Tim Van Wassenhove

Passionate geek, interested in Technology. Proud father of two

13 Jul 2011

Using User-Defined Table Type with Identity column in ADO.NET

A while ago i wanted to use a User-Defined Table Type to pass in a set of records. Nothing special about this except tha...
19 May 2011

Set variables in SSIS package at runtime

The documentation on dtexec Utility (SSIS Tool) says the following: /Set propertyPath;value (Optional). Overrides the co...
09 May 2011

How to handle (short) bursts of work

Here is a summary of how businesses around me handle short bursts of work: When i go to the doctor: find an empty seat i...
21 Mar 2011

Invoke parameterized stored procedure with PowerShell

Here is a quick snippet that demonstrates how you can invoke a parametrized stored procedure with PowerShell: $CreateTra...
16 Mar 2011

Global hotkeys for iTunes on windows

These days i use iTunes as media player. Unlike winamp this program does not seem to support system-wide hotkeys to cont...
16 Mar 2011

Navigation to the webpage was canceled

Earlier today i ran into the ‘Navigation to the webpage was canceled’ when i tried to open a CHM file: Navig...
12 Mar 2011

Consume locally build software without overloading your $PATH

How do you consume locally build software? For a while now i have used the following approach: Create a ~/bin folder Add...
12 Mar 2011

Dynamic scriptblock with PowerShell

Earlier this week i tried to run a command on a remote computer but it did not seem to work: $name = 'tim' $comp...
12 Mar 2011

Some PowerShell functions to work with SSIS packages

Here are some powershell functions (using XPath) that come in handy when working with SSIS packages: function FindConnec...
12 Mar 2011

Some tips for .Net developers using git on cygwin

Here are some tips that i want to share with fellow .Net developers that use git on cygwin. First of all i defined some ...