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Creating a Web Text Scraper with Visual Basic
(Hannes Du Preez) Web scraping is a term that is becoming increasingly popular in the development world. It could because developers always tend to try to make things more and more convenient for users. At first, I wasn’t a big fan of scraping because it can be used to obtain data not intended to be
Using Isolate Scope In Directives In AngularJS
(Ben Nadel) The other day, in my AngularJS “code smell” blog post about directives, I stated that the content may not apply to directives that use the “isolate” scope. The truth is, I don’t know too much about the isolate scope feature since I never really understood the use-case.
Web Essentials for Asp.net application performance
(KedarRKulkarni) There are many parameters which affect performance of web application. The database or server code, n/w bandwidth, client side code, page size to name a few.
Aliasing a SQL Server: When it works, when it doesn’t and when it may be your problem.
(Kenneth Fisher) Creating an alias for a SQL Server is fairly easy and there are several ways to do it. Configuration Manager is my personal favorite. Open up configuration manager and select the SQL Native Client xx Configuration. Under that you will find Aliases.
WPF Selection Controls – Separator
(Richard Carr) The seventy-first part of the Windows Presentation Foundation Fundamentals tutorial continues to look at the use of WPF selection controls. This article describes the Separator, which can be used with ListBox and other items controls.
jQuery CDN with Fallback options and Best Practices
(Suprotim Agarwal) This article discusses some benefits of CDN, some fallback options, caveats and best practices to follow.
Did You Know?
Did you know that PostScript was one of the first universal page rendering languages that was compatible across platforms. Primarily it was a printer markup language, and was supported by major printer companies. HP and Apple both supported PostScript heavily in device drivers. You could output your print to a PostScript file and open it with a simple text editor; […]
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Undocumented SQL Server 2012 Security Stored Procedures
Undocumented SQL Server 2012 Security Stored Procedures SQL Server 2012 supports the following six undocumented security system stored procedures: sp_MSdbuseraccess sp_MSdbuserpriv sp_MSchangeobjectowner sp_MSGetServerProperties sp_MSloginmappings sp_MSSetServerProperties sp_MSdbuseraccess The sp_MSdbuseraccess system stored procedure is used to check what kind of access the current user has in the specified database or in all databases. Syntax sp_MSdbuseraccess [ @mode = ] ‘mode’, [ @qual...

