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Best Database Article of January 2014

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Each month at CodeProject we gather together the best of the articles submitted the previous month and ask our readers to choose the best of the best. Entry is automatic - just submit you articke and we'll do the rest.

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Current Entries

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16 Jan 2014Tom Glick Philadelphia, US
POC to demonstrate passing of collections of complex objects to ASP.NET Web API Controllers.
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9 Jan 2014Nitesh Kejriwal
The WITH MOVE clause can be used to relocate one or more files
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18 Jan 2014Petr Ivankov
Application of abstract approach to database domain
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3 Jan 2014Sergii Syrovatchenko
This tip describes the most convenient way of process automation of generating HTML reports for dynamic table-structures and sending them to different people.
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29 Jan 2014Rohitmssqlfun
Cumulative Update – 9 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available!
27 Jan 2014Ted Neward
Google Cloud Platform - Part 5: Google Cloud SQL
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23 Jan 2014Markus Greuel
Some tips for developers who have to deal with a slow SQL server.
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16 Jan 2014Christian Graus
Discussion on pivot and other ways to turn columns of data in to rows in SQL Server
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21 Jan 2014Christian Graus
A description of the best way to create tally tables, and how to use them
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24 Jan 2014Sander Rossel
The second of two; everything you need to create the most amazing queries!
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26 Jan 2014Arun Ramachandran India
What exactly are UNION and UNION ALL in SQL Server
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7 Mar 2016dale.newman
Importing Excel & Delimited Files into a Junk Database
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7 Jan 2014Vinay Jade
ModalPopupExtender and ConfirmButtonExtender with GridView to View/Add/Edit data
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6 Jan 2014Christian Graus
Just a quick explanation of why it's not always a good idea to use DISTINCT
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15 Jan 2014Gregory Gadow
Database access and management can be a chore in .Net. This toolbox can make it easier.
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9 Jan 2014Vinay Jade
AutoCompleteExtender with WCF
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23 Jan 2014Christian Graus
A discussion of ways to create random number sequences in SQL Server
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27 Jan 2014Kareem.S
This article describes SQL Server Replication
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29 Jan 2014SarmadAsghar
This will provide opportunity to calculate aggregates, joins on the data retrieved from API’s which was never done.
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30 Jan 2014B. Clay Shannon
Overview and Usage of a Util for testing REST methods
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12 Jan 2014Christian Graus
Ways to pass an arbitrary list of values to SQL Server
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24 Jan 2014B. Clay Shannon
Create peace and unity in your organization by separating data and coding responsibilites
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13 Jan 2014Christian Graus
A discussion of windowing functions, from sum to row_number(), to the new functions in SS2012
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18 Jan 2014John Bhatt
Let's learn how to make a scrollable GridView and Fix headers with simple steps.
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22 Jan 2014imagiro
How to use the shell to unzip a file to a folder location
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2 Jan 2014mihirj
This article explains database schema design for storing tree structure and an algorithm to compute its cost.
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18 Jan 2014mpolaczyk
This article describes my solution of how to store SQL scripts and version database.
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18 Jan 2014Kirill__
How to manage data using different tools from .NET
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1 Jan 2014Sam Varadarajan
Oracle: Null gotcha
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10 Jan 2014jgauffin
How to create a Unit Of Work implementation for ADO.NET
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6 Jan 2014Nagaraj Muthuchamy
This article gives an introduction on SQL Injection attacks and tips to prevent it.

Current Participants

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Student NA
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
India India
Arun Ramachandran is a Software Engineer having hands on experience in different Microsoft Technologies who is presently working in Experion Technologies, India. He has written over 95 articles on the subject on his blog at http://BestTEchnologyBlog.com. Along with 3 years of hands on experience he holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT).
Founder Across Time & Space
United States United States
I am in the process of morphing from a software developer into a portrayer of Mark Twain. My monologue (or one-man play, entitled "The Adventures of Mark Twain: As Told By Himself" and set in 1896) features Twain giving an overview of his life up till then. The performance includes the relating of interesting experiences and humorous anecdotes from Twain's boyhood and youth, his time as a riverboat pilot, his wild and woolly adventures in the Territory of Nevada and California, and experiences as a writer and world traveler, including recollections of meetings with many of the famous and powerful of the 19th century - royalty, business magnates, fellow authors, as well as intimate glimpses into his home life (his parents, siblings, wife, and children).

