ASP.NET's Repeater, DataList, and DataGrid controls display data in a tabular format with various features. Learn which control is the best fit for your app.
Use the SQL Server Report Designer's wizards for a streamlined solution to setting up, designing, polishing, and publishing reports.
- By Stacia Misner
- 09/01/2004
Track changes in files using XML datasets with the DiffGram format. This format lets you track what has changed, and what hasn't.
Database Programming with C# explains the essentials of database programming to those familiar already with C#. Learn to exploit the VS.NET IDE to access data, and more.
- By Joel Semeniuk
- 08/01/2004
When mobile users need to look up and edit data without direct network connections, persist DataSets of lookup information as local XML files to preserve offline updates.
- By Roger Jennings
- 07/01/2004
Adding images to and removing them from a SQL Server database is straightforward using simple drag-and-drop procedures.
Learn 10 useful tips and tricks that help boost SQL Server application performance.
Disparate systems make business process automation inefficient. Semantic integration of structured, unstructured and process data simplifies implementation of a robust SOA model.
- By Boris Lublinsky
- 07/01/2004
Increase your application's flexibility and make the installation simpler by connecting to the database without generating a DSN in the ODBC Data Source Administrator. Instead, use VB code to configure the connection.
- By Irina Segalevich
- 07/01/2004
The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals helps SQL Server power users manage their complex enterprise systems. This valuable reference manual goes far beyond the product's base documentation.
- By Joel Semeniuk
- 07/01/2004
Output your trace information to new targets, including SQL Server and XML—and do it without parsing.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 06/01/2004
You can improve your UI in several ways, using the .NET Framework's built-in multithreading and asynchronous execution mechanisms.
You can automate exception logging with one line of client code, control it through an App.config file without recompiling, and use custom publishers to craft cool logging tools.
Employ the manual and automatic transaction models supported by the .NET Framework to maintain consistent data in your applications.
- By Paul Delcogliano
- 05/01/2004
You can boost performance in server-side apps by using COM+ pooled objects to cache resources. Be sure to enlist the connection manually each time the object pool picks up the object.
- By Enrico Sabbadin
- 05/01/2004