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With so many of my favorite blogger compatriots moved over to codebetter... I have decided to join them.

I may cross post for a while, but to be assured of new content better link to http://codebetter.com/blogs/eric.wise/

posted Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:57 AM by ewise

Available for work

If anyone in the Cleveland area is looking for a .NET contractor with a specialty in ASP .NET feel free to contact me.

If you're not in cleveland, and don't mind a virtual employee feel free to contact me.

posted Monday, January 31, 2005 12:44 PM by ewise

Avoiding Try - Catch

Grant Killian has a good article about why a coder shouldn't use try-catch blocks in just any situation. I am ashamed to admit that back when I first started using .NET I was guilty of the sin he speaks of.

What I wanted to add to his post was another very common poor usage of try-catch I have seen many inexperienced coders (including myself at one point in time) do.

   try
   {
      ddlMyDropDownList.Items.FindByValue(myValue).Selected = true;
   }
   catch(Exception ex)
   {
      //Do nothing or display some kind of warning message
   }

Bad Bad Bad! Try this instead:

   ListItem li;   li = myDropDownList.Items.FindByValue(myValue);
   if(li != null)
       li.Selected = true;

posted Saturday, January 29, 2005 8:31 AM by ewise

Coming Soon - Easy Assets .NET: Source

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posted Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:13 PM by ewise

A splash of organizational management

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posted Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:24 AM by ewise

Of Patterns and SQL Stored Procedures

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posted Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:29 AM by ewise

Can't... resist... stupid... quiz

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posted Sunday, January 16, 2005 8:52 AM by ewise

Broadband?

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posted Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:50 PM by ewise

HOWTO: Configure a datagrid template postback from a textbox

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posted Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:55 AM by ewise

Nerd Score

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posted Wednesday, January 05, 2005 5:56 PM by ewise

Thoughts on Joel

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posted Tuesday, January 04, 2005 1:00 PM by ewise

Most popular posts

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posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:40 AM by ewise

Year End Summary

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posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:31 AM by ewise

Paint .NET 2.0

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posted Monday, December 27, 2004 6:29 PM by ewise

HOWTO: Code a Domain Manager

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posted Thursday, December 23, 2004 8:24 AM by ewise

3 Things

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posted Thursday, December 23, 2004 7:44 AM by ewise

Page_Load, Grids with Dynamically Controls, and calendars OH MY!!!!

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posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:10 AM by ewise

Of Burnout and Overtime Exemptions

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posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:48 AM by ewise

Interesting Concept (discuss)

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posted Monday, December 13, 2004 8:13 AM by ewise

Job in Charleston

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posted Monday, December 06, 2004 10:24 AM by ewise