(Tony Patton) Web developers’ common complaint with browser-based applications is its stateless nature. That is, once data is requested and delivered from a server, the connection is lost; any subsequent data requests require a new connection. While there are various ways to cache data on the client
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An Introduction to RFID Development
(Jeff Hanson) Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an enabling technology. By itself, RFID doesn’t provide much value, but it does enable companies to develop applications that create value.
Building Dynamic Visio Diagrams with .NET
(Michael Libby) Microsoft Office Visio 2003 provides a feature that allows you to save diagrams to web pages. This article builds upon this ability by introducing a way to dynamically manipulate a diagram when a web page is requested. The following step by step instructions show how this can be don
Reduce Costs and Improve Efficiency by Automating Oracle Document Delivery
Companies can extend the business process efficiency gains achieved with Oracle by automating document delivery. See production fax as a powerful tool for automating information distribution while driving efficiency, compliance and cost reduction. (R)
Collections and Sorting Continued
(David Fells) In the first part of this series we implemented a basic sortable collection class. We used a Bubble Sort algorithm to order the elements in the collection, which came with a disclaimer regarding what a slow sort it is. This article will examine the primary sorting algorithms with code
An interview with Glenn Johnson
(Doug Reilly) Last week, I was in a bookstore in New York City and saw for the first time Glenn Johnson’s new book, Programming Microsoft ADO.NET Applications – Advanced Topics. Virtually all of my work involves databases, and virtually all of my work uses ADO.NET, and so picking up Glenn’s book was
Developing a Data Access Layer for Sybase using ADO.NET: Working With Stored Procedures
(Jagadish Chaterjee) This article is third and last in a series focusing on developing a simple DAL (Data Access Layer) for any database using ADO.NET. In this series, we consider Sybase as the database of choice for developing the DAL.
Quick Debugger Visualizers in Visual Studio 2005
(Mike Gunderloy) Debugging in Visual Studio is a wonderful thing. You can use the tools built into the debugger to drill into the values of objects and their member variables easily. But even wonderful things can be improved, and that’s exactly what Microsoft has done with the introduction of debugg
Set Functions: The DrillUpLevel() Function
(William Pearson) In this article, we will continue the examination of “MDX for drilling up and down” that we began in Set Functions: The DrillDownMember() Function. We have discussed the nature of drilling, in general, in previous articles of our sub-series, stating that it comprises an analytical
Storing Session State in a SQL Server Database
(Bipin Joshi) HTTP is a stateless protocol. To allow users save to state information across requests, ASP.NET provides Session storage. The session variables are stored on per-user basis. In ASP classic, you can store session variables only in the Web server’s memory. However, this approach proves t