VB differs from other .NET-languages in that it doesn't provide short-circuited conditional statements, but you can still achieve the same effect, and be backward compatible with pre-.NET versions of VB.
- By Billy Hollis
- 06/01/2006
A look ahead at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2006.
- By Patrick Meader
- 06/01/2006
A reader explains that he likes VB6, and that is enough; another reader comments on the disconnect between Bill Gates' charitable work and Microsoft's (and other companies') assistance to the Chinese government in helping it stifle dissent.
JavaOne attendees heard many references to the JCP, including appeals from leading execs to sign on and participate. FTPOnline met with Onno Kluyt to get his take on all the attention.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/31/2006
Just weeks after assuming the helm at Sun Microsystems, CEO Jonathan Schwartz addressed attendees at the opening keynote of 2006 JavaOne.
- By Terrence O'Donnell
- 05/16/2006
Learn how defining levels of database access, for both nonsensitive and sensitive data, can help protect you from system failure.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 05/01/2006
Ensure that your data is accurate, and find undetectable bugs in your applications with SQL Server's Data Integrity feature.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 05/01/2006
Take advantage of .NET 2.0's addition of generics to provide better collections functionality in your applications.
- By Jean-Paul Boodhoo
- 05/01/2006
Database Definition Language (DDL) makes maintaining changes between your databases easier.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 05/01/2006
Learn how to scope your variables correctly, as well as the rules governing definite assignment in C#.
- By Eric Gunnerson and Nick Wienholt
- 05/01/2006
SQL Server 2005's Type 4 JDBC driver provides database connectivity from a Java application. Though the driver class and connection URL are a bit different in this version, connectivity is a snap.
- By Deepak Vohra
- 05/01/2006
Check out these publications, tools, SDKs, and community sites for additional information about SQL Server.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2006
Everything from barcode components to testing, from Help-authoring enhancements to e-mail capabilities and software localization?it's all here in the May product listings.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2006
After 17 years of non-stop development, SQL Server 2005 now has what it takes to give Oracle 10g and IBM DB2 a run for the money in the enterprise-scale, multiterabyte database market. But the SQL Server team didn't abandon its traditional small- and medium-size business customers.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2006
See how the LINQ syntax, specifically DLinq and XLinq, can increase your productivity and reduce the possibility for error.
New boon for mobile computing.
- By Patrick Meader
- 05/01/2006
A forthcoming Win32 upgrade to SSM joins SSE with SSX and Jet in Microsoft's new triumvirate of freely distributable database engines.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2006
This week the Eclipse Foundation launched a community portal called Eclipse Plugin Central (EPIC), which helps software developers find Eclipse plug-ins, tools, and products that enhance the Java software development lifecycle.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2006
Implement a Web service that performs a binary file transfer using Web Service Enhancements 3.0 and MTOM.
- By Martin Kulov
- 05/01/2006
Discover how SQL Server 2005's SQLCMD tool can enhance your scripting processes.
- By Josef Finsel
- 05/01/2006