Recent statistics released by the UK Customer Satisfaction Index indicate that the global economic downturn could have benefits for consumers in the form of better service from businesses of all sizes. The report shows a direct coloration between brand loyalty and customer retention. For this reason...
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Service Levels and the RecessionPosted in Off Topic on Thursday, June 18 2009 by Nick Kewney Fixing “Unable to read data from the transport connection” error when transferring data to web service from WinMo via Orange UKPosted in C# on Tuesday, June 16 2009 by Nick Kewney This post doesn't have a particularly catchy title and a might be tiny bit dull for non-techies, but I just wanted to share a problem and solution that cost me many hours to diagnose and resolve. Hopefully this will help somebody experiencing the same problem in the future. Let’s start from the... Find Inefficient T-SQL Stored ProceduresPosted in Database on Friday, May 29 2009 by Nick Kewney The following is a stored procedure you can use when you want to quickly identify procedures in your SQL Server database which are taking up excessive CPU time. The script returns 3 recordsets: The number of active connections by database name, with login name and hostname All stored procedures with... English to Scots Translations in your .NET ProjectPosted in Technology on Friday, May 08 2009 by Nick Kewney You can now use the Scotranslate dictionary in your own project using the new developer API . You simply pass in the English phrase for translation and the system will return your phrase back in broad Scots! You can use this to translate your entire website, or provide your own English to Scots translation... Friendly URL Rewriting in ASP.netPosted in C# on Sunday, April 12 2009 by Nick Kewney This article demonstrates a how to create friendly URLs for user content in ASP.net applications. The examples below are in C#. Convert them to VB if that's your language of choice. Background Sites like Twitter provide users with a direct link to their content in the format of " http://twitter... Live audience voting with Captua VotePosted in Captua on Tuesday, March 03 2009 by The Admin Live response systems are an easy way of finding out what your audience is thinking. Captua Vote is a new on-demand service designed to make SMS voting easy and profitable. The product has many applications including conferences, competitions and presentations and can be deployed and set up in minutes... Microsoft Smartphone *and* Windows Mobile 7 in 2010?Posted in Microsoft on Thursday, February 26 2009 by The Admin There have been rumours that a "Microsoft Smartphone" could be on the market by the end of 2009. With Microsoft planning to open retail stores around the UK, and with SkyBox and SkyMarket (MobileME and iTunes equivilents) on the horizon, you would be forgiven for thinking Microsoft is taking... DateTime.MaxValue overflow error in SQL Server CEPosted in Microsoft on Wednesday, January 21 2009 by Nick Kewney The following lines of code should pass the maximum date that can be selected to a SQL statement via a parameter. SqlCeCommand insertCommand = dbConn.CreateCommand(); insertCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text; insertCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO MyDateTable (DateField) Values (@MyDate)";... Which OS are you?Posted in Off Topic on Sunday, January 18 2009 by Nick Kewney At least I'm not Windows ME :)
How to connect two Trixbox IP phone systemsPosted in Networking on Saturday, January 17 2009 by Nick Kewney If want to branch together multiple Trixbox phone systems, whether they are on your local network or not, this can be done with IAX. If the two machines are on different networks, you'll need to open UDP port 4569 on both ends and point it to the Trixbox systems. Now follow these simple steps to connect... |