(Diana Moldovan) There are situations when you may need to remove HTML tags from your character string data. As an example, consider having to submit a product data feed to a search engine like Google. The detailed product description is mandatory in this case.
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Tools of the Software Development Trade
SelecTViews With Stephen Wynkoop Find out the latest news on Windows Phone 7 upgrades or some of the features slated for MySQL 5.6 and more. Also, MVP Stephen Wynkoop addresses some feedback on LINQ from our newsletter’s readers. [Watch the Show] Tools of the Software Development Trade As we have been discussing MS Access the last little while, I was […]
DB2 10 Migration – All Pain, No Gain
(Julian Stuhler) A large DB2 z/OS migration project can be complex and time consuming. A successful database upgrade project requires a significant amount of planning – typically this will be the most expensive component of any upgrade.
Learn How to Read, Parse and Display XML Data in Random Order with jQuery
(Kevin Liew) This tutorial will guide you how to build a jQuery script that reads and parses XML file and display data in random order. I made this because I believe some of us might get this kind of request from clients.
ASP.NET 4.0 Chart Control
(Christoph Keller) Today, I would like to introduce the new Chart Control, which was newly added to the ASP.NET 4.0 Framework. With this chart control, you can build exciting graphical charts within minutes.
Using Table Functions
(Patch) Table functions are functions that produce a collection or rows (either a nested table or a varray) that can be queried like a physical database table. You use a table function like the name of a database table, in the FROM clause of a query.
Text templating using Razor the easy way
(Phil Haack) As a web guy, I’ve slung more than my fair share of angle brackets over the tubes of the Internet. The Razor syntax quickly became my favorite way of generating those angle brackets soon after its release. But its usefulness is not limited to just the web.
Create GPS-enabling web applications
(Jack D. Herrington) This article walks you through building the back end and front end of a GPS-enabled web application using PHP.
Logician: A Table-based Rules Engine Suite In C++/.NET/JavaScript using XML
(Eric Schmidt) Application logic, particularly business rules, can be messy and time consuming to maintain in code. If all your application logic is hard-coded, it can eventually lead to massive if-then-else or select-case code segments that could grow into huge nightmares.
Deep Dive: Task-Based Asynchronous Pattern
(Mark Michaelis) With each new version of the Microsoft .NET Framework and its associated languages, Microsoft has introduced key new features and capabilities to C# and Visual Basic. In the next versions (vNext) of .NET and C#/Visual Basic, Microsoft selected asynchronous programming as the area of