(Robert Bogue) Microsoft released SharePoint to the market back in 2000/2001 and, in doing so, began a shift in perception about how Web applications are built. The change was slow at first and has yet to take over the way we build applications completely; however, the change has started.
Author: SSWUG Research
DLINQ: Submitting Your Changes
(Sahil Malik) DLINQ gives you the ability to work with relational data as objects without giving up the ability to query. My previous article described the basics of DLINQ, showing how you can create a strongly typed DataContext and use that to query your data as objects.
Loading XML Strings with simpleXML in PHP 5
(Alejandro Gervasio) Are you looking forward to learning about loading XML data strings, as well as searching and accessing nodes? Then this is the tutorial you’ve been waiting for since last week! Welcome to the second part of the series “Working with simpleXML in PHP 5.” This three-part series int
Who Uses XML?
(Jennifer Kyrnin) Everyone seems to be talking about XML these days, if it’s not Ajax, it’s some other tool that uses XML as the back-end, but what are people actually using XML for? It’s one thing to learn how to use XML, but what for?
Add zip to web applications with Ajax
(Brett McLaughlin) Programmers looking for a solution to clunky web interfaces and long wait times during page reloads will appreciate this sample chapter from Head Rush Ajax, which explains the functional advantages of Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML) over traditional web programming. (R, pd
Get detailed error handling information in SQL Server 2005
(Tim Chapman) In a recent article, I demonstrated how to catch errors in SQL Server 2000. The most significant aspect of error handling in SQL Server 2000 is the @@ERROR variable. You must query the value of this variable after every statement execution to ensure no error has occurred that would req
Enabling Data Exchange in Ajax Applications
(Andrei Cioroianu) The Ajax core API known as XMLHttpRequest is all about sending HTTP requests for the sole purpose of exchanging data between Web browsers and servers. The JavaScript code running in a Web page can use XMLHttpRequest to submit the request parameters to a server-side script such as
Survey: DBAs not planning for downtime
(Elisa Gabbert) Nearly 90% of Oracle users experienced significant downtime last year due to both planned and unplanned events, despite the fact that the vast majority say they require continuous uptime, a new survey of Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) members found. (R)
PHP Pagination With MySQL
(Michael Rogne) It is extremely common these days to make results display across multiple pages. Some examples are maybe browsing through picture galleries, store products, blog entries, etc.
Configuring a Linked Microsoft Access Server on SQL 2005 Server
(Jayaram Krishnaswamy) There are certain situations in which you might have to access data that is stored in various locations. In this case, you might want to use a linked server on SQL 2005 to access data from a Microsoft Access database. This article explains how to set that up.