(Scott) The typical web form consists of controls (like labels, buttons, and data grids), and programming logic. In ASP.NET 2.0, there are two approaches to managing these control and code pieces: the single-file page model and the code-behind page model. Regardless of which model you choose, it’s i
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Make Sense of Your Web Feedback using SQL Server 2005
(Peter Pyungchul Kim) This article discusses: –How to automate classification of text-based data –How to use SQL Server 2005 components to perform manual and automatic text classification –Performing term extraction and data preparation –Mining model development and refinement
Diagnose This
(Scott Swigart) Continuing with the VB Fusion theme of “There’s nothing in .NET that you can’t access from VB6”, I want to take some time to dig into the functionality provided by the .NET Framework “System.Diagnostics” classes. In specific, I want to take a look at the very useful “Process” class,
Identifying Bottlenecks and Performance-Tuning SQL Server
(Jesse Smith) SQL Server 2000 includes many useful counters for looking at access methods, buffering, databases, caching, memory, backup, replication, and more. Knowing which counters to look at is important for determining how SQL Server is taxing system resources. This article helps you find out w
Linux dispute boils over to MySQL, other projects
(Robert McMillan) A looming deadline following a dispute between two prominent open-source developers has forced database vendor MySQL AB to consider changing how it develops its software, and it will also force scores of other open-source projects to consider a similar move within the month.
Oracle kicks off Retek integration
Oracle has rolled out an earlier than expected release of a new portal offering that represents a first stab at product integration following the company’s recent acquisition of retail software specialist Retek.
Enumerating Over Files
(Allan Mitchell) Let’s face it, in SQL Server 2000 Data transformation Services (DTS) it was a bit of a hack to be able to loop over files of a given type in a certain directory and import them into your destination. It involved a lot of “Glue Code” and a certain amount of fooling the package into g
IBM Application Development and Problem Determination Tools for z/OS and OS/390
(Joe DeCarlo, Eric Chabert, Sylvie Delahaye, Sergei Litvak and Gary Racine) This IBM Redbook introduces the IBM Problem Determination and Deployment Tools for z/OS and OS/390. (pdf)
SQL Server 2005 System Tables and Views
(Don Schlichting) This article will explore various options for obtaining SQL 2005 metadata information.
Tip: Configure SAX parsers for secure processing
(Elliotte Harold) Because XML systems often accept and process data from many different sources, it’s important to consider the effect bad data may cause if it’s intentionally or unintentionally injected into the system. Although validation and well-formedness checking provide a substantial amount o