(Scott Nesbitt) One of the necessary evils of software development is documentation, which can include printed and electronic manuals, online help, and detailed information for programmers. For technical writers, the actual writing of the documentation is only a small part of the job. They’re also c
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Start dates, end dates and history tables
(Rudy Limeback) I have a database with several tables that use a composite primary key of ID, start date, end date. If I am changing any description on a particular table, I will update the start date and end date, then I will insert the new row. This is because of keeping a history. Is there any pr
Displaying data in datagrid as you need
(Phanindra Yerra) Suppose you want to display the student’s details in blue color if they scored above 50 otherwise you want to display in red color. That is in same grid you need to distinguish failed and passed student by changing color or something else.what will you do?
Under One Roof
(Bob Rumsby) Analysts across many industries — retail, banking, insurance, healthcare, telecommunications, government — need timely, accurate, and new information about their businesses to help them prosper in the marketplace. Retail companies, for example, collect huge amounts of transactional data
The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 Productivity Tips for Managing Data (Part 2 of 2)
(Kevin S. Goff) Regardless of whether you work in C# or VB.NET, or whether you spend more time on the front-end or back-end of an application, the ability to manage data will directly impact your contributions to a project.
Bulk Copy Operations in ADO.NET 2.0
(Mahesh Chand) Bulk copying of data from one data source to another data source is a new feature added to ADO.NET 2.0. Bulk copy classes provides the fastest way to transfer set of data from once source to the other.
Testing Your Application with the Application Compatibility Toolkit
(John Mueller) Most developers begin testing an application by writing a test suite, performing extensive studies, and then checking every possible facet of application performance (at least within reason). Obviously, this kind of testing is important. Without it, the developer doesn’t know whether
ADO.NET Best practices
(Ashish Basran) Here are few tips which can be considered while working with ADO.NET. These may help using ADO.NET effectively.
Constructive versus Deconstructive
(Louis Davidson) I have been struggling to find a way to describe the fundamentals of first normal form for my PASS presentation, and this came to mind last night. SQL works in a very constructive way, meaning that if you have base values (commonly referred to as atomic, or scalar values) then you
XForms tip: Uploading files using XForms
(Nicholas Chase) Forms are typically used to request simple, individual pieces of information, such as names and phone numbers, from users. Frequently, however, you need to be able to request that the user send some sort of file along with the submission. This tip shows you how to use the XForms upl