(Sushila Bowalekar Patel) Row deletion in a GridView by default does not provide confirmation before deleting. Using a client-side verification message can prevent accidental deletions. In this example, we will see how to utilize client-side script to confirm deletions when using a GridView contro
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How Appliances Benefit Grid Computing
(Bill Blake) A grid computing architecture is an optimally shared pool of hardware and software resources. The appeal of the grid approach to the enterprise is that it dynamically allocates – or “virtualizes” – computing resources so that they may be provisioned for specific tasks as demands require
Mastering Ajax, Part 4: Exploiting DOM for Web response
(Brett McLaughlin) Like many Web programmers, you have probably worked with HTML. HTML is how programmers start to work on a Web page; HTML is often the last thing they do as they finish up an application or site, and tweak that last bit of placement, color, or style. And, just as common as using HT
SelectQueryBuilder: Building complex and flexible SQL queries/commands from C#
(Ewout Stortenbeker) Admit it. We have all done it. And we all thought it was the best -and only- way of doing it. When we were building on-the-fly SQL statements to fire against our databases, we were all building up huge strings containing all the applicable WHERE clauses. Endlessly attaching more
Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS): More Than a Mapping Tool
(Stephan Holl, Helena Mitasova, and Markus Neteler) Recent advances in geospatial technologies, including Global Positioning System (GPS), satellite imaging, 3-D laser scanning, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), have dramatically shortened the time needed for georeferenced data acquisition a
Oracle unveils free SQL Developer: Has Toad met its match?
(Mark Brunelli) Oracle’s free SQL Developer could mean trouble for Quest Software Inc.’s widely used Toad for Oracle software. (R)
Cleaner Page Loads with AJAX
(Marshall Lager) What can companies do when they need granularity in their dashboards? The answer is, clean them up with AJAX. Most companies already have experienced AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), with Google Maps or the photo-sharing service FlickR. The rich Internet application (RIA) ref
SQL and XML: Use XML to Invoke and Return Stored Procedures Over the Web
(Dave Grundgeiger, Anson Goldade and Varon Fugman) Like many developers, we are finding that our n-tier line-of-business projects are evolving from traditional Windows-based clients to generic browser-based ones. Such systems use Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and ASP for Web page del
Interview with Ian Wilkes, Director of Operations at Linden Lab
(Lenz Grimmer) Linden Lab is the company behind the virtual world simulation Second Life (SL) in which users (the residents) can freely roam around and actively participate in the creation and development of the virtual world and their own appearance (their avatars). To facilitate this, Second Life
SQL Server 2005 Integration Services – Migration Tasks
(Marcin Policht) In the previous article of our series covering SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, we discussed Control Flow tasks designed to simplify the transfer of SQL Server objects (such as databases, user-defined error messages, and SQL Server Agent jobs). We will complete this overview by