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November 2009
Limiting rows in Sql Server
One problem I have always faced with Sql Server (more so, after I used MySql, and saw that MySql allows this) is to find a way to limit the number of rows being fetched in a SELECT query.
"" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Almost all of us must have encountered the following message in the Output window while getting a batch (.bat) file executed in Visual Studio as part of the build process for some project.
"" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Atleast, I used to get (till now, when I found out its reason & eliminated it) this message randomly for my different projects. Because this message caused no harm, and the build process continued smoothly, I almost always looked over this message.
Coolite Control Validation
I have been a big fan of Coolite/ExtJs frameworks. ExtJs provides the client-side framework for Web 2.0 applications that I did not believe was possible, until I actually saw & used the ExtJs library. Simultaneously, the Coolite team has done an excellent task of seamless integration of the pure client-side javascript (that is ExtJs) with the powerful services & features of ASP.NET on the server side.
Insert Html in MS Word documents
One of my clients recently asked me to generate dynamic reports from content in the database, where the content contained Html entered by him through a WYSIWYG editor from a web application. I already had a library, that allowed considerable flexibility in generating dynamic Office documents. However, the functionality in the library was nowhere close to what the client wanted now.
SMS Application - a JME application for sending SMSes
I recently finished work on my first Java ME application. It was basically a prototyping application for my client based in Italy, to see how fast can we send SMSes from his service provider.
The application (whose jad & jar files are attached below), basically sends a SMS to a list of entered mobile numbers and records the time taken for sending the SMSes. This time is presented after all the SMSes have been sent successfully in the format:
Total x SMS sent in y milliseconds
Avg. Time: z
