Rules play a central role in a wide variety of applications. In addition to the declarative specification of business rules, the simple rule engine design described in this article can be used to implement state machines, predicate dispatchers, or any other rule-based system.
Do you have a need to generate bar codes for an application? Check out this new product, reviewed by Dinesh Asanka, that uses Reporting Services to help you easily print bar codes.
In the past, it was common for an employer to work with their employees and pay to keep their skills current. While this still happens, in this age of high employee (and employer) turnover, many companies are more circumspect about how much they will spend to keep their employees keep up-to-date. At the end of the day, it is your responsibility to make sure this happens and there are many good reasons why you should strive to do so and many ways in which you can do it.
When a new version is released or when existing software is upgraded there is always a learning curve and getting used to new ways of doing things. This article demonstrates how to use SQL Server 2005's catalog views in comparison with using system tables in SQL Server 2000.
SQL Server has a great alerting mechanism for letting DBAs know when some event has occurred, but adding this notification to clients is a little more difficult. New author Stas Vasiljev brings us an extended stored procedure that has has used to allow clients to receive a broadcast when data has changed on a server.
Most software projects fail. Only about a quarter are completely successful. About half are late and over budget and the remaining quarter just fade into oblivion. What if there was a simple way to ensure your project’s success? There is, and it’s all about starting out in the right way
SQL Server 2005 has dramatically changed the way many maintenance plans are used. New author Aaron Ingold brings us an introductory look at Maintenance Plans in this new version.
SQL Server 2005 offers a new tool, Database Snapshot, which helps protect against user errors. It's a great feature, in some ways. But Ravindra Okade cautions against relying on it as an all-purpose rescue device.
The user group in Detroit is back and looking for new members. If you are in the area, check out the announcement for their next meeting.
SqlSiteMapProvider reads site maps from SQL Server databases. And it takes advantage of the ASP.NET 2.0 provider architecture to integrate seamlessly with the site navigation subsystem. Just create the site map database and register SqlSiteMapProvider as the default provider, and then, like magic, everything else just works.
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