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Getting JavaScript and ASP.NET talking (outside of AJAX)
(Jon Galloway) A lot of effort has gone into simplifying the AJAX pattern, in which your JavaScript code calls methods on the server without requiring a full page post. You don’t hear much about the synchronous case (SJAX?), though – how does your server-side code set values in JavaScript, and how d
Visual Studio Programmer Themes Gallery
(Scott Hanselman) More and more I find myself “skinning and themeing” my Visual Studio development environment in order to stay frosty. It’s surprising how changing your theme (fonts, colors, etc.) can re-energize me when I’m having trouble with some problem or motivation.
ASP.NET Code Debugging
(Assessino) There are several kinds of mistakes you can make when you coding, no matter how skilled you are. It can be very hard to track down the problem in your code. Fortunately the .NET Framework SDK includes a lightweight debugger that is perfectly suited for this task. Together with Tracing an
Mixed content in Glimmerized XML
(Andy Maleh) In my last post about Glimmerized XML, I talked about one way of authoring mixed element text content. I also talked about two surprises that will make it easy to author mixed content. I’ll go over one of them (the bigger one) in this post, which makes it super easy to create mixed cont
Persisting State Information
(Bipin Joshi) In the previous lessons you developed HyperLinkGroup control. The control is working as expected but it has one limitation. It can’t retain its state information across post backs. For example, if you set the SourceFile property programmatically to some other XML file then across post
Support for RESTful Web services: Part 2, toolkits
(William Brogden) In the previous article I described how the creators of standards are coping with the industry interest in the REST (Representational State Transfer) style of Web services. I found both new approaches and adaptation of existing standards to include REST. (R)
DB2 9 Certification Study Questions: DB2 diagnostics log file and data row compression
(Roger Sanders) Here are more questions from the book DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration: Certification Study Guide, published by MC Press, to help you prepare for the certification test. The questions are reprinted with permission. Check back each week for more, and try past
APAR Friday: A potpourri of cool stuff
(Willie Favero) If you’re into stored procedures, here’s an APAR to put on your watch list. It’s APAR “PK59752: Complete Support of Package Path Keyword on Create Procedure and Create Function”. This APAR is for DB2 9 for z/OS and, as the title states, completes the work is doing with PACKAGEPATH v
Use the IBM Information Server to transform legacy data into information services
(Walt Geddes and Lai-Fong Leung) Learn how to create and deploy information services to access legacy databases without writing any code. The generated web services are created using the IBM Information Server components including WebSphere DataStage, WebSphere Federation Server, WebSphere Informati