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Communicate With the Server Using XMLHTTP

f you’ve been working with Extensible Markup Language (XML) anytime lately, you’ve probably realized what a powerful language it can be. You can do all kinds of interesting perambulations to

Building a Network Service Object

bjects you build don’t always have to be related to a database entity. In fact, some of the best objects are pure service objects that know how to talk to

Managing Repetitive Jobs Without Cursors

hile lurking on the SQL List server, I happened upon a suggestion that eliminates the need for writing your own cursors to accomplish common database administration tasks. These tasks apply

How to Set Up the Properties Class

roperty lists are a convenient means of storing user preferences andapplication configuration information in a file.The java.util.Properties class makes managing property lists easy.It is a Hashtable intended only to store

Identities and Triggers—A Lethal Mix

he identity property is a useful tool in designing databases. However, you can encounter serious problems with using it when combined with triggers. This problem was brought to my attention

Disconnected Recordsets

ne of the great and flexible features of the amazing elastic ADO recordset is that it can be disconnected from its data source, modified, and reconnected to update the data

How to Time a Set of Threads

hen you time a set of threads, you generally want to know thetime elapsed between when the first thread starts and the last threadfinishes. When you time a single thread,