–View the current value: DBCC CHECKIDENT (“{table name}”, NORESEED) –Set it to the max value plus one: DBCC CHECKIDENT (“{table name}”, RESEED) –Set it to a spcefic value: DBCC CHECKIDENT (“{table name}”, RESEED, {New Seed Value})
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How to use OUTPUT for Insert, Update and Delete in SQL
The OUTPUT clause was introduced in SQL Server 2005. The OUTPUT clause returns the values of each row that was affected by an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement. It even supports a MERGE statement, which was introduced in SQL Server 2008 version. The OUTPUT clause has access to two temporary or in-memory SQL tables, INSERTED […]
What is the difference between ‘ref’ and ‘out’ keywords in C#
The best way to understand that difference is to show it in code. Let’s say we have an ‘Add’ function. And the only thing that method does is add 10 to the parameter value. static void Main (string[] args) { int myParameter = 20; Add(myParameter); Console.WriteLine(myParameter); } static void Add(int myParameter) { myParameter = myParameter […]
What is the purpose of nameof in C#?
The purpose of nameof is refactoring. For example, when you change the name of a class to which you refer through nameof somewhere else in your code you will get a compilation error which is what you want. If you didn’t use nameof and had just a plain string as a reference you’d have to full-text […]
How to reset identity seed after deleting records in SQL
The DBCC CHECKIDENT management command is used to reset the identity counter. The command syntax is: DBCC CHECKIDENT (table_name [, { NORESEED | { RESEED [, new_reseed_value ]}}]) [ WITH NO_INFOMSGS ] Example: DBCC CHECKIDENT (‘[TestTable]’, RESEED, 0); IMPORTANT: The following example forces the current identity value in the AddressTypeID column in the AddressType table to a value […]
SQL Tip: “@@IDENTITY” should not be used
@@IDENTITY returns the last identity column value created on a connection, regardless of the scope. That means it could return the last identity value you produced, or it could return a value generated by a user-defined function or trigger, possibly one fired because of your insert. In order to access the last identity value created […]
Understanding Stack and Heap
When you declare a variable in a .NET application, it allocates some chunk of memory in the RAM. This memory has three things: the name of the variable, the data type of the variable, and the value of the variable. That was a simple explanation of what happens in the memory, but depending on the […]
How to get output return value from SqlDataSource in WebForms
When returning a string from a stored procedure as a return parameter, we must set it to a non-null value before the stored proc is called – even if it’s an output-only parameter. So we’ll need to make your parameter have a direction of InputOutput and set a default value: <asp:Parameter Name=”MyReturnParameter” Type=”String” Direction=”InputOutput” DefaultValue=”A […]
How to create the ShowBlanksValue and ShowNonBlanksValue items in Devex Grid
By design, GridViewDataComboBoxColumn does not render (Blank) and (NonBlank) items if the HeaderFilterMode property is set to CheckedList. However, you can add these items in the HeaderFilterFillItems event handler. Just call the FilterValue.CreateShowBlanksValue and FilterValue.CreateShowNonBlanksValue methods. <dx:ASPxGridView ID=”grid” runat=”server” AutoGenerateColumns=”False” DataSourceID=”dsCategories” KeyFieldName=”CategoryID” OnHeaderFilterFillItems=”grid_HeaderFilterFillItems”> <Columns> <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn FieldName=”CategoryID”> </dx:GridViewDataTextColumn> <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn FieldName=”Description”> </dx:GridViewDataTextColumn> <dx:GridViewDataComboBoxColumn FieldName=”CategoryNameNull” Caption=”Category Name”> <Settings HeaderFilterMode=”CheckedList” /> <PropertiesComboBox DataSourceID=”dsCategories” ValueField=”CategoryNameNull” TextField=”CategoryNameNull” /> </dx:GridViewDataComboBoxColumn> </Columns> […]
How to add default value for Entity Framework migrations for DateTime and Bool
When working with Code First Migrations, developers often struggle with setting default values at the database level. While you can set a default value in your C# class, doing it directly in the SQL schema is much more robust. Here is how you can achieve this using defaultValue and defaultValueSql. 1. Using Static Default Values […]
How to get the integrity value for a jquery version of script reference in a web page
You can use https://www.srihash.org/ to generate links. https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js will be generated as <script src=”https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js” integrity=”sha512-894YE6QWD5I59HgZOGReFYm4dnWc1Qt5NtvYSaNcOP+u1T9qYdvdihz0PPSiiqn/+/3e7Jo4EaG7TubfWGUrMQ==” crossorigin=”anonymous”></script> You can get all the versions of jquery from here: https://releases.jquery.com/jquery/ Thanks to mscdeveloper for such great post.
