Best Database Article of April 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

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Using Stored Procedures in Entity Framework Model First Approach (Part I - Adding New Stored Procedure)

15 Apr 2014SRS(The Coder)

How to use Stored Procedures in Entity Framework Model First Approach

C#3.5

C#5.0

.NET

How to View SQLite Data from Droidio

7 Apr 2014B. Clay Shannon

Step-by-step instructions on how to view SQLite data from Android Studio and SQLite Data Browser

How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

14 Apr 2014Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.

nKnight - Role Based Access Control(RBAC) Solution for C#.NET

7 Apr 2014subhajit bhadury

nKnight - RBAC Solution for C#.NET

MSSQL to MySQL Export

16 Apr 2014madagaga

Converting MSSQL database to MySQL

Enhanced Remedy Macro

14 Apr 2014Jack Ross

A nice CLI for managing the BMC trouble ticketing service

EF Remove If Exists

12 Apr 2014Robert Lindblom

Removing entity if it exists

A SQL Cmdlet a Day 2 Piping and Select

5 Apr 2014derekman9707

A SQL Cmdlet a Day 2 Piping and Select

SQL

How to write once, and test encrypted data storage for Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, Android and iOS

16 Apr 2014Stephen_Ball

How to write once, and test encrypted data storage for Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, Android and iOS

Strategy considerations when migrating ASP.NET forms to MVC

7 Apr 2014Stewa11

This case study suggests starting with decoupling the aspx/aspx.cs into the View's CSS3, HTML5, javascript, AJAX and JSON

Take the Pain Out of Debugging Databases by Getting a Change History

3 Apr 2014Redgate Software

An interview with senior .NET Developer, Lyle Keeton on use of SQL Source Control

SQL

product-showcase

Arduino, C#, and Serial Interface

10 Mar 2016Marco Bertschi

Serial communication with an Arduino Board via C# and the SerialPort class from the System.IO.Ports namespace

Running Programs on a Remote Machine with Web Services

1 Apr 2014smoore4

Run programs on remote machines without PsExec or WMI

Strategy considerations when migrating ASP.NET forms to MVC

4 Apr 2014Stewa11

A simple case study

Dynamically Setting a Parameter from a C# Variable in Crystal Reports

2 Apr 2014Kinyanjui Kamau

I have written this tip to help developers automatically set Crystal Report parameters from variables in code (WinForms) at report run time.

i-nercya EntityLite: A Lightweight, Database First, Micro ORM

9 Apr 2014Jesús López Méndez

This article introduces you to EntityLite and explains how to use it

SQL

ADO.NET

ASP.NET MVC Documents Sample

6 May 2014Eric Goedhart

Building a ASP.Net datadriven website

Speed up SQL Stored Procedure by changing IF...ELSE Block and Loop with SQL Queries

16 Apr 2014sukeshchand

Speed up your SQL Stored Procedure by changing IF...ELSE Block and Loop's with SQL Queries

SQL

DBA

ASP .NET MVC for Beginners in Web Development

29 Apr 2014Tal Bronfer

Introduction to ASP .NET MVC 5 for .NET developers that are completely new to Web development, MVC frameworks and Web Application Frameworks in general.

Generic Repository Framework (Generic Unit of Work)

30 Apr 2014Leszek Koc

Generic Repository Framework (Generic Unit of Work)

ADO.NET

DBA

Architect

Step-by-Step PHP Tutorials for Beginners - Creating your PHP Program FROM SCRATCH: Basic Authentication, Membership and CRUD Functionalities

26 Jan 2021Kristian Guevara

PHP tutorials for beginners

Action Filter for Compression

17 Apr 2014gunjan k saxena

This tip will help to create an action filter to compress the contents like Json, partial view, etc.

Another C# SQL class

1 Apr 2014formlesstree4

Another article on C# .NET SQL, but with smarts

How to Display Web Visitor's Sunrise and Sunset Time by IP Address

10 Apr 2014Hexa How

Display visitor's sunrise and sunset time based on their IP address using C#

Single Page Application performing database CRUD operations using Backbone and ASP.NET Web API

1 Apr 2014Khademul Basher

Single Page Application development using Backbone and performing database operations using Web API services.

Adding COM Automation Support To Win32 Applications

2 Jul 2014Mohammed El-Afifi

Given an existing win32 application, how to provide COM automation capability to it?

