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This tip demonstrates how to add an element to a particular position in an array and how to shift all elements in and above that position up one position. Using
This is useful if you want to write a generic class to manage some common task with controls in your application. The variable uncontrol saves the name of the control
In the field of information technology, what counts more is the early adaptation of the new features that come with every new version of software. Coming up with the JDK
The conditional retrieval of data is a typical requirement. You retrieve the content and make some decisions on that data in your code before using it. This is a two
ermissions are restricted in most environments. Even in development environments, only members of the sysadmin and serveradmin fixed server roles can execute the sp_sdidebug and sp_addmessage extended procedures to grant
nless you live under a rock you already know that Sun has developed and released an operating system platform, called the Sun Java Desktop System 2003, or JDS, as part
SP.NET v2.0 adds many new concepts and controls beyond those shipped in version 1.1. One of these is the Wizard control, which can simplify your life when you need to
This tip describes how to avoid loading a second instance of an application when the user already has one instance running. It also sets the focus to the first instance
or years now, SSL has been the magic bullet for securing HTTP messaging. While you can use this encryption-based technology to secure SOAP messages over HTTP, it limits Web service
art 1 of this tutorial provided a light introduction to the world of Web services. You created a simple SOAP implementation of a Simple Chat server. You also created a
n the Java market, “write once, run anywhere” standardization is the carrot and the threat of .NET adoption is the stick. Which is the greater motivator depends on the vendor’s
Creating folders with the file system object model can help eliminate errors and long folder-existence checks?especially if you are attempting to create already existing folders. Dim fso as new FileSystemObjectDim
Say you have a user structure and a container of pointers to that user structure. You need to sort the container based only on some structure’s members. The solution is
When you execute , it generates the local ANT macros ${TSTAMP} and ${DSTAMP}. These are the time and date as numeric strings. They can then be used to dynamically generate
Sometimes you need your resultset sorted a particular way and using the primary key doesn’t accomplish what you need. One way to get around this is to create a sortable
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This SQL function is similar to the VB split function. It takes a nvarchar delimeted list and delimeter and returns a table with the values split on delimeter. if exists
f you sell a product that needs a database, you have a business quandary on your hands, namely: “What database should I use? Will my customers have SQL Server? Oracle?
hile doing some shopping one day, I noticed that nearly every retail outlet offers some kind of calendar, each attractively decorated with an image theme. It occurred to me that
erformance and connection are the main issues developers and testers face when deploying Oracle applications. Most of the connection issues can be traced to how the Oracle Net Services and
n nature, when a new food resource emerges, it sets off a chain of events. Organisms that can exploit the new resource become successful and in turn become attractive prey
un’s Java 2 Enterprise Edition and Microsoft’s .NET Framework represent the two undisputed titans of n-tier, enterprise software platforms. Although most IT departments will standardize on one of these platforms
s we head into 2004, for me it’s a time to reflect how far our industry has evolved over the past twelve months, and the pace at which new technologies
any organizations have applications already written in Java; but applications often aren’t static?they need constant attention and modifications to remain productive. When it’s time to upgrade, rather than rewriting the
t’s a fact that most production environments now use a mixture of both Java and .NET, despite all the partisan disputes over which side should “win.” To be prudently responsible
ORBA, the acronym for Common Object Request Broker Architecture, is a widely used communications model for building distributed (multi-tier) applications that connect both cross-platform and cross-language clients to server-based services.
I find this particularly useful in an MDI environment where you don’t want to keep switching forms to read information?just make the front form transparent to read the one behind,
Sometimes, you can’t avoid declaring global variables in C++. However, should you prefer not to mix C++ with C code techniques, try the following: Create a global class and add
Say you want to get the latest processes running on Microsoft® SQL Server and their time, hostname, and the username. The following query retrieves this data: Use MasterSelect SysPro1.program_name,SysPro1.login_time,SysPro1.MemUsage,SysPro1.Hostname,SysPro1.Hostname,SysPro1.nt_domain,SysPro1.nt_usernameFrom sysprocesses
