(Tony Patton) When XML hit the scene, developers extolled its virtues, because there was finally a way to get rid of older formats like comma-delimited for data interchange. Of course, that never happened, because there still had to be a consensus on how the XML was defined and so forth.
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Handle Route to Classic .asp Path in ASP.NET MVC 4
(Mike Hodnick) I recently completed a feature where I needed to support a Url to a classic .asp file in our MVC project. We are re-writing an old, classic ASP site; another site (not under our control) is posting to a classic ASP page on the site we are re-writing.
Hindi Textbox [Multilingual Infact] Using Google Transliteration in ASP.Net
(Vishal Ranjan) Today I am going to show you how to create a textbox which will take input in any language using Google Transliteration API… This is how we can do this:
Speed Up Your VB.NET Code
(Daniel Gibson) Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET-here are eight great new ways to build wicked-fast code.
SQL Server’s Auto Update Statistics Async option
(Tibor Nagy) I have been trying to tune my SQL Server and I noticed a few database settings for statistics. I also read the previous tip on automatic statistics updates. Could you please describe the Auto Create Statistics Async option?
Supporting Contravariance in Generic Types, .NET 2.0
(wmjordan) Generic types in .NET 2.0 have given us great power of reusing algorithms. However, we will probably meet with some difficulty when we are using Generic Lists or other generic types: List could not be converted into List naturally even though ConcreteType is a s
Implicit type conversion in MySQL
(Tom Van Goethem) In some languages, using arithmetic operators on elements that aren’t numeric, give some weird results. In JavaScript for example, [ ] + { } is an Object, while { } + [ ] appears to be NaN.
When it rains, it pours… Redbook time…
(Willie Favero) If you grew up in the US, you probably remember the round navy blue container with the little girl and umbrella on it spilling salt behind her. The phrase until the picture was “When it rains, it pours”. I think we have since lost sight of the original intent with this cute play o
Multiple Files Upload – Unlimited Files Upload in ADF 11g PS6
(Andrejus Baranovskis) Among other new components and features available in ADF 11g PS6 – there is one very important. File Upload ADF Faces component was upgraded to support multiple or basically infinite file upload.
Announcing RaptorXML, the Hyper-fast XML and XBRL Server
(Erin Cavanaugh) We are very excited to be at the XBRL 26 Conference in Dublin, Ireland today to announce a brand new server product in the Altova family of XML and XBRL tools!