Category Archives: Code Examples

Introduction to ORMs for DBAs: Part 3 – Player CRUD

I gave the Introduction to ORMs for DBAs at SQL Saturday 710 but it didn’t go as well as I would have liked (i.e. I had trouble getting my demo working).  Since the demo didn’t work live I thought I would show … Continue reading

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Introduction to ORMs for DBAs: Part 1 – Create Player Table

I gave the Introduction to ORMs for DBAs at SQL Saturday 710 but it didn’t go as well as I would have liked (i.e. I had trouble getting my demo working).  Since the demo didn’t work live I thought I would show … Continue reading

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Introduction to ORMs for DBAs: Part 0 – Setup

I gave a presentation at SQL Saturday 710 that didn’t go as well as I liked (i.e. I had trouble getting my demo working).  For those that attended thank you for patience.  Hopefully it was still worth attending and the … Continue reading

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Chris, have you created that Ruby on Rails 5 project? What Does it Look Like I’m Doing!

In the above video you can replace the question with: Chris, have created that Ruby on Rails 5 project? What dose it look like I’m Doing! Scene 1: Create new Ruby on Rails project using Ruby Mine. Scene 2: Try … Continue reading

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Today I Learned how to Install PostgreSQL in Ubuntu

For an upcoming project I’m thinking of using PostgreSQL.  I’ve heard lots of great things about PostgreSQL in the past but have been too scared lazy busy to try it. What changed my mind was JetBrains DataGrip database client.  I’m sure there … Continue reading

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Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping for DBAs – Part 3

Why Developers Use ORMs (i.e. their Strengths) This is the third and final part of a lighting talk I’m giving at the SQL Saturday Edmonton Speaker Idol Contest.   Imagine I’m actually speaking the words below and showing some of the … Continue reading

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Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping for DBAs – Part 2

This is part two of a lighting talk I’m giving at the SQL Saturday Edmonton Speaker Idol Contest.   Imagine I’m actually speaking the words below and showing some of the images on slides and/or doing a demo.  Code can be found here. … Continue reading

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Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping for DBAs – Part 1

This is the part one of a lighting talk I’m giving at the SQL Saturday Edmonton Speaker Idol Contest.   Imagine I’m actually speaking the words below and showing some of the images on slides and/or doing a demo.  Code can be … Continue reading

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Today I Learned How to Create Custom NUnit Constraints – Part 2: Constraint Usage Syntax

In Part 1 we created a custom NUnit constraint but you where limited in using the constraint.  You could only write: It would be nice to write: To do that you should read the documentation.  End of blog post. So is … Continue reading

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Today I Learned How to Create Custom NUnit Constraints – Part 1: Creating the Constraint

NUnit has has built in constraints for most the tests you will need to write so there is no need to create your own.  End of blog post. OK, that was a bad joke.  The first step in creating a … Continue reading

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