How Interlocked Ensures Atomicity
2025-03-18 This article was created with the assistance of ChatGPT Low-Level CPU Instructions: The Interlocked class uses atomic CPU instructions that are executed as indivisible units. These CPU instructions, like Compare-and-Swap (CAS) or Test-and-Set, ensure that the operation is performed entirely or not at all, with no interference from other threads. These instructions are implemented…
Understanding Stack Frames in .NET
2025-03-18 This article was created with the assistance of ChatGPT What is a Stack Frame? A stack frame is a data structure created on the call stack whenever a method is invoked. It holds all the necessary information for a method to execute and return correctly. Each thread in a .NET application has its own…
Solved: The destination thread no longer exists exception – C#
2016-11-08 You will get System.ComponentModel.InvalidAsynchronousStateException (The destination thread no longer exists.) if a UI component gets disposed or the UI thread EXITs while a different thread is in the middle of invoking a change on the same UI component. This usually happens when a user closes a window (form) that has been updated by a…
Using multiple versions of Entity Framework in the same solution
2016/07/20 Using multiple versions of Entity framework by different projects within the same solution. I had to develop a pilot project to use Entity framework (EF) 6.0 inside the solution that already has other projects that refers to EF 4.4. While debugging I received this error: Could not load file or assembly ‘EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089’…
SQL Server data types explained with .net data types
2016/07/19 Source / Reference : Msdn Member name Description BigInt Int64. A 64-bit signed integer. Binary Array of type Byte. A fixed-length stream of binary data ranging between 1 and 8,000 bytes. Bit Boolean. An unsigned numeric value that can be 0, 1, or null. Char String. A fixed-length stream of non-Unicode characters ranging between…
Quick reference for different SQL Joins
source: Visual Representation of SQL Joins from codeproject.com
SQL to Generate C# Properties from SQL Table Columns
2016/07/15 Below SQL will generate C# properties for all columns in a table in SQL server. Notes: You will have to fix datatypes that are not interchangeable between SQL and C#. You will also have to polish property names if you follow a different naming convention for column names. The query below automatically renames some…
C# Reflection Code to Search Objects for Fields Properties and Methods and Get Values
2016-07-06 Code below will search for a given named property, field, or method inside a given object. It will search in below order: Properties Fields Methods It will continue to search until it finds a match that holds or returns (for methods) a non-null value. E.g. If you searched for “Name” and if there is a property…
When (or not) to Hyphenate Compound Adjectives
2016-07-06 Use hyphen only when the compound adjective comes before the noun. e.g. 1 – The candidate provided an up-to-date curriculum vitae. 2 – The curriculum vitae provided by the candidate was not up to date. References: dailywritingtips.com/adverbs-and-hyphens english.stackexchange.com
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