(Bipin Joshi) ASP.NET model binding is quite powerful and flexible. It caters to most of the scenarios without much configuration from developers. However, at times you may need to intervene in order to achieve the desired model binding effect.
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Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 5 using Visual Basic
(Mike Brind) This tutorial is the first in a series of a Visual Basic versions of the Introduction to ASP.NET MVC 5 tutorials published on the www.asp.net site. The original series, produced by Scott Guthrie (twitter @scottgu ), Scott Hanselman (twitter: @shanselman ), and Rick Anderson ( @RickAndMS
Compile, Pre, and Post Linking in AngularJS
(K. Scott Allen) Explanations of the compile and link functions in an AngularJS directive don’t often come with examples. Let’s look at a directive named simple which appears in the following markup. You can also play along in this plunk. Open the browser’s developer tools to see the logging output
It Really Does Happen
In response to what to do in your First 30 Days, Daniel shares what his priorities may be. It appears that Daniel was not what Stephen Wynkoop affectionately calls the Accidental DBA; however, his receiving the roll of decision maker was unexpected and abrupt. This does happen. Daniel writes: Ugh… I just went through this… I don’t know if my […]
The First 30 Days
Mr. Nagle makes the first submission answering the question, “what would you do in your first 30 day having taken over the responsibilities of your companies Database resources? He asks, “How come you always come up with topics such as above which are often real time real situations!” The answer is simple. Tools may have changed over the decades I […]
SSWUGtv: What perks should you hold out for as you’re negotiating a position with a company?
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.
GTIDs in MySQL 5.6: New replication protocol; new ways to break replication
(Stephane Combaudon) One of the MySQL 5.6 features many people are interested in is Global Transactions IDs (GTIDs). This is for a good reason: Reconnecting a slave to a new master has always been a challenge while it is so trivial when GTIDs are enabled.
A Few Thoughts on DBA Priorities
(Craig S. Mullins) I get the chance to talk to a lot of DBAs in my line of work, and that sometimes gets me thinking about the things that DBAs spend time on and what they feel are the most important aspects of their job.
Gather information from VMware vCenter VCDB about SQL Server
(Brian P ODwyer) We have over a hundred SQL Server instances with versions from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2012 some of which are physical servers, but the majority being VMware virtual servers. While we have some access to the vSphere Client Console and the vSphere Web Client there is still more
Calling WebService Using AJAX jQuery With SOAP Message Created Manually
(Devesh Omar) There are several ways to call a web service, these are some:

