(Sanders Kaufman, Jr.) There are various ways to interface with a database, including Access and HTML, but one approach takes advantage of legacy Microsoft ASP (with ADO/ADOX) to build a front end. This method, which I will explain below, uses sample code that provides a quick and dirty applicatio

(Jackie Goldstein) Learn about the new ADO.NET 2.0 features in the DataSet .NET Framework class and the classes that are closely related to it. These changes include both functional and performance enhancements to the DataSet, DataTable, and DataView classes.

(Peter Zeidman) When Keats wrote “There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object,” he probably wasn’t referring to the objects that make up the content management system we’ve been developing in this series. A testament to his forethought, if a component of our system fails then it w

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(Peter Coffee) Today’s ‘perfect storm’ of sophisticated attacks, corporate governance mandates and public awareness of database security risks demands the prompt and determined response of database builders and application developers. In this report, eWEEK Labs profiles the combination of emerging t

(Alf Pedersen) This is a hot topic, and many argue that it should be allowed to have NULL values in a database. The reality is; all database systems I know of, allow NULL values for columns. But is it right; or even better; are NULL values at all allowed according to the relational model?

(Jose Fuentes) This book is a wealth of information. The ABC’s of User Interface design and function its a must read for anyone that has to design for the masses or for other developers. There are bits of information in this book that one would ever have expected. Rebecca goes all out to explain thi

(Jason Whittington) My favorite construct in the C# programming language has to be the foreach loop. I get a little jolt of pleasure every time I use it. I can enumerate rows in SQL Queries, nodes in XML documents, ArrayLists, and Hashtables. You name it, I can enumerate it all without mucking aroun

(Tony Patton) I was recently called onto a project to add features to existing applications. To me, this is one of the most challenging aspects of being a developer because the existing application strips away much of your control. My project encompasses three applications that are similar in ma

(Craig Mullins) How much availability is enough? In this Internet age, the push usually is to provide never-ending uptime — 365 days a year and 24 hours a day. At 60 minutes an hour, that means 525,600 minutes of uptime a year. While 100 percent availability is a laudable goal, it is unreasonable t