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Stored procedures in SQL Server are similar to methods in C# and Visual Basic code. They encapsulate one or more statements into a single, parameterized construct. Both stored procedures and methods are a form of code reuse and their use help developers adhere to the DRY principle ( D on’t R epeat Y ourself). But the similarities don’t end there. The .NET Framework has a feature called Reflection that enables developers to programmatically retrieve a list of methods for a given class, along with their input parameters and return types. It’s also possible to programmatically determine what stored procedures exist in a database, along with each stored procedure’s input and output parameters.

In a decision to help curb the many unsolicited calls made to individuals on a daily basis, the Federal Government has decided to start enforcing its use.
Beginning in December, all companies sending out automated calls must give the party an option to opt out of receiving anymore calls. Expansion of this enforcement starts in [...]

We will no longer be aggregating and syndicating Coldfusion posts via feedburner or yahoo and have removed the category all together.
The lack of RSS feeds with proper author information in them has forced us to make this decision.
Those of you that requested we keep pulling from your syndicated feeds will be removed as [...]

The ListView control renders its ItemTemplate once for every item in its DataSource . As discussed in Grouping Data with the ListView Control it is possible to inject grouping template every N records

In the world of “Corporate Technology” the need for automation systems is greater than ever.
For the most part, the types of tasks you ask of your employees is a good use of your time and money.
There are just some things you DO NOT want to automate. As technology advances this may be an option, [...]

Just a few days ago I inquired on-line about a new car during the evening hours.  Fully expecting to receive many e-mails, I was shocked by the following:

Over 98 Automated E-Mail Messages
1 Phone Call
Several Messages Blocked in my Spam Filter
Several Broken HTML E-Mails

My favorite e-mail:
Thanks for taking the time to bring me up to date [...]

Is a lot of work. Hacking around blog settings and making things work just right can tedious. All F9 Employees are encouraged to document their changes to blog.f9group.com here. Learn some of what we do to make all this work. Look too technical? Hire us to do this for you! [...]

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North American / European Country
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This article is the fourth and final installment of a series that examines how to build a data-driven web applications that offers dynamic user interfaces. Over the past three articles we created a sample web application that allows for numerous law firms to log in to the site and manage their clientele. Client data is dispursed across fixed and dynamic data models. The fixed data model contains a set of client attributes common to all law firms – FirstName , LastName , Email , and so forth – while the dynamic data model allows each law firm to define their own custom client attributes. For example, a personal injury firm could include attributes like Date Injured, and Was Permanently Disabled, while a law firm specializing in bankruptcy would have attributes like Debt Servicing Cost and Monthly Income Amount.

Corporations of all sizes are taking advantage of free, easy to use, blogs.  But what about small and medium size businesses that don’t know how to tackle the blogosphere?
The easiest way to get a Blog up and running is to sign up for a free service, like www.blogger.com or www.wordpress.com.  Once you signup, you will [...]