(Eric Smith) Something I’ve been doing with my ASP.NET applications is creating a shared Page class from which all my Web pages inherit. This allows all the pages to share common functions, settings, and so forth without having to do much work. In ASP.NET 1.1, I used the BasePage class to help contr
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Visual Studio 2005 Hands-On Tutorial – Part 3
(David Catherman) This is the third part in a series of hands-on tutorials that will take you through all the steps to build a complete application using the new SQL Server 2005 database and Visual Studio 2005 IDE tools. This time you will be working with a Web interface to the application.
SQL Server 2005 Integration Services – Package Execution – Part 24
(Marcin Policht) Continuing our coverage of topics dealing with various aspects of managing SQL Server 2005 Integration Services packages, which we started with an overview of their storage and deployment, we now turn our focus to their execution. While SQL Server 2005 offers a number of different w
Use federated procedures in WebSphere Federation Server V9.1
(Dimple Bhatia, Qinglong (Peter) Hu and Hans Zeller) WebSphere Federation Server (previously named WebSphere Information Integrator) uses "nicknames" to federate access to data sets on remote data sources. Nicknames act as local proxies to the remote tables or table-like data sets. The Resources s
Dynamically Setting the Page’s Title in ASP.NET 2.0
(Scott Mitchell) The HTML standard defines a number of metadata elements that can optionally be added to a web page. One of the most common is the TITLE element, which appears in the HEAD element and names the page. The value of the title, if provided, appears in the browser’s Window title bar and a
Out of Many, One
(Susana Schwartz) After battling incomplete or inaccessible data that slowed product launches and affected customer service, Panasonic and Bell Canada Enterprises took control of their vital information with targeted master data management solutions. Today, they have a single system of record, witho
Advanced XML validation
(Peter Heneback) Grammar-based validation languages, such as XML Schema and DTD, are well equipped to ensure that XML documents conform to a well-defined message structure. This ensures that incoming XML messages can be processed correctly by the receiving applications, but it does not ensure that t
PHP for the Enterprise
(Rich Schwerin) PHP, the open source general-purpose scripting language often used for Web development, is a popular student on campus—especially corporate campuses. According to independent research firm Netcraft, PHP is used by more than 40 percent of the Web applications market, and more than 22
Developing with Apache Derby — Hitting the Trifecta: Database development with Apache Derby, Part 3
(Robert Brunner) In the previous article in this series, “Database development with Apache Derby, Part 2: Schemas,” you executed SQL commands directly at the prompt of the ij tool. By using the ij tool, you can easily experiment with different SQL or Derby commands. Often, however, you’ll need to ex
SAP To Bless IBM DB2 Viper As Best Midmarket Database
(Barbara Darrow) SAP is slated to anoint IBM’s upcoming DB2 database, code-named Viper, as the “preferred and recommended” database for midmarket customers.