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Build Java Apps that Can Multitask

f you worked with thread programming in C or C++ or prior versions of Java, you know what a headache managing the threads in your code can be. In single-threaded

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Add SQL Text Fields

Text fields need special treatment in SQL. Here’s how to add two text fields: CREATE TABLE Foo (a int, b text)–Table Foo has b as text data type.INSERT INTO Foo

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Use Cookieless Sessions with Care

When a user visits a Web site for the first time, the site creates a unique ID, known as a Session ID. The Session ID is unique for that current

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XUI: Finally, a Java GUI Framework You Can Love

here are many Java user interface toolkits. The most common, of course, are AWT and Swing, each of which has its advantages and drawbacks. Swing in particular, while it looks

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Utility Class Fills in Java’s Missing Functionality

Java programmer seems to live in two worlds. One is the object-oriented world of classes, interfaces, methods, accessibility, and more advanced notions such as patterns, refactorings, aspects, and concerns. The

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Locate the Installed Version of MS SQL Server

This query: select @@version provides the following information: Version installed Service Pack installed Edition installed Here’s a sample of the output: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 – 8.00.194 (Intel X86) Aug

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Configure the Behavior of Servlets While They Are Loaded

Servlets can be configured using the initialization parameter. These parameters can be anything like username, password, URL, etc for accessing a database connection, the location of the configuration file, etc.

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Use CausesValidation to Prevent Unwanted Validation Checks

Validator controls automatically trigger validation checks for every postback?irrespective of whether you need validation or not. To prevent this, set CausesValidation=”False” for the control for which you do not need

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Security Training Falling Through the Education Cracks

an Francisco, Calif.?”Ninety-nine percent of the people want to write secure code,” said panelist Ira Winkler, at the Secure Software Forum last week, “they just don’t know how.” Winkler, Global

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Powerful Printing in Flash MX 2004

t is no longer neccessary to creatively twist and bend Flash’s printing APIs to perform the more complex printing tasks like multi-page printing. Thanks to ActionScript 2.0 and Flash Player

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New Protocol Offers Simple, Efficient Java RMI

he Burlap/Hessian protocol is an alternative remote object invocation and Web services protocol supplied as an open source Java framework through Caucho Technology. If you want POJO (Plain Old Java

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Gates Announces Upgrade to Internet Explorer

espite fairly recent protestations to the contrary, it seems as if Microsoft has had Internet Explorer 7 planned all along. At the RSA Conference 2005 in San Francisco this week,

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Make an IIS Server Recognize ASP.NET Web Pages

For some reason, if you install IIS after you’ve installed .NET, IIS will not recognize ASP.NET pages. To fix this, go to: Start?>Programs?>Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003?>Visual Studio.NET Tools?>Visual Studio .NET