Tag Archives: unicode

When the length of a database field can be misleading

Posted on 20.12.2015 by Tudor

The length of a database field, at least on MS SQL Server, is not what many people think it is. Let’s say that I have a 10 character field: nvarchar(10): Surely we can insert a row with 5 chars in … Continue reading →

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On assumptions and formats

Posted on 01.02.2015 by Tudor

In .NET (and any other framework for that matter), it’s better to never assume anything, but to check twice. Let’s take an example – what do you think, will the following unit test always pass? . . . . . … Continue reading →

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