EF Database First with ASP.NET MVC 5 and Oracle Database 12c

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There is a great article called “EF Database First with ASP.NET MVC” by Tom FitzMacken that is part of Microsoft’s ASP.NET MVC tutorial. I wanted to create a website using the steps outlined here, except instead of using a SQL Server database (as was presented in the article), I wanted to use an Oracle 12c … Read more

Cloning a Repository from the Command Line with Bonobo Git Server

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I recently set up Bonobo Git Server on a Windows Server running IIS. I implemented Windows Authentication for the Bonobo Web interface as per the instructions on the Bonobo site. I created a repository called “Test” using the Web interface, which — assuming you use the folder names in the instructions — is at http://servername/Bonobo.Git.Server.Interface. … Read more

Scheduled Task to Ensure that a Windows Service is Running

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Some applications running under Windows services do not always remain in the running state, even when there is no apparent reason that they should stop. This is often due to a bug in the application, or perhaps the connection with the database that was being used by the application was temporarily broken. In my case, … Read more