December 1, 2000

If you want to show online help (HTML Pages or images) through your applet by clicking the Help button or the F1 key or some other icon, you have to

Many C++ programmers will be familiar with the tidal wave of recompilations that occur when a seemingly unrelated header file is changed. C++ file dependencies need to be managed otherwise

Many C++ programmers will be familiar with the tidal wave of recompilations that occur when a seemingly unrelated header file is changed. C++ file dependencies need to be managed otherwise

There are two undocumented encryption functions. They are not supported by Microsoft, and I have had problems with some SQL Server service packs when using these functions. That being said,

By default, SQL Server 7.0 installation sets up SQL Server to run in a case insensitive mode. For most applications this may work great, but there are certain situations were

Certain applications require business logic to determine the last day of the month. This is the case for accounting applications that perform such tasks as invoice processing and customer billing.

When tuning SQL Server applications, a certain degree of hands-on experimenting must occur. Index options, table design, and locking options are items that can be modified to increase performance. When

Whenever a client application needs to send Transact-SQL to SQL Server, send it in the form of a stored procedure instead of a script or dynamic Transact-SQL. This not only

When a stored procedure is first executed (and it does not have the WITH RECOMPILE option), it is optimized and a query plan is compiled and cached in SQL Server’s