an @Input itself, but I'm a big fan of turning a standard @Input()into an Observable....
View ArticleSplit a collection into `n` parts with LINQ? [duplicate]
Is there a nice way to split a collection into n parts with LINQ?Not necessarily evenly of course.That is, I want to divide the collection into sub-collections, which each contains a subset of the...
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Answer by Simon_Weaver for iisexpress.exe started crashing with Access...
StackOverflow, bad enum value, self referencing properties. All great possible triggers for this error but how to find WHERE!First of all forget IISExpress - that's just the 'messenger'.I disabled...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on Entity Framework query slow, but same SQL in...
PS. I have a Wifi 7 card in my laptop but an old router which otherwise is working just fine.
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on Getdate() function to get date for my timezone
Note: For Azure SQL this returns UTC
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on Getdate() function to get date for my timezone
And yes you do have to use the full name, not abbreviations such as CST or CEST. Presumably this is because they could quickly get ambiguous across continents! Use select * from sys.time_zone_info to...
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Answer by Simon_Weaver for Which is faster/best? SELECT * or SELECT column1,...
What's going on if SELECT * is FASTER than SELECT <column subset> ?(and everyone is telling you that's not possible!)So I ended up with a simple SELECT statement for a table with only a few dozen...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on What does the DBContext.Entry do?
Disclaimer: I'm actually using EF Core, which has this same method. I'm not able to verify EF 6 has this behavior.
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for angular ngFor trackBy does not work as I expected
Edit: None of this answer has been updated since the new @for syntax came out. So some of the following may not still be relevant or be confusing if you're not familiar with the 'old way'. But in...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on Using SignalR Core on .NET 4.6.1
Only 50% true. You can use the SignalR Core client in .NET Framework to communicate with a .NET Core SignalR server. For instance I'm using a WPF application and it needs to communicate with both an...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on Angular Material - set button active
You can also use mat-primary to give it the same color as color="primary" would do
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Answer by Simon_Weaver for Disable re-queueing of failed Hangfire BackgroundJob
Important if using DI container with an interface, you must put the attribute on the interface definition or it won't be recognized.public interface IDataUpdater{ [Hangfire.AutomaticRetry(Attempts = 0,...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for Losing Session State with ASP.NET/SQL Server
Another thing that can trip up session state is having the wrong domain set for httpCookies, so make sure you have the correct domain / subdomain.<system.web><httpCookies domain=".example.com"...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for How to display messages as list in gmail api?
For a newly created OAuth token - try waiting!I had a weird experience just now.I modified the example that shows labels to search messages but was getting an error:var messages = await...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for Set null as empty string value for input field
Note: This does work for number fields with a caveatCurrently the NumberValueAccessor (source) sets the value to null when the field is empty.However, be cautious of this issue...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on Google Chart hAxis.gridlines.count does not work...
Actually it's even more nuanced. It says The approximate number of horizontal gridlines inside the chart area. So it's just a guide. Ticks works much more reliably.
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for Can I hide the HTML5 number input’s spin box?
Important message of cautionWhen using a mouse with a scrollwheel, be aware that scrolling with the cursor hovering over a type=number textbox results in the number changing up or down.Now this may be...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for How to check if ios safari/chrome is in lockdown...
I'm using this:if (typeof window.FileReader === 'undefined'){ alert('Do you have Lockdown Mode enabled on your device?\n\nIf so you will need to add our website to the list of allowed sites to...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for Can't find variable: FileReader in Safari
This error can occur when using Lockdown mode - as FileReader is not available.
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on How to export JavaScript array info to csv (on...
Important PSA to all developers: When making a download link, please take time to consider the most appropriate filename format. It is all too common to see ProductsExport.csv or...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on How To Send A Reply With Gmail API
Wow I managed to not realized this for 5.5 years! I turned off conversation view many many years ago probably because of this ambiguity.
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on How to quote original message in reply using Gmail...
It seems like a massive oversight that the original message isn't quoted somehow by Gmail when using the API.
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on map function for objects (instead of arrays)
> You're not supposed to rely on the order of keys in objects anyway. I'm sorry (and how did that get so many upvotes) but in Javascript you absolutely can rely on the order of keys in an object and...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on How to prevent toggling mat-expansion-panel by...
This is now public so you can do toggle()
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for Please run `npm cache clean`
A 'non corrupted global cache' is not the same as a 'non broken node_modules' for a particular project.Just got this when trying to run a simple Angular CLI command (Windows):An unhandled exception...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on What is the absolute minimum content for...
If you're looking for a more 'general' minimal config see this: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/developer/webapps/aspnet/…
View ArticleHow to set context on an Angular [cdkPortalOutlet]
The Portal module in Angular Material (CDK) is a very powerful way to render dynamic content into a 'PortalOutlet'.A Portal<T> can be a TemplateRef where T is the type of the context...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for ERROR Error: No value accessor for form control...
Check for basic typos in the control you're using.I'm using signals, where item.selected is a Signal<boolean> and was getting the same error on the following code:<mat-checkout...
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on Facebook data deletion callback gives "Unable to...
Thanks. Reverse engineering PHP code is really not what I wanted to do on a Friday night!
View ArticleComment by Simon_Weaver on How to create a FrozenDictionary from a static list
WARNING: If you've ever used the traditional ToDictionary() you've probably at some point come across a duplicate key exception. Important to note that ToFrozenDictionary does not raise an exception in...
View ArticleRun two async tasks in parallel and collect results in .NET 4.5
I've been trying for a while to get something I thought would be simple working with .NET 4.5I want to fire off two long running tasks at same time and collect the results in in the best C# 4.5 (RTM)...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for In Azure-devops, trying to create a drive using...
You can add -Scope Global to the parameters and it will then show in Windows Explorer or command line.
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for TypeScript Type 'string' is not assignable to type
TypeScript 3.4 introduced the new 'const' assertionYou can now prevent literal types (e.g., 'orange' or 'red') being 'widened' to type string with a so-called const assertion.You will be able to do:let...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for TypeScript Type 'string' is not assignable to type
There are several situations that will give you this particular error. In the case of the OP, there was a value defined explicitly as a string. So I have to assume that maybe this came from a dropdown,...
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