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Question: Is it necessary to check return value after a “new” statement?Does it return null when it cannot allocate any more memory? Answer: You do not have to check the

The proliferation of handheld devices and embedded systems revives old programming and design considerations that existed in the olden days, when every byte of memory and every CPU cycle counted.

Most applications contain a loop that contains a parameterized query, which is executed many times depending on some logic. This requires a network round trip between the computer running the

When SQL Server completes the execution of a T-SQL statement, @@ERROR is set to the value 0 if the statement is executed successfully. Otherwise SQL Server returns an error number.

If you already know that the execution of your SQL statement will return a single row of data, then you should always prefer stored procedures with output parameters in place

SQL Server 7.0 uses deferred name resolution in stored procedures, triggers, and statement batches. It allows the creation of stored procedures that reference objects that do not yet exist. During

When displaying the contents of a database memo field in a Web page, you may find that you are losing the formatting of the original text. That’s because HTML is

Java makes working with threads relatively straight forward. However, there are situations, or anomalies that can arise due to improper design of a thread-based code. The following provides you with

Java Archive (JAR) files are compressed files into which you can store many files. If you place the many classes that your application, or applet needin a JAR file, you