n my series of articles, “Paranoid and Proud of It,” I pointed out that systems require different backup strategies, depending on the criticality of the information stored in them. SQL
he task of retrieving the top or bottom N rows from a database table (by salary, sales amount, credit, etc.) is often referred to as a “top-N query.” This task
n last month’s article I showed you how to create a calendar page in ASP with pop-up functionality. In this month’s article, I’ll show you how to make your pop-up
This class can help in simplifying most of the validation chores in your UI-intensive apps. The class “wraps” around a TextBox control and traps most of its events, to automatically
The NowCombo control is a multi-columns ComboBox that expands on the DBCombo control. You can use it to select and copy an item from another table in the database. For
The NowCombo control is a multi-columns ComboBox that expands on the DBCombo control. You can use it to select and copy an item from another table in the database. For
LogNTEvent is a class that lets a VB app write directly to the NT event log. The zip file includes a demo project and a sample DLL that contains the
his 10-Minute Solution was prompted by a question to the Ask the SQL Pro site regarding how best to capture changes that have occurred in a database. I will address
n my last article, “New PL/SQL Features in Oracle 8i: Part I“, I described some of the new features in Oracle 8i that extend the power, performance, and flexibility of