Insert Data Using Stored Procedure in ASP.NET

23 Apr 2014Rajendra D. Patel

How to insert data using stored procedure in ASP.NET

Understanding Normal Forms of Relationship for database

15 Apr 2014Kirill__

How to create databese with forst 3 normal forms of relationship

Apache Hadoop for Windows Platform

16 Jul 2014Praba Prakash

Apache Hadoop 2.3 for Big Data Analytics

Intelligent Workbook for Generating Basic DAX Formulas used for Time Series Analysis of Measures

22 Aug 2014FLouis38

Intelligent workbook for generating time series DAX

SQL

artificial-intelligence

MS-Excel

pivot

Microsoft

Check Network V1.0

23 Apr 2014mohamedkamaleed

Network check v1.0

Walkthrough: Setting up a Development Environment for PHP and MySQL

9 Apr 2014Peter Leow

Learn to setup a development environment on a PC to support the development and testing of PHP and MySQL projects.

MySQL

PHP

The Workings Of A Simple PHP Scrolling List

25 Apr 2014doug433

This tip shows how PHP can be used to access a MySQL database to retrieve data for a scroll list. Here, I will discuss one that lists 12 rows at a time on a web page.

MySQL

PHP

Simplified Database Access via ADO.NET Interfaces

2 Apr 2014PIEBALDconsult

Using the ADO.NET Interfaces to build a small framework to simplify Database Access

.NET

ADO.NET

DBA

Generic Method to Convert DataReader Result into List of CLR Objects

24 Apr 2014Bankey Sharma

Converting DataReader Result into List of Objects Using Generic Type, Property Attribute and Reflection

Entity Framework 6: Update an Entity with a Many-to-Many Relation

24 Apr 2014Mack Ait-Aoudia

Entity Framework 6: Update an entity with a many-to-many relation

Dev

DBA

Using only TCP/IP for connecting to SQL Server 2008 and Changing the SQL Server 2008's default TCP/IP port

9 Apr 2014Aqeeel

Implementing security in SQL Server by only allowing TCP/IP Network Protocol and changing default TCP port

Leverage the .NET framework classes from VBA

24 Apr 2014Pragmateek

Introduction Following my previous article on a similar subject, Extend your VBA code with C#, VB.Net or C++/CLI, I’ve received an interesting feedback from a VBA developer who wanted to leverage the advanced support of the .Net framework for regular … Continue reading →

Populate MainMenu Dynamically in VB.NET Using Recursion

15 Apr 2014Mike_1989

The following code populates a mainmenu within VB.Net dynamically using recursion, until all items are added to the main menu

Using NLog.net in SOA with ILogReceiverServer

25 Apr 2014grantliu

Utilize NLog.net in a Service-oriented architecture

Practicing Scrum

13 Apr 2014Mack Ait-Aoudia

Pocker Planning, Estimation, Velocity And Other Scrum Practices

Oracle ADF Mobile Tutorial

24 Apr 2014FaizanMubasher

This article helps developer to start working with new mobile application development framework Oracle ADF Mobile.

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

Software Developer Maxus Technologies

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Aqeeel

Software Developer

Pakistan

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

B. Clay Shannon

Founder Across Time & Space

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

Bankey Sharma

Software Developer

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

derekman9707

Database Developer

United States

David retired as a Sergeant with the Cape Coral Police Department after 22 years of service. His final 10 years of duty were as a database administrator and developer in the Administrative Services Division. He began his career with the police department in 1990 in the patrol division and worked various assignments until being promoted to Sergeant in 1998. Based on his education and experience David was assigned to Administrative Services in 2002 and was responsible for database administration, software integration, and development for public safety. David’s primary focus and expertise is with SQL Server, reporting services, integration services, and analysis services, and he was recognized for his work by SQL Server Magazine as “Innovator of the Year” runner up in 2007. David is an MCITP for SQL Server 2005 and 2008 in both database administration and business intelligence and is a Microsoft Certified Trainer. He regularly posts on the MSDN SQL Server forums where he also serves as a moderator, and is a contributor at SQLCLR.net. In addition to his knowledge of SQL Server David works as a software developer using VB.net and C# and has worked extensively in SharePoint development.

doug433

Software Developer DOUGLAS B. MILLER, COMPUTER PROGRAM DESIGNER

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Eric Goedhart

Software Developer Eric Goedhart

Netherlands

FaizanMubasher

Software Developer (Senior) Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Resear

Pakistan

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

FLouis38

Technical Lead

United States

I'm a developer, blogger and all around technology enthusiast. He writes and stays abreast with the latest innovative ideas, news, and trends.

formlesstree4

Student

United States

I am a professional Software Developer. I work primarily in C# and interact with Microsoft SQL Server at my job. I have been developing software since I was 15 and continue to learn more and more every day.

grantliu

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

gunjan k saxena

Team Leader Wipro

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Hexa How

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Jack Ross

Italy

I work as consultant for primary customers with Security solutions based on Novell, NetIQ, McAfee, Imperva, Arcsight, and Netforensics.

