Category Archives: C#

.Net Implicit Casts

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Kramii

Casts A cast is a conversion of data from one type to another, for example from an integer to a float. Implicit Casts An implicit cast is a conversion from one type to another that is automatically assumed by the … Continue reading →

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C#: How to Clone a Generic List

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Kramii

Found on StackOverflow, this is a tidy example of an generic extension method that uses LINQ: static class Extensions { public static IList<T> Clone<T>( this IList<T> listToClone) where T: ICloneable     {     return listToClone.Select(item => (T)item.Clone()).ToList(); } … Continue reading →

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Exception Passing DBNull.Value to a Varbinary Using Parameters.AddWithValue

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Kramii

In .Net it seems reasonable to try to pass a NULL to a SQL Server stored procedure using the following syntax (C#): myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@MyParameter", DBNull.Value); Unfortunately, if the sproc is expecting a parameter of type Varbinary(max), the following exception will be … Continue reading →

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