(Iqbal Goralwalla) How much does your business suffer if you cannot get to your data within a certain time? Loss of data access can significantly impact your business resulting in losses in revenue, customer confidence, market share, and more.
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Introduction to REST and .net Web API
(Martin Kearn) If you are building apps or websites today, the chances are you’ll have heard of REST and .net Web API, but you may not be sure what these things are, whether you should use them or how to get started. If this sounds familiar, then this article for you.
Generic wrapper for calling ASP.NET WEB API REST service using HttpClient with optional HMAC authentication
(Phil Fresle) Wanting to implement my business rules in a separate tier running on a different server than the presentation tier I decided that I wanted the business tier to expose its functionality via REST methods using the web api.
Iterators in ES6
(K. Scott Allen) The addition of iterators in ES6 opens up a new world of algorithms and abilities for JavaScript. An iterator is an object that allows code to traverse a sequence of objects. The sequence of objects could be the values inside an array, or values in a more sophisticated data structur
Authoring your First jQuery Plugin
(Suprotim Agarwal) With the jQuery Boilerplate Plugin and some simple guidelines, we all can build simple to very complex and structured plugins in no time. This article shows you how to create your first jQuery plugin.
The Software First Setup
Recently, while attending a local PASS presentation, I had a conversation with a young person who was building their skills as a SQL Server DBA. Their company is growing and their desire to use technology efficiently has been identified as an important component of that growth. Their company has purchased a licensing program with Microsoft providing them with SharePoint. Management […]
SSWUGtv: Should you separate your personal and professional values?
Video Programming for IT Professionals Career management advice, coaching and much more. We discuss making the best of your professional development, provide specific tips and ideas for advancing your career and even answer questions from field.
How to Limit the User to Typing Only Numeric Values in a TextBox Using JavaScript
(Rahul Bansal) In this article I will demonstrate how to limit the user to typing only numeric values in a TextBox with the help of JavaScript.
DATE row generator with DBMS_SCHEDULER
(Kim Berg Hansen) A recent question on the Oracle-L mailing list was about generating dates in a given period. If you had a string like ‘MWF’, all Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between the from- and to-dates should be generated.
Write Yourself a Query Rewrite Plugin: Part 1
(Martin Hansson) With the query rewrite framework in the latest MySQL (Optimizer/InnoDB/Replication) labs release, you get the opportunity to author plugins that can rewrite queries. You can choose whether to rewrite the queries before and/or after parsing.