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March 2005 - Posts

New Article Titled Understanding The Web Configuration File - Part 1

Many of the configuration settings for an ASP.NET application that you may be working on can be maintained in a distinct XML based text file named Web.config. If you are familiar with XML then you will discover that this file is easy to follow and understand.

New Article Titled Using ODP.NET To Insert Multiple Rows Within A Single Round Trip

Have you ever had the necessity to insert multiple rows into a database? Of course you have. In this article I will explain how to make the most of Oracle’s ODP.NET Data Provider to easily pull off such a task. The class we will specifically be
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Code Snippet Section Added - Have A Code Snippet You Want To Share? Post It!

I added a few code snippet sections today and I will post a lot more as I have the time. Here are the categories: C# Code Snippets CSS Snippets Java Code Snippets JavaScript Code Snippets If you have a suggestion for a category let me know. Share this
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Language of choice - VB.NET or C#

I had a colleague ask me the eternal question that seems to always be at the center of a debate. Why C# over VB.NET? My reasons for C# are based from my Java experience over the years. I find C# much easier to code than VB.NET not to mention that it looks

New article at ASPAlliance titled Read and Write BLOB Data to a Database Table with ODP.NET

By utilizing ODP.NET, Oracle database, and really very little effort you also can store images as a Blob for convenient storage and simple categorization. [ Read More ] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

New article at ASPAlliance titled Introducing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

The main objective of this article is to provide an introduction to Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). I will walk you through creating a simple web page that will collect various hardware information and in turn display this information to the
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