Best Practices at the SQL Server Day

Often its more appealing to avoid problems than to solve problems after they occurred. One type of prevention is by working with best practices: rules of thumb that worldwide or just within your company have been tried, tested and refined. The problem often is: how can we inspect that our systems, u... [More]

String.Trim() fixed in .NET 4.0

A long time ago, I wrote a blog post about the problems with String.Trim(). I’m happy to see that all three issues have been addressed in the .NET Framework 4.0. To start with, Trim() will now be consistent with Char.IsWhiteSpace(). Theoretically, this is a breaking change, but I don’t expect many ... [More]