C# Constructors

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Base

public myClass() : base()

Overload

class myClass
    {
        public myClass()
        {
            //No parameters
        }

        public myClass(string param1) : this()
        {
            //No parameters will be called before me!
        }
    }

Asp.Net : "A first chance exception"

Getting huge amount of "A first chance exception" messages when running web-site under IDE for first time (after a rebuild).

These were being reported because programmer had turned off 'Just my code' within Tools->Options->Debugging->General

SQL Server : Query on date and HQL

Date format is 'YYYY-MM-DD'

e.g.

select * from orders where Date='2008-04-22'

HQL (as literal)

from Activity a where a.Date between '2008-01-01' and '2008-02-29'

Bind Dictionary to WinForm ComboBox

To bind a dictionary to a combo box:

 

            cmbTable.DisplayMember = "Key";
            cmbTable.ValueMember = "Value";
            cmbTable.DataSource = new BindingSource(myDictionary, null);