Practical Notes on Product, Data & Systems

These few SQL lines came in handy when wanting a quick-fix for a poorly imported table UPDATE [rpt].[dbo].[vapProducts] SET Region = replace(Region,'Á©','é') UPDATE [rpt].[dbo].[vapProducts] SET Region = replace(Region,'Á´','ô') UPDATE [rpt].[dbo].[vapProducts] SET Region = replace(Region,'ÁŽ','Î') http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5127744/how-to-convert-these-strange-characters-%C3%83-%C3%83-%C3%83%C2%AC-%C3%83%C2%B9-%C3%83

  Had to pinch a couple of these       https://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftDeveloper/photos/a.237767339690433.61184.231824870284680/533208980146266/?type=3&theater           http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-the-shit/175475-anyone-else-hate-not-being-programmer.html       And one I could not find….   There is a graph showing how much as a percentage a programmer thinks a project is completed, vs how much its actually completed.   If someone knows where I can find this graph  - please let me know.    Here is the rough idea:      

I got an ACE-FX card when in the UK recently as my Credit Card companies were charging a horrific "Foreign Currency Surcharge" on every payment I was making in USD and EUR. It came quickly, in a day or two, and the original 50 GBP I loaded I was able to buy something from Google in USD for 25 USD no problem. So I get to Andorra and think, "Right I need to load this up".  So login to the Account. Huh, there are no transactions and no details.  They did have a problem initially with my details - damned apostrophe and some incorrect data entry their end (wrong birthdate) and a lovely little 0870 line where you have to "activate" your card before use that forces you to spend at least 3 mins on the phone - and considerably more if they have screwed your birthdate up, so you will never manage to activate... It's all coming back to me now. Anyway... Here I am.. I need to mail them.   Huh.. no traditional email just one of these damn form...

Windows 8.           Clicking “Burn to Disc” on the Share Tab of the Ribbon did not work  

This is the format   MSBuild "MyProjectName.csproj" /T:Package /P:Configuration=Staging;PackageLocation="D:\Vishal\Package.zip"     MSBuild "C:\Users\Karl\Documents\VSO Local Rep\RedPlanet\RPT Umbrella\RedPlanet\redPlanetWebsite\redPlanetWebsite\redPlanetWebsite.vbproj" /T:Package /P:Configuration=Debug;PackageLocation="c:\buildPackage\redplanet.zip"     A reference to could not be added a reference to the component already exists in the project

Don't let Bezos find out.  Someone there will be for the high-jump!

I wonder if Yahoo mail ( http://mail.yahoo.com ) have noticed a lack of signups from Andorra?  No.. I didn't think so. We have real short numbers here in Andorra.  The one you see below, is perfectly valid.