(Jeff Heaton) If you work with databases, you’ll often need to copy data from one database to another. While that sounds like a straightforward task, it often involves more than just a straightforward copy. For example, you may need to move only part of the data, or to modify the data as it is copie

(Dante Salvador) In application program development, one of the most important considerations is the program’s ability to accurately represent our perception of the real world. This requires the program to incorporate a realistic data model. Such a program is certainly easier to understand than one

(Mahesh Chand) Master pages is a new concept in ASP.NET 2.0, which allows site developers to build master templates for their site’s look and feel and put all common code which is shared by all the pages.

(Susan Sales Harkins and Mike Gunderloy) The number one coding error happens to all of us: It’s the typo that occurs when you incorrectly enter the name of a variable. Fortunately, you can completely avoid this error by adding an Option Explicit statement to your module.

(Mike Talon) Last week, we discussed a disaster classification system and what might happen if someone launched an unsupported rumor about hacking your company’s data. But what happens if the threat becomes real? In these instances, there may be no actual data loss, but such an attack can be a disas

(Kirk Hausman and Ed Tittel) Learn how to use Visual Studio .NET to deploy simple and complex applications. This information, including practice questions, will help you prepare for the Microsoft 70-316 certification exam. (pdf)

(Craig Navin) Before the advent of the .Net framework, creating images on the fly for a web browser was a tedious task. Now, thanks to the .Net framework, creating images on the fly is a simple task. This article will provide the reader with the fundamentals necessary to start developing dynamic ima

(Thiru Thangarathinam) The most dramatic way to improve the performance of a database-driven application is through caching. Retrieving data from a database is one of the slowest operations that a Web application performs. If it caches the database data in memory, however, then it avoids accessing t

(Darryl K. Taft) When Microsoft launched its long-awaited database and tools products last week, the company acknowledged it would have to act faster to revise its products faster as customer needs grow.

(Chris Root) Many websites use databases for storing data for use by web applications. There are situations in which this is not the best solution, however. For light, moderate, or temporary storage requirements, you might prefer to use flat files, session variables, and cookies. This article will d