http://www.devx.com Latest DevX Content en-us Copyright 2008 DevX http://backend.userland.com/rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:07:53 PST http://services.devx.com/outgoing/devxwire.gif http://www.DevX.com Use this handy tip to determine the size of your SQL Server tables, which can be very useful for estimating the size and growth of a database over time. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/43147?trk=DXRSS_DB Deepak Choudhari Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:42:17 PST A better approach than "hiding" columns in a DataGrid is simply to avoid creating the columns in the first place, as shown in this tip. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/43007?trk=DXRSS_DB Srinath MS Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:47:53 PST An update to a previous tip on retrieving the ID of the last inserted record, this version uses less code and avoids a search of the jobs table. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/43008?trk=DXRSS_DB Martin Vitek Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:08:19 PST SQL Server offers several different data types for storing large amounts of data in table columns. But which should you use? http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/43046?trk=DXRSS_DB Deepak Choudhari Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:24:26 PST Does Oracle's acquisition of Sun mean a merger of their flagship conferences, Oracle OpenWorld and Sun's JavaOne, into a single co-located show? http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/43020?trk=DXRSS_DB Glen Kunene, Managing Editor Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:29:45 PST Follow this procedure to deploy a CrystalReportViewer control to a production ASP.NET web site. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42935?trk=DXRSS_DB Bob Clegg Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:56:07 PST Create a running number column that shows the row number in a DataGrid control. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42788?trk=DXRSS_DB Srinath MS Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:02:09 PST Discover how to call stored procedures and functions in MySQL from PHP using three database extensions: MySQL, MySQLi, and PDO. http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/42887?trk=DXRSS_DB Octavia Andreea Anghel Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:35:51 PST A corrupt table in MS Access means lost time and data. It can lead to a loss of revenue or even employment. Learn how you might be able to recover most of the data when the worst happens. http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/42850?trk=DXRSS_DB Susan Sales Harkins Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:54:26 PST Discover how to generate PHP classes that provide common MySQL database operations using the DAO design pattern. http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/42625?trk=DXRSS_DB Octavia Andreea Anghel Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:38:46 PST The key to working with null values properly is to accommodate them consistently. Learn a few tricks that will help you do just that. http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/42452?trk=DXRSS_DB Susan Sales Harkins Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:27:47 PST Instead of making one query to get the Max and Min values for a column, and then making another query to get additional information about those rows, you can do it all in one query. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42377?trk=DXRSS_DB Cindy Rodriguez Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:29:47 PST Discover the underlying cause of Merge Constraint errors when merging DataSets. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42376?trk=DXRSS_DB Srinath MS Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:25:35 PST Set the DataSource, DataTextField, and DataValueField properties correctly, and you're done. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42374?trk=DXRSS_DB Deepak Choudhari Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:20:48 PST Routine maintenance can keep index fragmentation to a minimum—with some help from an index-defragmenting script. http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/42447?trk=DXRSS_DB Susan Sales Harkins Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:31:27 PST Let SQL Server tell you which queries take the longest to run. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42362?trk=DXRSS_DB Srinath MS Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:38:41 PST You can't let a little thing like not knowing a database's structure keep you from your work. Without identifying tables and columns, you can still find specific values and columns. http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/42340?trk=DXRSS_DB Susan Sales Harkins Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:12:49 PST This workaround provides a way to evaluate the PropertyPath value of an object, even if it's not bound to a data consumer. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42272?trk=DXRSS_DB Rahul Singla Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:29:41 PST Using Oracle's PL/SQL, you can get complete table column descriptions using this command. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42274?trk=DXRSS_DB Aaron Mason Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:16:25 PST Unless you populated a recordset yourself, you may not know whether it contains a particular field. http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42275?trk=DXRSS_DB Shawn Dorman Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:09:11 PST