(Steve Dunn) StringBuilder has an Append method that returns a reference to itself. This is useful for when you want to append several items in one go.
Other News
.NET Gotcha: Object Lifetime
(G. Allan Alderman and Bryan E. Slatner) The Microsoft .NET Framework is a rich and powerful runtime environment for creating and deploying Web-based applications. But, it’s rife with gotchas and pitfalls for the inexperienced programmer — and some of these can result in subtle and irritating bugs.
DBAs differ on Oracle’s automation efforts
(Mark Brunelli) The highly anticipated Oracle Database 10g release 2 comes out this summer and promises to address the DBA skills gap by delivering more automated features than any previous version. But some database management professionals think those very features will create an even greater amou
Monitor SQL Server CPU Loads
(Muthusamy Anantha Kumar) This article illustrates how to monitor the CPU load on SQL Server and Windows machines using Windows Management Instrumentation and VBScript to collect data in the Round Robin database and then produce graphs using the Round Robin Tool.
BUG: Not all memory is available when AWE is enabled on a computer that is running a 32-bit version of SQL Server 2000 SP4
Consider the following scenario. You are running a 32-bit version of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 on an x86-based computer or on an x64-based computer. If Address Windowing Extensions (AWE) support is enabled, SQL Server 2000 can only use a maximum of 50 percent of the physical memory th
Open Source: Paper Tiger, Hidden Problems?
(Daniel J. Schwartz) You need to consider company policies concerning the use of open-source code. Managing the risks associated with open source demands that you discuss these issues with your programmers and arrive at known solutions in advance of someone potentially entering into a license agreem
Business Objects Broadens Participation in IBM’S ISV Advantage Initiative
Business Objects has expanded its participation in IBM’s ISV Advantage Initiative, a program designed to provide independent software vendors (ISVs) with technical and marketing support to help meet the specific information technology needs of small and medium business (SMB) companies.
SOA Made Real
(Rich Salz) In this column we’ll actually build a web service using the style, as well as the examples, from the previous column. Again, we’ll use Norm Walsh’s where in the world service. For grins, we’ll look at a C#/.NET client and a Python server.
Getting Started with Automated Service-Level Management
Martin Pena, Director of Product Management for System Management Products at Oracle, explains application service-level management using Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control and how to get started with it out of the box.
Date control with support for languages and different date formats
(i386.com) There are many Date Controls to be found around the Internet and including many here at CodeProject. However few don’t tap into the .NET’s System.Globalization class for retrieving month names in foreign languages. Names for months in Afrikaans to Vietnamese can be achieved without the kn