(Bill Evjen) In ASP.NET 1.0/1.1, you could upload files using the HTML FileUpload server control. This control put an element on your Web page to enable the end user to upload files to the server. To use the file, however, you had to make a couple of modifications to the page. Fo
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Creating SQL Server Reporting Services templates
(Serdar Yegulalp) People are always looking for a way to add a little flair to things they do, but often find themselves stymied by the limits of what’s possible. Take SQL Server Reporting Services 2005, for instance. One of its biggest missing ingredients — even as of version 2005 — is reusable tem
Navigate hierarchical site data with ASP.NET’s TreeView control
(Tony Patton) Now that you’re up to speed on ASP.NET Site Map and SiteMapPath controls, I’ll explore the TreeView control, which gives users an easy way to navigate a Web application. I will begin with an examination of the SiteMapDataSource control, which you may use to populate the TreeView contro
Put Your Business Rules In Your Database
(Curtis Poe) Maybe you know how to drive a car. Maybe you can fix the carburetor. You probably don’t assume that you know how to design the car. However, programmers who can write huge SQL statements and understand the output of an EXPLAIN statement often assume that they can design a database. Admi
SQL Server Consolidation, Fantasy Football and ISCSI SANs
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Finally is all starting to look like plumbing in XML
(Uche Ogbuji) I’ve heard it 1000 times since ‘97. “XML, it’s just plumbing”. Maybe, but it hasn’t really felt that way in past years. Too much was still unsettled, and and there were too many people who were not interested in letting things settle (including me). On the rebound from 2 very enjoyable
Introducing the DB2 9 Deep Compression Challenge
Based on feedback from early users, Deep Compression is a hugely-popular feature of DB2 9 for Linux/UNIX/Windows, IBM’s latest data server. To highlight this feature, the International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) is pleased to announce the IDUG DB2 9 Deep Compression Challenge, a non-competitive industry
Cloning / Staging Oracle 10g Application Server
(Atul Kumar) This post is useful for those who are using 10g Application Server and want to clone 10g Application Server (Portal, BI or Forms and Reports) from Production to Test or Vice Versa.
Five ways to prepare for a SOX audit
(Michael Hillenbrand) For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of being audited for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the experience can be about as pleasant as a trip to the dentist. But it doesn’t have to be that painful. Just like when visiting the dentist, a little proactive maintenance an
Monitor system information with SQL Server 2005’s default trace
(Tim Chapman) Sometimes it is difficult to diagnose problems on your SQL Server after they have occurred. So find out why you should use SQL Server 2005’s default trace feature to monitor certain events.