(Richard Carr) The tenth part of the Windows Presentation Foundation Fundamentals tutorial looks at another useful layout control. This time it is the DockPanel, which snaps its child controls to its edges. This is ideal for positioning toolbars and status areas.
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Content Negotiation in Web API
(Bipin Joshi) Whenever you access ASP.NET Web API from your client side script (JavaScript / jQuery) by default the data is returned in JSON format. However, in certain cases you may want to retrieve the data in XML format instead of JSON
SQL SERVER – Return Specific Row to at the Bottom of the Resultset – T-SQL Script
(Pinal Dave) “How do I return a few of my resultset rows at the bottom of the entire resultset?”
Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Tip: Useful Appliance Queries
(Sal De Loera) This post contains the following queries that support development and operational tasks within a Microsoft Parallel Data Warehousing (PDW) Appliance environment.
How to Import any XML or CSV file to WordPress using WP All Import
XML and CSV are two commonly used formats to export data in a semantic format. The problem is that while there are importers for WordPress that would help you import data from platforms like Tumblr, WordPress.com, Weebly, Joomla, etc, there is a serious lack of tools to import data from just any XML
Serialize and Deserialize Objects by Using BinaryFormatter
(Kailash Chandra Behera) The following code sample shows the implementation of “BinaryFormatter”. The code defines a class named “MyBinaryFormatter” to demonstrate serialization and deserialization using the “BinaryFormatter” class.
Best practices for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and InfoSphere Warehouse
Discover the best practices for IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and IBM InfoSphere Warehouse products. Get practical guidance for the most common DB2 product configurations and use this knowledge to improve the value of your DB2 data servers.
A very simple custom aggregate
(Josh Berkus) Custom aggregates are one of those features which are unique to Postgres, and seem hopelessly obscure. Once you actually create one in earnest though, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without one.
Monitoring Transactional Replication in SQL Server
(Francis Hanlon) If you are using replication in SQL Server, you can monitor it in SSMS, but it makes sense to monitor distribution jobs automatically, especially if you can set up alerts or even set up first-line remedial action when a problem is detected.
LF_ROWS and DEL_LF_ROWS
(Andrew Reid) This example was tested on Oracle 9.2.0.7. It shows how you can sometimes improve performance by rebuilding an index. I found a table: