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Arrays of Functions

A pointer to a function refers to the memory address of the function. Just like arrays, the name of a function is the starting address of the function’s code. Here’s

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Making Tables Read-only in Oracle

In Oracle, you can only control read/write capability for an entire tablespace, not for a single table within a tablespace. So, if you want all the tables in a tablespace

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Modifying Client JavaScript Code at Runtime

You can make new tags/components using JavaScript blocks. Simply include a script iterating through all the script blocks in your page: etc… As soon as the browser renders the scriptblock,

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Creating and Using Resource Files

Resource files are used in .NET to store culture-specific data all in one place, separate from the code. For example, suppose you are developing a multi-language Web site and you

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Security Is Job One!

omputer data security has finally arrived as a front page news topic. A number of companies from Bank of America to ChoicePoint have finally raised the attention of consumers, business,

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Two Faces of Mobility Comingle Freely at CTIA 2005

an Francisco?The organizers of this year’s CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference aren’t trying to mask the show’s blatantly dualistic character. In fact, with its theme, “One Show. Two Personalities,”

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Troubleshooting Web Parts and Deployment

his isn’t the article that I set out to write. While researching another article (coming soon) I soon realized there just isn’t a lot of good material on how to

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Use Stored Procedures for Java Persistence

ost software applications require a persistence layer, such as a relational database, to store user data for later retrieval. As a Java developer, you have many choices for your application’s

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Use Alpha Gradient Masks in Flash 8, At Last!

n last month’s article, I gave you an overview of some of Flash 8’s most exciting features. This month, I’ll show you how easy it is to achieve a long-desired

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Send Email in C# Code

In order to send email in C# code, do the following: // create mail message objectMailMessage mail = new MailMessage();mail.From = “”; // put the from address heremail.To = “”;

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Improve Performance by Reducing Column Size

During design time, you generally allocate some space to the columns by default. When it comes to tweaking performance, you may try to go back to the design and reduce

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Using a Function Call as an Lvalue

An Lvalue is an expression that can appear on the left-hand side of an equals sign. Likewise, an Rvalue expression appears on the right-hand side of the equals sign. Therefore

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Using Java to Handle Custom WSDL Data Types

he onslaught of Web services messaging and XML-based data transfer has led to a need to express these message exchanges in some structured way. The Web services Description Language (WSDL)

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View the Bytecode Contained in a Java Class

If you look in the bin directory of a regular Java2 SDK installation, you’ll find a ‘javap’ application (javap.exe), which you can use as a disassembler by adding the -c

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Find Mouse Coordinates with Javascript

Using window.event.clientX and window.event.clientY gives you the X and Y coordinates of the mouse position: Related Posts Jenkins 2.0 Alpha Build ReleasedNSI Probe Unravels Corruption ScandalWorking with an SQL Output

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XMI: Using C# to Capture UML Models

n my last article, I introduced XMI, an incredibly useful XML standard for interchanging models. Because XMI uses XML and XML is just text, using a schema or standard, it