How to get value from resx file in C#
// Gets the value of associated with key “MyKey” from the local resource file (“~/MyPage.aspx.en.resx”) or from the default one (“~/MyPage.aspx.resx”) //The default location for resx files is App_LocalResources object keyValue = HttpContext.GetLocalResourceObject(“~/MyPage.aspx”, “MyKey”);
Add default value to Devex Grid Columns in C#
protected void grid_InitNewRow(object sender, DevExpress.Web.Data.ASPxDataInitNewRowEventArgs e) { e.NewValues[“BirthDate”] = new DateTime(1970, 1, 10); e.NewValues[“Title”] = “Sales Representative”; } Here is the result:
How to use ? : if statements with Asp.Net Razor
<span class=”btn btn-@(item.Value == 1 ? “primary” : item.Value == 2 ? “warning” : “danger”)”>EVALUATE</span> Briefly, we can say that @(condition ? “the value, if the condition is true” : “the value, if the condition is false” )
Getting index value in Razor ForEach
@{int i = 0;} @foreach(var myItem in Model.Members) { <span>@i</span> @{i++;} }
Change some value inside List
Let’s say you have a List of T. And there are Property1, Property2, Property3 in T. If you want to change the value of Property2 in T then you can use: var myList = List<T>; foreach (var item in myList) { item.Property2 = newValue; } or var myList = List<T>; myList.ForEach(x => x.Proprty2 = newValue); […]
Getting Session value in Javascript & Asp.Net
<script> var mySessionValue = ‘<%= Session[“SessionName”].ToString() %>’; alert(mySessionValue); </script>
Default Values for Data Types in C#
Table below shows the default value for the different predefined data types. Type Default sbyte, byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong 0 char ‘\x0000’ float 0.0f double 0.0d decimal 0.0m bool false object null string null As you can see, for the integral value types, the default value is zero. The default value for […]
How to split string and get first (or n-th) value only
string myValueToSplit = “Istanbul, Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, Bali, Minsk, Belgrade, Kiev”; var theFirstValue = myValueToSplit.Split(‘,’)[0]; //OUTPUT: theFirstValue = “Istanbul” //You can change [0] as you wish. //For example, if you want to get Kiev, make it [7]
Passing parameters to JavaScript files
You can assign an id to the <script> element and passing the arguments as data-* attributes. The resulting <script> tag would look something like this:
Search text in all tables in SQL Server
Please note that with a little bit changing you can also use this query as a stored procedure.
How to find the first missing value in a series in MS SQL
Let’s say we have this values in the database: num — 1 2 4 5 6 8 9 11 To Find the first missing value, we can use this: ;WITH CteRN AS( SELECT *, RN = num – ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY num) FROM tbl ) SELECT TOP 1 num – RN FROM CteRN WHERE RN […]
Set Identity Insert On/Off in MSSQL
SET IDENTITY_INSERT MyTable ON INSERT INTO MyTable (IdentityColumn, col2, col3, …) VALUES (IdentityValue, col2value, col3value, …) SET IDENTITY_INSERT MyTable OFF Note that you can not insert explicit value for identity column in table ‘MyTable’ when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF.
How to assing Selected Value to DropDownList in Asp.Net MVC
IEnumarable SelectList’s 4th parameter is just for that: @Html.DropDownList(“AuthorID”, new SelectList(Model.Authors, “Id”, “AuthorFullName”, Model.Books.AuthorId), “—Select an Author—“, new { @class = “form-control” })
Define a Default Value when insert New Record From ASPxGridView
To initialize DataRow’s default values handle InitNewRow event of the required ASPxGridView control and initialize the default values by using e.NewValues dictionary in the following manner:
Determine If string contains more than 1 value in C#
Let’s say you have a condition like that: if ((myString.Contains(“Value1”) && (myString.Contains(“Value2”)) && (myString.Contains(“Value3”))) { … } Basically, you want to check if all of your values are contained in the string . Fortunately (with the help of LINQ), this can by translated almost literally into C#: var values = new String[] {“Value1”, “Value2”, “Value3”}; if […]
How to access session variable in App_Code class file?
string MySessionValue = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session[“YourSessionVariable”].ToString();
Average of all values in a column that are not zero in SQL
SELECT AVG (CASE WHEN Value <> 0 THEN Value ELSE NULL END) …. AVG function will not take into account NULL values. So you can also use this AVG (NULLIF(Value, 0))
How to use and get HiddenField Value in Gridview
You can add HiddenField to the Gridview like that:
Check Checkbox in GridView when Database has value “True”
Please check the code below:






