T-Sql – Keeping Top n rows in a table
The title sounds like related to a logging operation, isn't it? Well yes, it is.In an existing logging operation, I needed to ensure that the number of log entries remained below a specified threshhold. And I came up with the following sql quickly: DECLARE...
ExtJs – Copying GridPanel single row data to clipboard
This blog post is more of a continuation of 2 of my earlier blog posts, Cross-browser approach to copy content to clipboard in javascript, and Copying GridPanel content to clipboard. I would advise reading of the above blog posts if you haven't already to understand...
.NET – Serializing custom configuration sections and generating documentation for them
So yesterday, I was creating a custom configuration section in web.config for an ASP.NET application. I did not had direct contact with the administrators who would administer the day-to-day operations of the application, and needed to make them aware of the various...
Using databases to synchronize and co-ordinate processes on a web farm
I was thinking what title was more appropriate for this blog post, the one actually used above, or would "Sql Server as lock manager" would have been more appropriate.Today only, I had a situation where I needed to ensure that multiple instances of one of our ASP.NET...
Exchange – Downloading email file attachments with EWS Managed API
I recently had an opportunity to work with Exchange server having created an ExtJs/Ext.Net based email client for Exchange. And I used the Exchange Web Services Managed API for .NET to interface with the Exchange server itself.One of the aspects of the email client...
ExtJs – Printing GridPanels with GroupingView and GroupSummary plugin
phplist – Enabling batch processing of emails
Working alone has its own share of challenges. You are expected to master anything out there in the wild.So, this time I was asked to enable batch processing of emails for an existing phplist installation. Well, I hadn't managed a phplist installation before, and so...
ASP.NET – HttpContext.Current is null in EndXXX method of asynchronous web methods pair
Well, I am in a bit of a hurry, so if you are not aware of what asynchronous web-methods in ASP.NET web-services are, or why and how to use them, check out this article on MSDN.Essentially, you split your regular web-method (let's say XXX) to a pair of web-methods...
Ext.Net DirectMethods and ASP.NET asynchronous pages
A couple of days ago, I was asked to figure out if it's possible to integrate Ext.Net DirectMethods with the ASP.NET asynchronous pages to achieve scalability with long running DirectMethod calls. For the starters, if you are not aware of asynchronous pages in ASP.NET...
A quick comparison of web-based Charting libraries for data visualization
I have been using HighCharts for sometime now, for reporting and data visualization in an enterprise application I am working upon for one of my clients. And I was pretty satisfied with what HighCharts offers.We decided to use HighCharts in pretty haste earlier when...
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