Favorite Visual Studio shortcut keys

Stop Debugging: SHIFT + F5
View code in full screen mode: ALT + SHIFT + ENTER
Go to Definition: F12
Close Window: CTRL + F4

Telerik RadWindow Clicking on the link doesn't do anything

Not sure if you encountered this before. Essentially, when using the Telerik RadControls RadWindow, specifically in this case the RadWindowManager and trying to use a modal window, there is an assumption I didn't realize. When you update your OpenerElementID you are supposed to set it to the id of the control whether it's a link, linkbutton, whatever. Well, initially, I set this to the ID of the control. In reality, it must be the actual ID of the control. To get this, load your page, then get the name via the HTML source.

How to get the date in a sql statement (TSQL)

To get the date in a select statement, stored procedure, etc. You can use the getdate() function.
For example, you can do

Select getdate()

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the string must be a non-nullable value type in order to use it as a parmeter 'T' in the generic type or method 'System.Nullable'

Nullable type as a generic parameter possible? - Stack Overflow: "Change the return type to Nullable, and call the method with the non nullable parameter"

Difference between System.DateTime.Now and System.DateTime.Today

Per Microsoft:
Because it returns the current date without the current time, the Today property is suitable for use in applications that work with dates only. For details, see Choosing Between DateTime, DateTimeOffset, and TimeZoneInfo. In contrast, the TimeOfDay property returns the current time without the current date, and the Now property returns both the current date and the current time.

How do you add drop down items to a drop down which uses a datasource

Ran into this the other day. I'm filling a drop down (combo box) from the code behind using a datasource. But, the data source of course doesn't include a default or empty value for the top of the list. So, what do you do?

What you can do is on the aspx file add the attribute AppendDataBoundItems="true".
Once you have added this attribute to the drop down (combo box), you can add a new drop down item to the combo box.
Example: