A Precarious Balance

January 2006 - Posts

• Open the door an inch

  Julian Bucknall got crabby today . At his job, he's in a situation where he's trying to make some changes to the software development practices. And he's finding it to be frustrating. That doesn't surprise me, because cultural change is difficult. Unless Read More... Posted Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:30 PM by Sean Winstead | 0 Comments Filed under: Life, ProblemSolving

• Reporting zero sales tax in Colorado

  This is for other ISVs operating in Colorado. Today I realized I hadn't filed a quarterly sales tax statement. Fortunately, none of my corporation's revenue was subject to sales tax. The Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR) website has a Sales Tax Zero Read More... Posted Monday, January 16, 2006 2:30 PM by Sean Winstead | 0 Comments Filed under: Business

• SqlDataAdapter.Fill has slow performance

  This post falls into the category of "Solution for a technical issue for which I found no help on the Internet". Overview If you're using adhoc SqlParameters with a SqlDataAdapter and notice that calls to the SqlDataAdapter's Fill method take longer than Read More... Posted Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:30 AM by Sean Winstead | 3 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, ADO.NET, .NET