Jesús López Méndez

Architect i-nercya intelligent software

Spain

Working on i-nercya intelligent software as a Database Administrator, IT Manager and Software Architect.

I developed my first programs 30 years ago in BASIC on a CASIO PB 100 programmable calculator which had 1.5 Kb of RAM (with extended memory, factory version had 512 bytes of RAM). Later I programmed on a Commodore 64 micro computer, data was stored on a music-like magnetic tape. Oh My!

I worked for the Spanish Air Force, I have a master degree on aeronautical engineering after all. But making software is my passion.

My other passions are dancing tango and ballroom, cooking good food and watching cinema. And of course and mainly, to love my girlfriend and my daughter.

I also worked on Solid Quality Mentors where my job was SQL Server consulting. I optimized lot of queries on that job. I also worked teaching SQL Server.

I was a Visual Basic MVP during three years several years ago. But I think I don't remember VB sintax anymore, c# is my development language now.

Khademul Basher

Founder http://softwarelandmarks.com/

Bangladesh

I am in Software Development for more than 12 years. I am expert on Microsoft Platform for Web Forms, MVC, MVC Core, Web API, Desktop App, PHP etc. I am also expert on jQuery, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Font Awesome, Telerik UI, Kendo UI etc. I know BackboneJS, KnockoutJS also. I am an article writer. I have many articles in CodeProject.

Email: khademulbasher@gmail.com

Kinyanjui Kamau

Software Developer (Senior) GetNet

Kenya

http://www.kinyanjuikamau.com

Kirill__

Engineer

Ukraine

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Kristian Guevara

Software Developer

Philippines

A Software Architect, Full-stack developer and a visionary residing in the Philippines. An enthusiast of Microsoft and Open-source technologies particularly from the web, extending to the emerging Big Data and Cloud technology. Out of the keyboard, he love's reading books and watching documentary videos.

Visit him at his website: https://xtianguevara.com/

Leszek Koc

Technical Lead

Poland

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Mack Ait-Aoudia

Software Developer (Senior) http://www.m2a.ca

Canada

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

madagaga

France

Just studying everytime !

Marco Bertschi

Switzerland

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Mike_1989

Systems Engineer

United Kingdom

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

mohamedkamaleed

Systems Engineer Gizasystems

Egypt

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Mohammed El-Afifi

Software Developer (Senior)

Egypt

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Peter Leow

Instructor / Trainer

Singapore

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

子曰："三人行，必有我师焉；择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之."

PIEBALDconsult

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

BSCS 1992 Wentworth Institute of Technology

Originally from the Boston (MA) area. Lived in SoCal for a while. Now in the Phoenix (AZ) area.

OpenVMS enthusiast, ISO 8601 evangelist, photographer, opinionated SOB, acknowledged pedant and contrarian

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"I would be looking for better tekkies, too. Yours are broken." -- Paul Pedant

"Using fewer technologies is better than using more." -- Rico Mariani

"Good code is its own best documentation. As you’re about to add a comment, ask yourself, ‘How can I improve the code so that this comment isn’t needed?’" -- Steve McConnell

"Every time you write a comment, you should grimace and feel the failure of your ability of expression." -- Unknown

"If you need help knowing what to think, let me know and I'll tell you." -- Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]

"Typing is no substitute for thinking." -- R.W. Hamming

"I find it appalling that you can become a programmer with less training than it takes to become a plumber." -- Bjarne Stroustrup

ZagNut’s Law: Arrogance is inversely proportional to ability.

"Well blow me sideways with a plastic marionette. I've just learned something new - and if I could award you a 100 for that post I would. Way to go you keyboard lovegod you." -- Pete O'Hanlon

"linq'ish" sounds like "inept" in German -- Andreas Gieriet

"Things would be different if I ran the zoo." -- Dr. Seuss

"Wrong is evil, and it must be defeated." –- Jeff Ello

"A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logical thinking, and on pedantic exactness." -- Nigel Shaw

“It’s always easier to do it the hard way.” -- Blackhart

“If Unix wasn’t so bad that you can’t give it away, Bill Gates would never have succeeded in selling Windows.” -- Blackhart

"Use vertical and horizontal whitespace generously. Generally, all binary operators except '.' and '->' should be separated from their operands by blanks."

