(Tony Patton) If you are familiar with classic ASP, the declarative data binding syntax introduced in ASP.NET will be familiar to you even though the functionality is vastly different. Data binding expressions are the code you see between characters in an ASPX file. The expressions allow
Tag: SharePoint / BI
Generate random sets in SQL Server with NewID()
(Arthur Fuller) Our team recently completed a project for a travel-package organization, for which we received glowing thank-you letters and e-mails from very happy customers. We stored these praises in a table called Kudos.
Advanced XML Processing with StAX in ColdFusion
(Jim Collins) When MX was released, the Xerxes XML parser was state-of-the-art. Java XML processing has advanced significantly since then. This article will discuss these new developments and show how you, the developer, can leverage them from ColdFusion. Some experience with creating and using Java
Why Switch to XHTML?
(Lee Underwood) For Web developers, the learning process never seems to end. New technologies are constantly being developed, the manipulation of multimedia seems to know no bounds, the proliferation of knowledge, distribution and programming languages continue to develop and grow, and, of course, d
Increase Web site performance with ASP.NET caching
(Tony Patton) While functionality is the number one goal of Web development, performance seems to be a close second. After all, a site that isn’t used serves no purpose. Caching frequently accessed Web page data is one way to positively impact a Web application’s performance. ASP.NET includes cachin
System.Transactions and ADO.NET 2.0
(Sahil Malik) Data is the blood in your system; it sits in its comfortable home of a database, and camps out in the tent of XML, but it deserves to be worked with in a reliable and consistent manner.
Information on demand: Unleash the power of DB2 9
Information is everywhere. Delivering the right information to the decision makers at the right time is critical to achieving business results. Information can reside in existing relational databases, Web service providers, or within files. The nature of information is changing as more and more info
Using SharePoint’s SPView Class and CAML as a Query Language
(Michael Peterson) If you’ve been working to customize SharePoint, you’ve probably at least heard the term “CAML,” which stands for Collaborative Application Markup Language. CAML is the XML-based language that Microsoft uses to build and customize SharePoint sites. Many of SharePoint’s .site defini
Search and map directory trees with ease using the right PHP class
(Melonfire) Most of the time, iterating through nested PHP structures requires you to write a recursive function that travels through the hierarchy in a sequential manner, examining each and every element in it. But recursive functions are complex, messy things and most developers (including myself)
Work Web Part Magic Inside of ASP.NET
(Robert Bogue) Microsoft released SharePoint to the market back in 2000/2001 and, in doing so, began a shift in perception about how Web applications are built. The change was slow at first and has yet to take over the way we build applications completely; however, the change has started.