Tag Archives: Code

Linq to entities and CAST

Posted on June 2, 2017 by erictummers

We use an EDMX to access our database with Entity Framework. Before you comment: we have our reasons not to use code-first. Today we encountered a small problem with linq to entities and validating a varchar field that contains an integer … Continue reading →

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Ignore integration tests when provider is missing

Posted on October 12, 2015 by erictummers

As an integration test I’ve written some unit tests for my MsAccess Data Access Layer. The provider I’m using is OleDb. It will be installed on every desktop machine, but not on our build server. The build fails because of … Continue reading →

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AutoMapper pivot configuration

Posted on September 21, 2015 by erictummers

In our project we’re AutoMapper to transform a list of name – value pairs to objects with properties. It pivots by mapping the name of the pair to the property and assigning the value to it. We created an extension … Continue reading →

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XPath for robust message handling

Posted on September 2, 2015 by erictummers

Consider the xml message below Mapping this to a class would make it tightly coupled. Any change to the message would mean an update to the class. We expect some minor changes to the XSD / XML message but only … Continue reading →

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Week roundup

Posted on August 14, 2015 by erictummers

Last week recap and links: Rextester lets you edit, compile and run code online Safely simplify TFS queries with a Current iteration path, TFS iteration quidance / best practice Koffieschaap (dutch) internet nonsense about random facts Image courtesy of kanate … Continue reading →

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