(Bhakeeswaran Thulasingam) This article gives you an overview of best practices to attain .NET performance.

(Paul Kimmel) Because propagating events up through two, three, or more layers of nested grids and controls can be challenging, I receive a lot of email about nested grids. In response, I have devised an easy way to manage complex ASP.NET presentations using a consistent, reliable approach and the o

(Zach Smith) Database interaction is old hat to enterprise application developers. If you are a .NET developer, chances are you have used the SqlParameter, SqlCommand, and SqlConnection classes. There is also a high probability that you have noticed how monotonous and time consuming it is to use the

(Tony Patton) As .NET developers, we often find ourselves waist deep in SQL Server queries and stored procedures. A good example is an ASP.NET application I recently developed and delivered to the client for testing. The application utilized an existing SQL Server database with most of the T-SQL con

(Mike McIntyre) This article provides the steps necessary to create a simple database from a DataSet and an XML file. It will explain how to use a DataSet and an XML file to implement the database and how to perform CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, and Delete) operations on the data stored in the XML

(Eric Smith) A common request of users is to be able to download data for use in Microsoft Excel. This is actually fairly easy to accomplish without a lot of extra work. I do most of my database work with DataTable objects, as I don’t need the overhead of a DataSet. I also have a Database wrapper cl

(Jim Mischel) In the .NET Console interface, most input is done through the standard input handle, using the high-level input API function ReadConsole, which is called by Console.Read and Console.ReadLine. Two lower level methods, KeyAvailable and ReadKey let you poll the console for available input

(Irina Medvinskaya) There are situations that require reversing the order of characters in a string. In the Listing A example, I show you how to utilize the Reverse method of an array to reverse the order of characters in a particular string.

(Scott Mitchell) ASP.NET provides a variety of validation Web controls that can be used to validate a user’s form field inputs. (See Form Validation with ASP.NET – It Doesn’t Get Any Easier! for general information on the validation Web controls and Dissecting Validation Controls in ASP.NET 2.0 for

(Alejandro Gervasio) If you’re one of those PHP developers who want to explore the package of classes that come bundled with the Standard PHP Library (SPL), then fear not, because you’re at the right place. Welcome to the concluding part of the series “A Close Look at the DirectoryIterator Class in