(Irina Medvinskaya) VB.NET developers are often tasked with having to display a lot of necessary information on the screen with limited space. If you can split the data on the screen logically into different sections, you should consider using the Tab Control. In this tip, I will show you how to use
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SQL Refactor and the Table Splitting Headache
(András Belokosztolszki) When a database table becomes unmanageably large, it is time to break it up using horizontal or vertical partitioning. After horizontal partitioning, you will have several tables that have the same columns, but contain distinct sets of rows. When you union these tables toget
Windows Update Updating Without Permission?
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Promote XML Nodes in Form Library to Columns
(Eric Kraus) Need to automatically promote the properties (nodes) of an XML document in a Form Library using a properties.xfp file?
Converting XML To HTML Using ColdFusion And XSLT
(Ben Nadel) As part of my exploration of XML, I’ve been playing around more with ColdFusion and XSLT. For this experiment, I am trying to encapsulate the data of an HTML page in XML. Then, I am using ColdFusion and XSLT to transform that XML document into an XHTML page.
Data Warehouse Quality Assurance Best Practices
(Ryan Steele) While many organizations have been getting better at ensuring quality within CRM applications and understand the importance, they still struggle with the critical task of testing data warehouses and marketing databases. This column talks about some best practices regarding data warehou
XML and Java technology: XML persistence in three flavors
(Brett D. McLaughlin, Sr.) XML is a great data format—as evidenced by, among other things, an entire zone of IBM developerWorks that is dedicated to the subject. And more often that not in 2007, talking about XML means talking about Web services, or converting between XML and Java objects, or perhap
Choosing and Implementing an Encryption Solution
(Paul Howard) Over the last few years, hundreds of corporations have been featured in headlines for data security breaches. According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the records of over 158 million U.S. residents have been exposed by security breaches since January 2005. That’s more than half o
Introducing ASP.NET Page Modules
(Paulo Morgado) This article introduces the concept of Page Modules, which are similar to HTTP Modules but related to Page Life Cycle, and the need for them.
Messaging with Modal Windows in ASP.NET
(Michael Klaene) ASP.NET developers are always looking for ways to improve their user interfaces. In the past few years, numerous AJAX frameworks have emerged, allowing developers to create applications that look and feel like software you might find on the desktop. Microsoft has released its own Aj