(Thiru Thangarathinam) With the release of ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft has greatly increased the power of ASP.NET by introducing a suite of new features and functionalities. As part of this release, ASP.NET 2.0 also comes with a host of new special files and folders that are meant to be used to implement
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Configure DB2 UDB with third-party application servers
(Deepak Vohra) This article shows you how to configure IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) with three third-party application servers: WebLogic, JBoss, and JDeveloper (with the embedded OC4J server). Because of its scalability, features, and ease of use on Linux, Unix, or Windows, DB2 UDB is commonly u
Generate Script for objects and dependent objects
(Muthusamy Anantha Kumar) SQL Server database administrators often deploy object changes, such as table, procedure, trigger etc., on the production system. Usually when they do, they check for dependencies, just to make sure that those changes are not going to break the system.
Take the .NET open source plunge with Mono
(Tony Patton) Mono is an open source platform based on the .NET Framework. Find out how to increase your options by providing a vehicle for developing on both Windows, OS X and various UNIX/Linux platforms.
Microsoft XML guru sees power for the people
(Martin LaMonica) While he doesn’t work in Microsoft’s Information Worker group, which oversees Office, Paoli does influence the development of the product. He’s a co-creator of the XML data formatting standard, and as the senior director of XML architecture at Microsoft, he’s involved with a wide r
Creating a database connection – Introduction
(Tony Ho) Microsoft Visual Studio .NET is a new revolution in computer programming. I am grateful that Microsoft developed such a great IDE for us. .NET had a lot of changes to the way we program and what we program in (especially in Visual Basic). ADO.NET had also a substantial difference from its
Profiling .NET application performance
(Paul Glavich) Performance is a concern for all but the simplest of applications. Making your applications perform well seems a simple enough ask, but it can be something of a black art. This is where profiling comes in.
Database Development using Visual C++ and OLE DB: Establishing the connection
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