Team Build Error - “contains more than the allowed 259 characters. Type or select a shorter path.”

We use Team Foundation Server as our code repository and Team Foundation Server’s Team Build to perform automated nightly builds.  We have configured Team Build for check-ins to trigger a new build.  After check-ins of a large amount of code yesterday for one of our new SQL Server 2008 Database Projects, I arrived at the office today to find a big Build Failed icon in my task bar notification area from my friend Team Foundation Build Notification (part of the Microsoft Team Foundation... [More]

How to Create an ASP.Net AJAX JavaScript Object Cache

If you have ever wanted an easy way to cache JavaScript objects and data in your client-side code just like you would when using the ASP.Net's Server side cache then read this article. Monsur Hossain wrote a JavaScript LRU Cache which my partner found while we were searching for a JavaScript caching option.  As I am a big fan of the ASP.Net AJAX framework and the fact that I was extremely impressed with the feature rich cache written by Monsur, which was fashioned after the ASP.Net's cach... [More]

How to modify Reporting Services CSV export Behavior

So you are trying to modify the Reporting Services CSV export behavior.  This article will outline two specific behavior changes: How to turn off exporting of the header record How to change the encoding to ASCII By default Reporting Services exports a CSV file encoded as Unicode and contains a header record.  Lets start with turning off the header record.  NOTE: make a backup of any config file prior to making any modifications. First deter... [More]