(Steve Muench) As you’ve seen in my previous columns, an Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) entity object represents a business domain entity such as an order, a part, a customer, or a service request. By creating a set of associated Oracle ADF entity objects that represents the full bus
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Introducing Generics in the CLR
(Jason Clark) Generics are a shipping feature of the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, and managed code is faster, more maintainable, and more robust because of it.
ASP.NET Caching: SQL Cache Dependency With SQL Server 2000
(Muhammad Mosa) SQL cache dependencies are one of the most wonderful new features in ASP.NET 2.0, the ability to automatically invalidate a cached data object (such as a DataSet or Custom Data Type) when the related data is modified in the database. This feature is supported in both SQL Server 2005
Microsoft’s Lineup of SQL Server Related Webcasts for February 2006
Eighteen new webcasts are scheduled for February, covering such topics as SQL Server 2005 Essentials: SQL/CLR, Reporting Services Basics, Using .NET Procedural Code in SQL Server 2005 and more.
Update and insert new rows in a single SQL query
(Arthur Fuller) In member discussion posts, I’ve noticed some iteration of the following question crop up several times, “Can I update existing rows and insert (or delete) new ones in a single query?” To me, the point, and the mistake, is the same. I’ll explain.
XSLT Stylesheet Performance on Big Documents
(Scott Hanselman) Like it or not, when it comes type to start transforming XML datas folks turn to stylesheets. Sure, it’d be nice if we could write XmlReader/XmlWriter transforms or if one of these Streaming XML Transformation languages would really take off. But for now, you know it, and I know it
Want to know more about the zIIP specialty engine?
(Willie Favero) Last Tuesday, I posted a short blurb about the System z9 Integrated Information Processor, or what we are more affectionately referring to as the zIIP specialty engine. This installment of my blog will have just a little more detail.
Abstract Classes in PHP: Setting Up a Concrete Example
(Alejandro Gervasio) Welcome to part two of the series “Abstract classes in PHP.” In three tutorials, this series introduces the key concepts of abstract classes in PHP 4-PHP 5, and explores their application and use in different object-oriented development environments. Whether you’re an experi
An In-Depth Coverage of ASP.NET 2.0’s Master Pages: Part 2 of 3
(Manoj Agarwal) Part 1 of this series was more about introducing master pages and how to get started with creating a Web application that uses it. In this article, you will be diving deeper and covering a lot more about master pages. You might also get solutions to some of the issues you might face
Building Report-enabled Applications with the New ReportViewer Controls (Part 1 of 2)
(Teo Lachev) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS) provides open protocols for integrating reporting clients regardless of the targeted programming language and platform. A noticeable missing piece in its integration strategy was a presentation layer to deliver the generated reports to