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Did you know you can start a job from the Query Analyzer? Here’s how you do it: exec msdb.dbo.sp_start_job @job_name = ‘My SQL job’
The WshShell Exec method can be used to launch a process. It returns an object that can be used to monitor execution and to access the stdin and stdout streams.
Sometimes, filenames may contain characters like “.” and file-extensions may not necessarily be always 3 characters long. This code provides a handy way to get file attributes in a foolproof
You may have noticed the auto completion feature in the edit controls in Microsoft’s file dialog boxes. You enter a few letters/words of the file path/file name, the edit control
You may have noticed that running a process from Java using Runtime.exec() sometimes hangs the process. This is true especially in those cases where the process runs in the background.
he C++ standards committee is now working on updates and enhancements to the Standard Library. Tuple types are one of the recent additions to the standard. A tupleis a fixed
hey say ‘necessity is the mother of invention.’ Being able to keep an eye on your application is a need from which emerged logging and tracing frameworks. Application developers needed
magine a software project for which the front-end developers work with PHP and the back-end developers create Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). As the project evolves, the front-end applications need to speak
perator overloading allows you to define mathematical and comparative operators for your data types. Objects created with your data type can then be manipulated mathematically or compared using standard operators.
The article “Transform a WordML Document with XSL,” by Sonu Kapoor is no longer available. Readers who are interested in this topic can refer to this article, which has detailed
ike many companies, over the years my company developed a home-grown billing/project system that allows our programmers to bill to a Web application. This system is quite capable; however one
rag-and-drop doesn’t fulfill requirements, but it contributes to making your application appear more professional and easy to use. In Windows Forms applications, drag-and-drop operations consist mostly of handling a series
lthough electronic records have been around since the first databases, regulations about how to manage them are coming onto the scene only now. Legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and
onfiguration settings make it possible for users and administrators to configure an application before it is run for the first time and while it runs. .NET provides a good rudimentary
his article shows you how to publish XML documents in PDF using Apache Cocoon. Cocoon can create result documents in a variety of formats, including HTML and PDF. Cocoon’s popularity
ne of the more exciting open-source Java frameworks that has gathered steam in the last year is Spring. Spring aims to minimize dependency of application components by providing a plug-in
irst let me start by saying I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the eagerly-awaited DNN 2.0 officially shipped at the VS-Live! Conference on March
QL Server uses isolation levels to govern the tradeoff between consistency of transactions and concurrency of multiple users. As you raise a transaction’s isolation level, you also increase the chances
everal years ago I evaluated CiscoWorks as a network management platform, and was impressed. CiscoWorks is rife with features. In particular it had a few key features that I found
inding what you need in the Microsoft? Visual Studio? .NET documentation, which has over 45,000 topics, can be a daunting task. The Doc Detective is here to help, utilizing his
hen I began thinking of my own life as a loop, I did what all programmers do with loops; optimize it by reducing the amount of time that each thing
s a kid, I was fascinated with secret codes. After seeing the movie, “The Miracle Worker” (every kid in the 60s and 70s saw that movie at school, I’m sure),
common question I receive at the conferences and user group meetings I attend, is: “How do you find time to develop software with all your duties at CoDe Magazine?” My
am the host of .NET Rocks!, an Internet audio talk show for .NET developers online at www.franklins.net/dotnetrocks and msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks. My co-host, Rory Blyth (www.neopoleon.com), and I interview the movers and
n early 2004, Microsoft released a new set of extensions to SQL Server 2000 called SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. SQL Server Reporting Services provides a comprehensive platform for creating,
s a BREW developer, you’re probably intimately familiar with the process of writing applications, but perhaps not as familiar with the process of writing extensions. In BREW, an application is
he ability to run Java applications on Windows is a clear demonstration of the language’s interoperability, but it also has its drawbacks from the user’s perspective. Since most Windows users
n a world of distributed computing, the demand for smart-client applications is growing quickly. IT managers realize they must keep users happy—the user’s experience will make or break any application—while
Sometimes, you need to retrieve a concatenated string from one column of a table without using the cursor. To do this, you can use string aggregation. Here’s how: Create &
Extracting parameters from a file using regular expressions can be a very effective and practical way of doing things. Suppose, for instance, that you need a logon script that maps
