(Raj Beniwal) Caching is a technique of storing a copy of data in memory. For example, you may cache the a page or the results of a query. The advantage of caching is to build better performance into your application. Accessing cached data in memory is much faster than re-building a page or re-query

(Jim Mischel) When I needed a method to reverse a string, the first thing I did was check the .NET String class to see if it has such a thing. I was surprised to learn that there is no Reverse method for strings. At least, up until .NET 3.5, there wasn’t. In .NET 3.5, Reverse is an extension method-

(Brian Swarbrick) Your CIO has asked you to design a data warehouse to support the analytical needs of your Organization. At first this seems like a pretty straightforward request. But then after much due diligence, talking to different vendors and browsing Web sites and knowledge databases on the s

(Jon Galloway) Uploading files via the FileUpload control gets tricky with big files. The default maximum filesize is 4MB – this is done to prevent denial of service attacks in which an attacker submitted one or more huge files which overwhelmed server resources. If a user uploads a file larger than

(Scott Guthrie) LINQ (language integrated query) is one of the new features provided with VS 2008 and .NET 3.5. LINQ makes the concept of querying data a first class programming concept in .NET, and enables you to efficiently express queries in your programming language of choice.

(Suresh Kumar Goudampally) The Common Type System (CTS) defines how types are declared, used, and managed in the runtime, and is also an important part of the runtime’s support for cross-language integration.

(Kevin McNeish) It can be tough keeping up with all the new technologies released by Microsoft, but Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a technology you do not want to miss. This article demonstrates the benefits of Windows Workflow and invites you to roll up your sleeves and get started creating yo

(Robyn Page and Phil Factor) There are two ways of using SSMS to automate repetitive tasks that involve TSQL. One is by the use of templates. This gives you a ready-made library of standard routines that you can turn into executable TSQL simply by hitting Ctrl Shift M on the keyboard. Great for ad-h

(James Payne) In our previous article we talked about loops and touched briefly upon creating your own functions. As you know, VBScript comes packed with its own pre-defined functions (like our buddy document.write), and in this article we are going to cover most, if not all, of the Date Functions.

(Govardhana Reddy) There are many situations when a developer wants to allow a user to upload more than one file. Currently you may be stuck with either adding as many file input elements as the number of files you want to upload, or possibly having new ones appear ‘magically’ through Javascript.