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Selecting Random Records With SQL

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:46:02 GMT

Have you ever wanted to be able to SELECT a random record or records from a database table, but was unsure how to do it with SQL, instead of through code? Fortunately there is a way to do it in SQL Server (and MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, SQLite, and yes, even your favourite, MS Access), and I'll show you how.

15+ FREE Visual Studio Add-ins - Part 2

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:31:02 GMT

15+ Free Visual Studio Add-Ins (Part 1) was such a hit, that I've decided to use the feedback (and Google) to create Part 2 of the list. If I'm missing a FREE must have add-in, I'd love to hear about it.

Dynamically Applying Themes To Your ASP.Net Site With A Sitemap

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:31:04 GMT

Ever run across a web site that used multiple themes, either page by page, or by some sort of grouping, such as the old divx.com site, and wondered how to do it in your own ASP.Net site? If so, then what I'm about to show you might be of interest. If not, read on anyway's.

Caching In 10 Minutes

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:46:03 GMT

A quick overview of 4 types of caching available to you in an asp.net application: 1. Viewstate, #2. Context, Session, and Application, #3. Cache API, and #4. HTML Output Caching

Add Row Highlighting to your GridView

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:13:20 GMT

I'm going to show you a quick and easy way that hopefully will help liven up your plain old GridView.