Peripatetic and picaresque, I have lived in eight states; specifically, besides my native California (where I was born and where I now again reside) in chronological order: New York, Montana, Alaska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Idaho, and Missouri.

I am also a writer of both fiction (for which I use a nom de plume, "Blackbird Crow Raven", as a nod to my Native American heritage - I am "½ Cowboy, ½ Indian") and nonfiction, including a two-volume social and cultural history of the U.S. which covers important events from 1620-2006: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/blackbirdcraven
Software Developer (Senior)
Australia Australia
Programming computers ( self taught ) since about 1984 when I bought my first Apple ][. Was working on a GUI library to interface Win32 to Python, and writing graphics filters in my spare time, and then building n-tiered apps using asp, atl and asp.net in my job at Dytech. After 4 years there, I've started working from home, at first for Code Project and now for a vet telemedicine company. I owned part of a company that sells client education software in the vet market, but we sold that and I worked for the owners for five years before leaving to get away from the travel, and spend more time with my family. I now work for a company here in Hobart, doing all sorts of Microsoft based stuff in C++ and C#, with a lot of T-SQL in the mix.
Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
United States United States
Gregory Gadow recently graduated from Central Washington University with a B.S. that combined economics and statistical analysis, and currently works for the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife as an IT developer. He has been writing code for 30 years in more than a dozen programming languages, including Visual Basic, VB.Net, C++, C#, ASP, HTML, XML, SQL, and R.
Software Developer
Germany Germany
Born in 1968 I do programming since over 25 years now. I started with Basic on a ZX81 and with hacking hexcodes in a Microprofessor before I switched to C++ and other languages.

Since more than 10 years I work as a professional software developer, currently for Salsitasoft in Prague.
Founder 1TCompany AB
Sweden Sweden
Founder P.Yar.B Complex
Nepal Nepal
John Bhatt is an IT Professional having interest in Web technology. He is Web Designer, Developer, Software Developer, Blogger and Technology Geek. Currently he writes his Blogs at Blog of P.Yar.B and various other Sites. He is Main author and founder of Download Center.
Contact Him at : Facebook | Twitter | Website | PRB - Blog.
Instructor / Trainer OptimizeSQL Technologies
India India
Mr. Kareem Syed is a senior SQL Server Trainer and working as Technical Consultant.

You can visit my blog at
www.optimizesql.blogspot.in
Engineer
Ukraine Ukraine
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Germany Germany
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Student
United States United States
I am currently a Graduate Student at North Carolina State University
Software Developer
Poland Poland
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd.
India India
Microsoft® Certified Professional (Microsoft Certification ID: 8918672).

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with more than 16+ years of expertise to architect and implement effective solutions for Data Analytics, Reporting and Data Visualization solutioning need on Azure Cloud or On-Premise

Technology :
Azure (Data Lake, Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, SQL),
Microsoft BI (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, SQL-Server), C#.Net, Pentaho,
Data Warehousing, Dimension modelling, Snowflake DW, SQL DW, MySQL
Data Visualization using (Tableau, Power BI, QlikView, Pentaho),
Domain : Sales, Retail, CRM, Public Transport, Media & Entertainment, Insurance
Data Integration and Analytics Experience with MS. Dynamic CRM, Salesforce CRM, Dataverse, SAP- FI, Dynamics AX etc.

Linked In Profile:
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Change will not come if we keep waiting for some other person !!, or keep waiting for some other time !!, We are the one we are waiting for, We are the change that we are looking for.
Software Developer (Senior) Cognizant
India India
Software developer with 10 years experience in developing .NET web applications.
Founder Rebin Infotech
India India
A passionate developer with over 10 years of experience and building my software company code by code. Experience withMS Technologies like .Net | MVC | Xamarin | Sharepoint | MS Project Server and PhP along with open source CMS Systems like Wordpress/DotNetNuke etc.

Love to debug problems and solve them. I love writing articles on my website in my spare time. Please visit my Website for more details and subscribe to get technology related tips/tricks. #SOreadytohelp
Architect
Russian Federation Russian Federation
Ph. D. Petr Ivankov worked as scientific researcher at Russian Mission Control Centre since 1978 up to 2000. Now he is engaged by Aviation training simulators http://dinamika-avia.com/ . His additional interests are:

1) Noncommutative geometry

http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/author/P.Ivankov

2) Literary work (Russian only)

http://zhurnal.lib.ru/editors/3/3d_m/

3) Scientific articles
http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/au:+Ivankov_Petr/0/1/0/all/0/1
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior) City of Los Angeles
United States United States
Originally a Physics major, fell in love with Microprocessors and switched to Computer Science 20+ years ago. Since then, dabbled in various languages including, PowerBuilder, Oracle, Java, C, C++, Perl, Python etc. Constantly striving for quality and performance too.

