(Omar Al Zabir) Due to browser’s prohibition on cross domain XMLHTTP call, all AJAX websites must have server side proxy to fetch content from external domain like Flickr or Digg. From client side javascript code, an XMLHTTP call goes to the server side proxy hosted on the same domain and then the p
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Using Syndication Classes to Generate RSS Feeds
(Bipin Joshi) In the previous article I discussed how to consume RSS feeds exposed by other web sites onto your site. You may also want to expose your own site content as RSS or ATOM feed. The syndication classes also allow you to accomplish this easily. This article shows how.
Encrypting Passwords in a .NET app.config File
(Jon Galloway) I’ve been contributing to the Witty project lately. I’m a fan of Twitter, and it’s nice to work on a popular WPF application with some hotshot coders including a WPF pro like Alan Le. Lately, I noticed that we were storing the user’s password in plaintext application config file:
TabControl with WPF
(Neil Knobbe) After having looked at how to change the background colour of the tab header I got to wondering what else can be done to the tabs using WPF.In a very short time my question changed from “What can be done?” to “What can’t be done?”
Developers Use XML for Real Time Data Access
(Vance McCarthy) A recent study by a leading developer-focused research firm is finding that XML is gaining steam for certain mission-critical data access projects.
Grouping with LINQ
(Jim Mischel) I hope the examples in the previous section gave you some idea of what you can do with LINQ. But that barely scratches the surface. LINQ is an incredibly powerful subsystem that, once you learn how to use, will become an integral part of your programming. Let me illustrate with a sligh
Retrieve XML data values with XQuery in SQL Server 2005
(Robert Sheldon) When Microsoft released SQL Server 2005, it introduced a new data type: XML. As with other SQL Server data types, you can use the XML data type to define columns, variables and parameters for stored procedures and user-defined functions, and you can access XML data in its entirety –
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition – Part 20 – Authenticating Merge Web Synchronization
(Marcin Policht) Throughout the most recent installments of our series dedicated to SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, we have been discussing its replication-specific features, focusing in particular on its role in Merge Web Synchronization implementations. As we have demonstrated so far, despite sev
Collect in 10G
(Yas) Collections can be a great help in speeding up the PL/SQL programs. By using bulk collect operations it is possible to get great performance improvements.
Which DB2 9.5 client connectivity option is right for you?
(Paul C. Zikopoulos) The author details the history of connectivity options for the IBM DB2 data servers since DB2 Version 8 to DB2 9.5. In addition, learn about the specifications for each connectivity option in DB2 9.5: from fingerprint, to lightweight, to full footprint with a couple of tips alon