"Omit needless local variables." -- Strunk... had he taught programming

Praba Prakash

India

"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get" - Ray Kroc
"Curiosity is the key to Creativity" - Akio Morita

Pragmateek

Instructor / Trainer Pragmateek

France (Metropolitan)

To make it short I'm an IT trainer specialized in the .Net ecosystem (framework, C#, WPF, Excel addins...).
(I'm available in France and bordering countries, and I only teach in french.)

I like to learn new things, particularly to understand what happens under the hood, and I do my best to share my humble knowledge with others by direct teaching, by posting articles on my blog (pragmateek.com), or by answering questions on forums.

Rajendra D. Patel

Software Developer TUV SUD South Asia

India

I am a senior software developer in .net and also Team leader in SKN organization.

Redgate Software

Red Gate Software Ltd.

United Kingdom

Redgate makes ingeniously simple software used by 804,745 IT professionals and counting, and is the leading Microsoft SQL Server tools vendor. Our philosophy is to design highly usable, reliable tools which elegantly solve the problems developers and DBAs face every day, and help them adopt database DevOps. As a result, more than 100,000 companies use products in the Redgate SQL Toolbelt, including 91% of those in the Fortune 100.

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Robert Lindblom

Software Developer (Senior)

Sweden

Working as an independent software contractor, specializing in .Net technologies.

smoore4

Database Developer

United States

I am an MBA with a bunch of MS certifications. Technically, I am a DBA, but I do a good deal of sys admin work and web development using .NET. I like to focus on business intelligence, database design, messaging architectures, and web services.

SRS(The Coder)

Software Developer

India

Having more than 9 years of development experience in various Microsoft Technologies like :-
ASP.Net, MVC, SQL Server, WCF, MS Commerce Server, Xamarin etc.

Also hands on experience on the client side coding with JavaScript/jQuery and framework like AngularJS. Worked with third party ASP.net controls like Telerik and DevExpress as well.

Very much interested in Microsoft technologies to explore and implement. Now started to helping coders who really need me.

My Blog

Microsoft Technology Master

Programming Communities

JS Fiddle | Stack Overflow

Awards

Microsoft MCTS Certification in ASP.Net 4.0

Stephen_Ball

United Kingdom

Stephen Ball is a Chartered IT Professional and product Evangelist for Embarcadero regularly speaking across Europe and Africa. Stephen is also the Associate Product Manager for InterBase. Stephen brings a unique sense of product and practical business insight from over a decades multi-national first-hand experience leading development teams on projects working with RadStudio and InterBase on products for a range of blue chip companies including Hilton, American Express, Virgin Active, Range Servant and Fitness First. Stephens blog is http://blogs.embarcadero.com

Stewa11

Program Manager

United Kingdom

I am an experienced and qualified PRINCE2 and Agile programme/project manager.
I took up web programming in Microsoft ASP.NET in 2006 because I wanted to modernise my skill set and so that I could work better with people who have different skill sets.
In the past I have delivered projects, either as a full time member or a contractor member of the team, for Jaguar LandRover, Aviva, BAE SYSTEMS, Airbus, The NHS, Revlon and many more companies.
The types of projects I have delivered have been business, application and infrastructure based.
Feel free to get in touch with me using my codeproject.com profile.

I am business sector, application and technology agnostic. I started with green screens on an NCR I-series, through Unix, Windows, IBM AS400s. My most successful times have been as an ERP consultant/project manager.

I have been trained in formal programme/project management, business analysis and programming while working for large consultancy practices.

subhajit bhadury

Software Developer (Senior) Nevaeh Technology Pvt. Ltd

India

I have over 8 years of experience in the following,

1. C#.net win-forms application
2. Image processing
3. TWAIN
4. SCOSTA based smart card

sukeshchand

Technical Lead Soft To Rule Solutions

India

Working as a Freelance application software developer.

Tal Bronfer

Software Developer

Israel

Software Developer specializing in .NET, Web Development and Software Test Automation.

First Prize	Kristian Guevara - Step-by-Step PHP Tutorials for Beginners - Creating your PHP Program FROM SCRATCH: Basic Authentication, Membership and CRUD Functionalities
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	PIEBALDconsult - Simplified Database Access via ADO.NET Interfaces
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

Contest Entries and Requirements

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.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
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).
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
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.
No author can be nominated twice in the same category.
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.
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.
Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
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