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How to do SQL Source Control with TFS and WinMerge when you don't own "SQL Source Control"

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I am a huge huge fan of Red Gate's SQL Source Control  and use it every day at work. On my side projects though I can't necessarily justify the $400 price tag (yet). So in the mean time, I am using the following somewhat painful process to source control my scripts against TFS. (Microsoft now has a hosted " Team Foundation Service " where you can host your code for free.) The current solution uses Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Management Studio, and WinMerge. Here's the process: Initial Load: In your TFS working folder, add a "DB" folder. For me this sits next to my Visual Studio Solution folder. Add the DB folder to Source Control. In SSMS, right-click on your database, choose Tasks > Generate Scripts and script out the entire database into your new DB folder. I create a file for each object. In Source Control, check all that in. You now have your database under version control, kinda. Add an additional sibling folder called DBC...
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Useful DevExpress Videos

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This is a living list of DevExpress videos that I've personally found useful and so are probably good for other DevExpress beginners. Full Applications "Get Started" Mini Application http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Webinars/details.xml?id=GetStartedASPNET Key Takeaway: Introduction to several core DevEx ASP.Net controls: menus, other navigation, gridview, pivot reports and charts, an Outlook style scheduler, and an Access style banded  report wizard. ASPxGridView Grouping Introduction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8AXvi3E_jE Key Takeaway: To automatically group by column X, set it's GroupIndex=0.
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How to use Relative Paths in ASP.Net

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Core issue: how to make relative paths work inside a Master Page that is inherited by children at different folder levels, especially when your production site lives at a deeper folder level than your development site. CSS Relative Paths in ASP.net -  using runat="server" in the head tag allows you to just use the ~ "web app root"  style referencing: <head runat="server"> <title>ABC System</title> <link href="~/Styles/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> Unfortunately this doesn't work on Javascript references, so unless you're referencing a permanent CDN you end up doing something funky inside the body tag: <body> <!-- This jquery script is outside head so we can use Page.ResolveURL. For some reason: - head: runat eq server is often required for various asp.net features - head: runat eq server resolves "~" style CSS references, but not JS - a code block...
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