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This installment will show you how to use Ajax in conjunction with
server-side processing and how these technologies can produce powerful
Web applications. This article uses PHP but Ajax is compatible with
any server-side language.
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Last month this series explored the process of importing data from
Microsoft Excel. This month, it takes a look at how to get your data
out of Access and back into Excel.
Database Journal, November 17, 2005,
In this article Mark Hutchinson takes an in-depth look at Visual
Basic's pseudo-random number generator. In particular, he discusses
the Randomize, Rnd and Timer functions, why the numbers generated
aren't really random, and what that means for your applications.
15 Seconds, November 10, 2005,
This article takes a look at how to connect and display data from a
database in ASP.NET 2.0. Specifically, you'll see how to use both the
programmatic and declarative approaches for accessing data, as well as
the basics of displaying data using the GridView control.
4 Guys from Rolla, November 5, 2005,
Learn how to write a Java program that will run in a scheduled,
unattended, automated fashion to download e-mail messages from one
POP3 server and to forward those messages to another e-mail server.
Such a program is particularly useful for consolidating all of your e-
mail messages onto a single server.
Gamelan, November 15, 2005,
While ASP.NET has some built in tools to aid in debugging, classic
ASP is relatively lacking in that regard. This tip will show you an
easy way to check the values of your application's variables and
then stop execution before you do any database writes or anything
else you might not want to do while testing.
ASP 101, November 17, 2005,
Now this is an interesting site. You can check the best fares to the
most searched destinations from any airport in the world based on the
searches other users have conducted. Your results are mapped on a
Google Map. Not bad for a quick search tool. [Source: SearchEngineWatch]
[Visit the Web site! ]
After months of rhetoric, noise and backroom lobbying over an
international body assuming oversight of the Internet domain naming
system from the U.S., the debate ended with an anti-climactic 11th
hour agreement: The U.N. agreed Tuesday to leave the role of Internet
governance in the hands of the United States.
internetnews.com, November 16, 2005
Sun Microsystem's latest development tool catering to high-performance
computing environments is now available as a free download. Sun Studio
11 takes advantage of 32-bit and 64-bit applications and multi-core
processors.
internetnews.com, November 17, 2005
Machines will overtake humans to become the biggest users of the
Internet in a brave new world of electronic sensors, smart homes, and
tags that track users' movements and habits, the UN's
telecommunications agency predicted.
AFP, November 17, 2005
That's it for this Thursday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
Created: November 17, 2005
URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/051117.html