Parsing MMddyyyy or ddMMyyyy Date Format

March 28th, 2007 by kwong

Today I was discussing how to convert date strings MMddyyyy (e.g. 03282007) or ddMMyyyy (e.g. 28032007) back to DateTime object.
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RSS Feeds Up Again

March 21st, 2007 by kwong

One of my co-workers pointed out that none of the feeds on my website was working. When accessed, a 500 error (Internal server error) would occur.
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ToString() and Error Logging

March 18th, 2007 by kwong

In production environment, it is not always possible to step through the compiled code using a debugger and thus we rely on error logs to provide insights into the potential causes of bugs.
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Sporadic Server Reboots - UPS Service Glitch

March 13th, 2007 by kwong

Recently, my web server has been down sporadically for no apparent reason.
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Command Prompt Reentrancy Issue

March 6th, 2007 by kwong

In yesterday’s post, I gave an example of how simple command prompt recursion can bring Windows (XP and Vista) down to its knees.
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On Windows and Linux Process Scheduling

March 5th, 2007 by kwong

Today, both Windows and Linux systems are robust and secure enough for daily uses.
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Understanding “Error MSB6006″ in MSBuild

March 1st, 2007 by kwong

A couple of days ago, I ran into a mysterious problem when trying to build a web project using MSBuild.
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