BrianHawkinsTech

If you using SSIS to move data around, you will probably want to log package start/stop times and any errors that occur. This is much easier to setup than you might.  The first time you run a package with logging enable, SSIS will even create the log table for you! It just requires create table permission in the database you choose.  So without further ado, here is how to add simple logging to your SSIS package.  Note this process is detailed for the MS SQL 2005 version of SSIS.

1) Open package and right-click in the open space of the Control Flow tab.  Click Logging…

There is an issue with the current versions of Chrome and Safari browsers that can cause the ASP.NET menu control to not render properly.  If you are interested in understanding the how and why behind this, there is a great forum post here that describes the issue in more detail.  If you are like me and need to resolve the issue now so your site displays properly, here is a quick fix for the problem.

You need to put the following code into the Load event of your page's (or master page's) code behind file:

If Request.UserAgent.IndexOf("AppleWebKit") > 0 Then

      Request.Browser.Adapters.Clear()

End If

There may be other solutions to this issue, but this appears to be one of the simpler fixes.  Hope this helps!

I recently came across a great site called FiveSecondTest.com.  The site has a basic free service where you can get some basic visitor feedback.  The free service includes feedback about where the user clicks and what they remember about your site.  There are also more detailed services available if you wish to register and buy credits.  If you are working on a new website design, I would definitely recommend spending a few minutes to get some user feedback.  I submitted a few of my sites to this service and was surprised by some of the feedback I received.  Check it out here.

The ASP.NET Membership provider by default, will use a SQL Express database.  But if you want to use a database on an external SQL Database, you must prepare it.

This method uses Visual Studio 2008 (.NET 3.5) but will also work with ASP.NET 2.0.  It assumes you have already created a database(empty) and user name.

1)Go to Start Menu>Programs>Microsoft Visual Studio 2008>Visual Studio Tools>Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt

2)You will enter the following command(with the appropriate values)

aspnet_regsql.exe -U UserName -S ServerNameOrIp -d DatabaseName -A m

3)Doing this creates all necessary tables and objects in your database to support the asp.net membership provider.  

4)After preparing the database, you are ready to add the connection string to you web.config.

For more information on using the ASP.NET Membership Provider, see the MSDN article here.