Tag Archives: ASP.Net

“Generating user instances in SQL Server is disabled”

By Gary Burge | Published: November 30, 2007
Today I compiled a Microsoft ASP.Net code sample downloaded from a programming website. This error message was displayed: “Generating user instances in SQL Server is disabled. Use sp_configure ‘user instances enabled’ to generate user instances.” Being a Microsoft SQLServer novice, I wasn’t sure of the solution. I executed the command “sp_configure ‘user instances enabled’” but [...]
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The sad state of ASP.Net programming

By Gary Burge | Published: November 30, 2007
I have been doing some Microsoft ASP.Net programming over the past few weeks. Compared to my beloved Linux – Apache – MySQL – PHP – HTML – Javascript platform, programming in Visual Studio is a lot like flying a modern jet airliner: it’s all done with wires. I call it “programming by holding your mouth [...]
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  • About Gary Burge

    I am an experieced web programmer, techno-activist, romantic idealist, who never quite left the sixties, even though I became quite successful in the Internet space.

    My business philosphy is different now than when I toiled in the bigco world. About a decade ago I experienced a life-altering epiphany: I was sacrificing my personal life and health to feed a corporate monster.

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