I try to help fellow developers with technology as a way of "giving back to the community". Blogging became a natural extension of that effort. Still learning to perfect that art. If one new programmer out there benefits from this blog, my time and effort are fully worth it.

The underlying theme in my blogs is power and beauty of programming (and technology in general). A well written program gives me the sense of awe you get when you look at a man made wonder like Angkor Wat. You experience poetry, art, mystique, power all at once. A program and the troubleshooting that ensues also gives you a feeling you get while reading a mystery novel!
CEO JUUN Software
Netherlands Netherlands
Sander Rossel is a Microsoft certified professional developer with experience and expertise in .NET and .NET Core (C#, ASP.NET, and Entity Framework), SQL Server, Azure, Azure DevOps, JavaScript, MongoDB, and other technologies.

He is the owner of JUUN Software, a company specializing in custom software. JUUN Software uses modern, but proven technologies, such as .NET Core, Azure and Azure DevOps.

You can't miss his books on Amazon and his free e-books on Syncfusion!

He wrote a JavaScript LINQ library, arrgh.js (works in IE8+, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, and probably everything else).

Check out his prize-winning articles on CodeProject as well!
Team Leader VF
Pakistan Pakistan
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Database Administrator DraftKings Inc.
Ukraine Ukraine
SQL Server DBA/DB Developer with 10+ years of experience in SQL Server 2005-2019, Azure/GCP. Worked on high-load OLTP/DW projects and develops system tools for SQL Server. In depth understanding of SQL Server Engine and experience in working with big databases. Domain knowledge of ERP/CRM, crawlers, gambling and retail sales. Blogger, mentor and speaker at local SQL Server events.
Web Developer
United States United States
Ted Neward is an independent consultant specializing in high-scale enterprise systems, working with clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to small 10-person shops. He is an authority in Java and .NET technologies, particularly in the areas of Java/.NET integration (both in-process and via integration tools like Web services), back-end enterprise software systems, and virtual machine/execution engine plumbing.

He is the author or co-author of several books, including Effective Enterprise Java, C# In a Nutshell, SSCLI Essentials, Server-Based Java Programming, and a contributor to several technology journals. Ted is also a Microsoft MVP Architect, BEA Technical Director, INETA speaker, former DevelopMentor instructor, frequent worldwide conference speaker, and a member of various Java JSRs. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two sons, and eight PCs.
Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
Enterprise developer with over 15 years of experience coding Windows and Web Apps in C#, WCF, SQL, EF, Http, Linq, etc. Enjoy middle-tier development on large BLL/DAL projects, also full SDLC for smaller projects needing single developer.

Currently live near Philadelphia although I've been working for the past 20 months for a large health-care provider in Pittsburgh.

Contest Entries and Requirements

  1. The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
  2. Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
  3. With the exception of the Everything Else category, the article must be tagged with at least one of the tags corresponding to that competition's category (for example, to enter the C# Competition you would need to tag your article with a C# tag).
  4. Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
  5. No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
  6. Articles may only be considered for a single category. If an article is eligible for multiple categories (for example, it pertains to both the C# and Web Dev categories), CodeProject editors and judges will decide which category the article shall be entered in.
  7. No author can be nominated twice in the same category.
  8. If an author writes has two separate articles, each article may be considered in their respective categories provided none of the aforementioned rules are broken. For example, if an author wrote two separate articles, one related to C# and one related to VB.NET, the author and articles could be nominated in the C# and VB.NET competitions, respectively.
  9. In the event an author wins multiple competitions, and repeat, identical prizes, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  10. Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
  11. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  12. Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
  13. Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
  14. By entering the contest you agree to the rules, conditions of entry, and agree that your member alias and any submitted material can be used for promotional purposes by CodeProject.
  15. Entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry unless clearly indicated otherwise. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

Eligibility

This competition is open to software development professionals & enthusiasts who are of the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence; however, residents of Quebec and of the following countries are ineligible to participate due to legal constraints: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. Employees (or a member of their immediate family) of CodeProject or any of their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies are also ineligible to participate. Void where prohibited by law.

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