Sometimes, when trying to debug an MVC method, you need to inspect what the app is receiving from the client. You could use a sniffer, like WireShark, but I believe there is an easier way. The Problem Some time ago I was tasked with integrating with a third […]
I had an error when using Dependency Injection in a Console App. I was trying to access the configuration to get a section or a connection string, and the result was always null. The article relates only to the use of Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(). in a Console Application. The Problem […]
I create a lot of Console applications, mainly for prototypes or small one-off jobs, but sometimes I want to to do more. For those applications I want to use Dependency Injection and things like appsettings and Entity Framework. To save time on trying to remember how to do […]
I was asked to get a list of customers with a single address for each, and preferably the Postal address if the customer has one. Getting the first record is easy enough with a MIN function, but when you have to add an ORDER BY or GROUP BY […]
Convert a JSON array of objects to Key Value pairs so you can access the value by the key.
This article came about from the following question… Why are the user details blank when running my PowerApp, but they are populated when editing it? This happened to me in 2 scenarios, Using the current users details to get their supervisor, but the supervisors’ details were not showing. […]
When working with a third party EDMS I needed to add a document using a multipart/related request. Having never done a multipart/related request before I did struggle at first, trying all sorts off methods. But then I stumbled across the System.Net.Http.MultipartContent – things often seem so simple when […]
When I first started in software development, it wasn’t so common to have a dedicated systems or business analyst (well in the smaller firms anyway). For the first 10 years or so, my job title was something like Software Analyst/Developer. I did everything including analysis, design, development, testing/debugging, […]
In PowerApps a Choice field always shows as a dropdown, even when you select the ‘Checkboxes (allow multiple selections)’ option. This article is about how to change the default dropdown to a list of checkboxes. I have seen several ways of creating checkbox multivalued lists, but this way […]
I had a requirement to add a disclaimer message to a report that the user needs to agree to before they can see the report. My initial idea was to simply add it as a parameter, but the message was quite long and it looked terrible, so this […]