(Wallace B. McClure, Scott Cate, Paul Glavich and Craig Shoemaker) This chapter introduces the concept of the Microsoft Atlas controls. These controls function like other ASP.NET server controls. Once rendered, these controls provide the HTML necessary to communicate back to the server from the cli
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Mean Mr. Modeler
(ddelmoli) With apologies to the Beatles. I read a post by Tom Kyte the other day about a data model that had passwords as clear-text, unique keys on a table and even used them as foreign keys! After reading it, I was reminded of a conversation I had with my wife, Wendy, about how she’s seeing a r
Partner TechTip: Blend SQL and RPGLE to Make Better Tools
(Kevin Forsythe) One of the weak links in IBM’s SQL support is the lack of an ad hoc “RUNSQL” type of command that lets us easily execute an SQL statement from a command line or from within a CL program. However, programmers who are so inclined can fill in this gap by writing just a little code of t
MS SQL Server Trim function
(Svetoslav Marinov) When programming on different languages one may expect one functionality to be present in other languages too. For example PHP has a TRIM() function which deletes leading and trailing white spaces.
Microsoft SQL 2005 Maintenance Wizard Part 3
(Don Schlichting) This article focuses on the SQL Server 2005 Maintenance Plan Wizard for creating Database Backup operations. The Maintenance Plan Wizard is a graphical interface for creating a variety of database housekeeping tasks. In addition to Backup operations, maintenance items such as reorg
Using the Enterprise Library 3 Validation Block in ASP.NET
(Brian Mains) With the release of Enterprise Library 3, a brand new Validation Block (Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation) has emerged that allows developers to perform custom validation in an application based on custom validation setup for a business object. When the validation occurs
Personalization with Profiles and Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0
(Randy Connolly) Web applications often need to track user information over time. Sometimes, this information is mission critical, such as customer orders, shipping addresses, and so on. A site may also want to track information that is not absolutely essential to the application, but is helpful in
Tale of a .NET Component (Part V)
(Peter Aitken) This is the fifth and final article in a series that covers all the details of developing a .NET component. By following this process from start to finish, you may learn aspects of .NET development that are not provided in more specialized articles.
Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers, Part 3: Advanced Patterns
(Alex Homer) This is the last in a series of three articles that explore the built-in support for standard design patterns in ASP.NET, and ways in which you can implement common patterns in your own applications.
Migrate Siebel 7 e-business applications from DB2 UDB Version 8 to DB2 9
(Noureddine Brahimi) This article guides you through a Siebel 7 database environment upgrade from DB2 UDB Version 8 to DB2 9. You’ll walk through the necessary steps and learn the tools and commands that you will need to accomplish the migration.