server/AyaNova/ControllerHelpers/ApiPagedResponse.cs

@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers
 
         public object items { get; }
         public object PageLinks { get; }
-        public object Columns { get; }
+        public string Columns { get; }
 
-        public ApiPagedResponse(object returnItems, object pageLinks, object columns = null)
+        public ApiPagedResponse(object returnItems, object pageLinks, string columns)
         {
             items = returnItems;
             PageLinks = pageLinks;
-            Columns = Columns;
+            Columns = columns;
 
         }
     }//eoc

server/AyaNova/Startup.cs

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
 
                 // note: this option is only necessary when versioning by url segment. the SubstitutionFormat
                 // can also be used to control the format of the API version in route templates
-                
+
                 //THIS IS WHAT ADDS THE API version PARAMETER AUTOMATICALLY so you don't need to type an 8 in every swagger-ui route test
                 options.SubstituteApiVersionInUrl = true;
             });
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
             var TESTING_REFRESH_DB = false;//#######################################################################################
 
 #if (DEBUG)
+
             //TESTING
             if (TESTING_REFRESH_DB)
                 ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE = TESTING_REFRESH_DB;
@@ -487,6 +488,12 @@ namespace AyaNova
             //final startup log
             _newLog.LogInformation("BOOT: COMPLETED - SERVER IS NOW OPEN");
 
+#if (DEBUG)
+            //Show in dev console that server is open (so I don't need to look in the log to see it)
+            System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Log(1, "BOOT", "Startup.cs -> BOOT: COMPLETED - SERVER IS NOW OPEN");
+
+#endif
+
         }