(Ed Tittel) Amidst all the hype and buzzwords that surround SOA nowadays, it’s still far too common for organizations that seek to integrate service-oriented architecture into their IT infrastructure to omit issues related to data integration, management and governance in their designs. As they roll
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Debugging DLL Projects in Visual Studio 2005
(Abhishek Kumar Singh) Dynamic Link Library (DLL) is a file (also called library) which contains executable functions or data that can be used by other applications. A DLL file has the extension “DLL” in its name. A DLL cannot run directly. DLL needs to be called by some other application or EXE to
An Introduction to JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) in JavaScript and .NET
(Atif Aziz and Scott Mitchell) This article discusses JavaScript Object Notation (or JSON), an open and text-based data exchange format, that provides a standardized data exchange format better suited for Ajax-style web applications.
Progress Bar in ASP.NET 2.0 using File uploader user control
(Munir Shaikh) I had written couple of articles on uploading file user control, Bulk file uploader using C# and Asp.net 1.1 & ASP.net 2.0 –File uploader in C# –Bulk Uploader in ASP.NET 2.0
Install and configure device agents in WebSphere RFID V6.0.0.1
(Karl Freburger and Allen Smith) Learn how to install and configure RFID reader device agents for use with WebSphere RFID Premises Server V6.0.0.1. The article describes how to install a device agent definition into the Premises Server and create the necessary configuration to run the agent and the
Mini-tip #12: %ROWTYPE Continued
(Lewis Cunningham) A few days ago, I posted an entry, Mini-Tip #12: Anchored Declarations – %TYPE and %ROWTYPE. That article talked about using anchored declarations in your PL/SQL code.
Tracking Parsing Errors with the Tidy Library in PHP 5
(Alejandro Gervasio) Creating well-formed (X)HTML documents can be a hard-to-accomplish task, particularly for PHP developers who need to focus mainly on the data and business layers of their web applications, and not on their visual presentation modules. However, this issue can be addressed with mi
Migrating from Oracle: When SQL Server 2005 Makes Sense
(Alexandra Weber Morales) It’s to be expected. Ask a handful of database professionals whether they prefer Oracle over Microsoft SQL Server and you’re guaranteed to start a heated debate over the merits of each. One will rattle off performance benchmarks. Another will mention cost savings. And what
Ajax — A guide for the perplexed, Part 1: Survey of Ajax tools and techniques
(Gal Shachor, Yoav Rubin, Shmulik London and Shmuel Kallner) Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript + XML) programming techniques are increasingly dominating the world of Web application development. New developers are stepping into the world of Ajax development every day, and they come from disparate develo
Ride Out the .NET Programming Revolution
(Kathleen Dollard) .NET development is undergoing fundamental change. The pressure is building, and the ground is shaking. Each new tool is more exciting in its niche than the last, but each increases the surface area of what we must know. And worse, there is no possibility that adding more to .NET