Rob Gravelle takes a complex SQL statement and shows you several ways to re-write it that both simplifies and shortens it, while still yielding the same results.
Microsoft’s new Outlook.com is the successor to Hotmail – all Hotmail users will eventually be migrated to Outlook.com. Outlook.com is a modern webmail system that offers some useful features, including some not found in Gmail. If you have a @hotmail.com address, don’t worry – you’ll be able to use Outlook.com with @hotmail.com addresses, too. To…
If you ever find yourself troubleshooting a VSTO addin that does not load then these steps will interest you.
Do not skip the basics and check the registry at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\<Application>\AddIns\<AddInName> or HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\<Product>\AddIns\<Application> because if the LoadBehavior key is…
I was recently working with various SQL Server Hints. After working for a day on various hints, I realize that for one hint, I am not able to come up with good example. The hint is FAST.
Let us look at the definition of the FAST hint from the Book On-Line.
FAST number_rows
Specifies that the query is optimized for fast retrieval of the first…
The navigation links assists in determining the content in your web pages thus play a major role in search engine optimization. It is crucial that the keywords you use on your categories are easily identifiable by engine programs like...
<b>GHacks:</b> "Although there are many naysayers out there – who seem to either only want more of the same or who doubt the ability of any developer to release anything worth while – I trust that GNOME 3 is going to make quite a major impression."
Incredibly, SQL Server has so much information to share with us. Every single day, I am amazed with this SQL Server technology. Sometimes I find several interesting information by just querying few of the DMV. And when I present this info in front of my client during performance tuning consultancy, they are surprised with my…
Apache is one of the most successful open source projects of our times. A big advantage of this popularity is that over the years people have spent a great deal of time fine tuning the software for better performance. Read on to learn more.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing a web site to achieve a higher ranking when a search engine looks for web pages based on particular word or phrase. The SEO courses empower you with the wherewithal to successfully set up and run an optimization program.
If you’re thinking about migrating your small business over to Windows 7, we’ve got the lowdown on making the transiton as easy and painless as possible.
I am very excited to announce the huge success of the Microsoft Community TechDays at Ahmedabad, on 11 June 2011. The turn-out for this seminar was huge, and there was a great response from the audience. In fact, the AMA where the conference was held can seat 275 people – but there were over 50 people standing, the event…
The "Quick Watch" feature of Visual Studio is an awesome tool when debugging your stuff... I use it all the time and quite often I end up exploring hashtables or lists of all sorts... One thing I hate is when I have to explore Collections... Good god did I lose time trying to find the inner member…
Your dreams should never be based upon SEO alone. Your blogging should primarily be focused upon content. But there is no harm in also knowing how you can optimize your blog, so you get extra traffic to your blog.
If you have an ebook reader chances are it’s a Kindle. Today we’re taking a look at ways you can get more from your Kindle using built-in tools, experimental features, and third party software. Read on to supercharge your Kindle experience.
You might have bought your Kindle, used it to buy some titles from the Kindle store, and…
I recently finished creating my latest website, and since I am a designer, not a coder, I often find the need to seek the services of a freelance IT professional. There are several good sites out the... [Author: John Chilton - Computers and Internet - August 24, 2009]
Happy Friday, everyone!
Our tip this week is from an excellent white paper written by our own Greg King titled Oracle VM 3: Building a Demo Environment using Oracle VM VirtualBox. In it, Greg gives you everything you need to know to set up Oracle VM Server inside of Oracle VM VirtualBox for testing and demoing. The…
This tutorial walks us step-by-step through creating a custom server backup script with some nifty features like bandwith throttling to avoid bogging down the server being backed up, how to exclude files, and how to synchronize deleted files.
When you've got a website, one of the most important factors you need to consider is search engine rankings. If you don't have a great ranking position, you won't be easy to find. Many people will only look through the first five pages of search engine results. For that reason, your website must be ranked high enough for…
This guest post is by Vinod Kumar. Vinod Kumar has worked with SQL Server extensively since joining the industry over a decade ago. Working on various versionsfrom SQL Server 7.0, Oracle 7.3 and other database technologies – he now works with the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) as a Technology Architect.…
“A model can abstract to a level that is comprehensible to humans, without getting lost in details.” -The Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual.
Inception using Post-it, StoryBoards, Lego or Mindmaping Techniques
The first step in a Customer Experience project is to describe customer interactions creating a…
In this blog post I discussed about the OWSM Policy Repository that is embedded in JDeveloper. However some times people may run into issues with the embedded repository. Here is screen snapshot that shows the error you may run into (click on the image for larger image):
If you run into…
If you need to store complex types in ViewState DO implement IStateManager to control view state persistence and reduce its size. By default a serializable object will be fully stored in view state using BinaryFormatter.
A quick comparison for a complex type with two integers and one string…