Category Archives: Mono/.Net

Missing MySQL’s REPLACE (aka MERGE) in PostgreSQL

When Synthesys first decided to go with PostgreSQL as the database for a large web application, I was very excited to get away from our usual reliance on MySQL and move to a real database platform. Once we figured out … Continue reading

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Microsoft Creates SourceForge 2.0?

I just read on OSNews.com that Microsoft created a site called CodePlex which appears to be identical to SourceForge.net. Evidently the point of CodePlex is to host and manage open source projects (as well as Microsoft’s shared source projects). CodePlex … Continue reading

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More ASP.Net 2.0 features missing from Mono 1.1.13.4

After stripping out the SiteMap Provider, Membership Provider, and Role Provider, I discovered a few more ASP.Net 2.0 features that are missing from Mono 1.1.13.4: System.Web.UI.WebControls.BulletedList:Render is not implemented. That seems like an easy place for me to learn Mono … Continue reading

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“Fun” with ASP.Net 2.0 in Mono 1.1.13.4

I tried to get the ASP.Net 2.0 project we’re working on at Synthesys running on Mono. The server runs Debian Linux Etch, and I use the following packages (some of them are preview packages): mono (and related libraries) 1.1.13.4-0pre6 mono-xsp2 … Continue reading

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First CIS199 Class

I’m teaching CIS199 Programming and Data Structures II as an adjunct professor at Greenville College this semester.  If you remember, I taught CIS210 Programming and Data Structures I last semester (Fall ’05). Now I know what you’re thinking:  Why is … Continue reading

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The Day I pwned Mono

I just spotted a bug in a patch submitted to the mono-devel-list that I just joined yesterday. It was a simple typo, but a bug nonetheless. So, when do I get syndicated on Monologue?

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