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obile devices are becoming the most prevalent computing platform ever. With close to 2 billion mobile handsets in use everyday, mobile is not a platform that any developer can ignore.
SLT 1.0 provides a way for developers to call implementation-specific extension functions from within a stylesheet. In the Oracle XSLT processor for Java, you use XSLT extension functions to access
hen you install many SQL Server instances, automating the installation process is an absolute must. Ideally, you want to create a master reference installation of SQL Server using the GUI
ode reviews are possibility the single most efficient way to reduce defects and improve code quality. Simply put, code reviews involve manually inspecting source code for defects, often using a
For command-line compilation in .NET, you can reference other assemblies by using the /reference or /r option on the command line. But when you have to specify many assemblies, the
This is just a litle method that illustrates how to get the minimum of information from all nodes of a DOM tree. The key of this method is the “old-school”
This code shows you how to retrieve the month’s first day for a date: /*create a table to store a number, a dummy unique value and a date*/create table t_
To create and access the control arrays as though they were created at design time, simply follow these steps and use the code. This example creates an array of text
ontrolling the number of fractional digits after the decimal point is a common requirement in various application domains?including dialog boxes, relational databases, financial applications, SMS messages, and when processing data
arching ants are a colloquial term for the animated dotted-line that indicates a selected item or area by image-editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop and the GIMP. Traditionally, marching ants
he last five years has seen a revolution in mobile application development as carriers around the globe have embraced developers in an effort to raise the average revenue per subscriber
ava’s class loading framework is powerful and flexible. It allows applications to access class libraries without linking to static “include” files. Instead, it loads archive files containing library classes and
f you’re at all involved with Web development, you know about AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). And you probably noticed the astonishing proliferation of AJAX frameworks, which provide a unified
Suppose you are developing a Web page which contains a text field in which a user can enter a date. The problem is that in different parts of the world
This tip will help you understand how to apply the mod function and use it to obtain even and odd records from columns in Oracle. You basically want to retrieve
Declaring a member variable as mutable is not the only way to mark it as modifiable within a constant member function. It is actually not really good practice to mark
his article is the second in a two-part series that digs deep to explore the fascinating new-style Python object model, which was introduced in Python 2.2 and improved in 2.3
Most users of GUI software know they can move the focus from one control to another by pressing the tab key. There is usually some visual cue to let them
he .NET platform supports a number of seemingly esoteric programming techniques, such as reflection, dynamic loading, late binding, and custom attributes. At first glance these topics may appear to be
iometric recognition is one of the most reliable ways to confirm the identity of an individual. And by now, many people are undoubtedly familiar with the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader (see
n the J2EE realm, data sources are Java objects that represent physical data storage systems such as relational databases. It is via javax.sql.DataSource objects that a J2EE application can retrieve
atabase Tuning Advisor (DTA), the SQL Server 2005 replacement for the Index Tuning Wizard (ITW), has two entry points: A GUI that practically drives itself A command line interface with
lickEdit’s latest editor (version 11) provides new features such as code templates, comment auto-generation, Regex evaluator etc. This article provides an overview of how SlickEdit’s features function in the context
You can launch applications like Visual Studio Enterprise Manager from the Run Menu on the fly. Many people use the Quick Launch for this purpose, but there is a better,
In certain situations, you need to show the exact decimal values. If you use the double data type, you need to truncate the decimal values. To avoid truncation while obtaining
Sometimes you need a vector or list of associations. An association is a pair of values that has some link in the problem model. For example, a student and grade
Assume that there are 1000 stored procedures available in your SQL Server database. At some point, you’ll need to drop some columns from the table definitions due to enhancement needs.
emoving extra empty spaces is a pretty common task that seems very simple, but in reality it is not as trivial as you may assume. The first impulsive solution that
ne of the major benefits of writing .NET code to run in the Common Language Runtime (CLR) hosted in any environment is code access security (CAS). CAS provides a code-based
ybase recently released DataWindow .NET 2.0, a powerful object used to build data-driven .NET applications. The DataWindow offers nearly identical capabilities for both Windows Forms and Web (ASP.NET) Forms, and
