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FB Hacker Cup 2011 Round 2 – I’m Out

Posted on 10th February, 2011 by Richard
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A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about my participation in the inaugural Facebook Hacker Cup.  Well, I didn’t get any further, and exited spectacularly in round 2. To say it was tricky is an understatement.  The level of difficulty … Continue reading →

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Facebook Hacker Cup 2011

Posted on 26th January, 2011 by Richard
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Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been taking part in the inaugural Facebook Hacker Cup, a programming competition ran along almost identical lines to Google’s well established CodeJam. The format of the competition is quite simple.  To start with, … Continue reading →

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An Alternative to Redirecting HTTP to HTTPS in IIS 7

Posted on 13th October, 2010 by Richard
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Recently, I needed to ensure that a whole ASP.NET web application was forced to deliver content over a secure connection. Almost every page in the application contained sensitive data, and is was deemed acceptable for the small number of pages … Continue reading →

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Installing Ruby for MongoDB Use on Windows

Posted on 8th October, 2010 by Richard
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I’ve recently downloaded the first three chapters of Kyle Banker’s “MongoDB In Action” from Manning’s early access program.  So far, it’s shaping up to be a great read.  In it, Banker uses Ruby in his examples, and the MongoDB project … Continue reading →

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Why I Never Use SELECT * FROM

Posted on 20th September, 2010 by Richard
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I’ve heard for many years that using SELECT * FROM <some table> is a bad idea.  I’ve always agreed with this in principle, but in practice often haven’t followed this guideline.  That’s all about to change, as I was caught … Continue reading →

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Excel with Stored Procedures

Posted on 29th August, 2010 by Richard
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Introduction A couple of week ago, I read this post by David Poole about reading data from SQL Server into Excel, where the data source was a parameterised stored procedure.  David concludes that a small amount of (albeit trivial) VBA … Continue reading →

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So… I have a Blog

Posted on 27th August, 2010 by Richard
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Rather than do anything outlandish for my first post, I thought I’d do what the majority of bloggers seem to do for their first post, and that’s write a post about why I’m blogging.  What, you don’t believe me? Here … Continue reading →

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