Topics by john.knapp

Consider this: I have a user-defined stored procedure which returns a bit value as OUTPUT. In my calling code I want to check that value. I define it in my code as follows: Dim retval As New SqlParameter() retval.ParameterName = "@return" retval.SqlDbType = SqlDbType.Bit retval.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output DataCommand.Parameters.Add(retval) DataCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() ' …

I clicked through the tweets on [this post](http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/threads/441223/how-to-make-short-code-in-vb.net "How to make short code in VB.Net") and found the post had been tweeted by the C# tweeter, although it was in the VB.Net forum... Feature? 

So when I attempted to tag an untagged article, I received a message about not having permission to delete existing tags - of which there were *none*.... Is this a feature or by design? Thanks, JK

Hello all. I'm using an API function via PInvoke, with the interesting data being returned to a pointer. My application crashes when attempting to free the pointer. If run with no breakpoints, the application hangs on Line 61 below. After the first run, it will then throw a memory exception …