Boston Web Developer » Blog http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com Web design and development with excellence Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:42:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Random Numbers in MS SQL http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/10/random-numbers-in-ms-sql/ http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/10/random-numbers-in-ms-sql/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:53:27 +0000 manik26 http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/?p=319 Lets say we want to have a random integer number between 1 to 2 using MS SQL. How can we do that?

Easy, using the RAND function:

SELECT CEILING(2*RAND());

RAND function returns a float value from 0 to 1 exclusive. You must have noticed the word exclusive in bold.

Note that using the seed in RAND produces the same result over and over. So using seed wasnt a solution.

]]> http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/10/random-numbers-in-ms-sql/feed/ 0 Truncate MS SQL 2008 Database Log File http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/truncate-ms-sql-2008-database-log-file/ http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/truncate-ms-sql-2008-database-log-file/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:09:20 +0000 manik26 http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/?p=267 If you have a fairly busy website, your database transaction log will grow real fast. For some websites I have seen it grows to gigs; in cases I have seen it makes the server go real slow in some cases.

So you need to truncate the log files often to keep the log file smaller in size. The process I am demonstrating here is for MS SQL 2008.

–Get in the database

use Test
GO

–see current file sizes
SELECT name,size from sys.database_files

–see current recovery model
select name,recovery_model_desc from sys.databases

–According to the articles if you switch the Recovery Model to Simple inactive part of the transaction log should be removed in MS SQL 2008.
–This command will reduce the log file somewhat
Alter database Test SET Recovery simple

–check if the recovery model is changed
select name,recovery_model_desc from sys.databases

–check file sizes
select name,size from sys.database_files

–changing the recovery model to Simple might not reduce the size enough. to reduce it further to 1 MB.
DBCC SHRINKFILE (N’Test_log’ , 1)

–check file size
select name,size from sys.database_files

]]> http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/truncate-ms-sql-2008-database-log-file/feed/ 0 Ready-Made List of Countries for Menu – HTML and ASP .NET http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/list-of-countries-for-menu/ http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/list-of-countries-for-menu/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:12:49 +0000 manik26 http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/?p=261 Here are code pieces for the list of countries to be used with HTML and ASP .NET. Often times it becomes handy.

For HTML:

<select name=”countries”>
<option value=”USA” selected>USA</option>
<option value=”UK”>UK</option>
<option value=”Albania”>Albania</option>
<option value=”Algeria”>Algeria</option>
<option value=”American Samoa”>American Samoa</option>
<option value=”Andorra”>Andorra</option>
<option value=”Angola”>Angola</option>
<option value=”Anguilla”>Anguilla</option>
<option value=”Antigua”>Antigua</option>
<option value=”Argentina”>Argentina</option>
<option value=”Armenia”>Armenia</option>
<option value=”Aruba”>Aruba</option>
<option value=”Australia”>Australia</option>
<option value=”Austria”>Austria</option>
<option value=”Azerbaijan”>Azerbaijan</option>
<option value=”Bahamas”>Bahamas</option>
<option value=”Bahrain”>Bahrain</option>
<option value=”Bangladesh”>Bangladesh</option>
<option value=”Barbados”>Barbados</option>
<option value=”Barbuda”>Barbuda</option>
<option value=”Belgium”>Belgium</option>
<option value=”Belize”>Belize</option>
<option value=”Benin”>Benin</option>
<option value=”Bermuda”>Bermuda</option>
<option value=”Bhutan”>Bhutan</option>
<option value=”Bolivia”>Bolivia</option>
<option value=”Bonaire”>Bonaire</option>
<option value=”Botswana”>Botswana</option>
<option value=”Brazil”>Brazil</option>
<option value=”Virgin islands”>British Virgin isl.</option>
<option value=”Brunei”>Brunei</option>
<option value=”Bulgaria”>Bulgaria</option>
<option value=”Burundi”>Burundi</option>
<option value=”Cambodia”>Cambodia</option>
<option value=”Cameroon”>Cameroon</option>
<option value=”Canada”>Canada</option>
<option value=”Cape Verde”>Cape Verde</option>
<option value=”Cayman isl”>Cayman Islands</option>
<option value=”Central African Rep”>Central African Rep.</option>
<option value=”Chad”>Chad</option>
<option value=”Channel isl”>Channel Islands</option>
<option value=”Chile”>Chile</option>
<option value=”China”>China</option>
<option value=”Colombia”>Colombia</option>
<option value=”Congo”>Congo</option>
<option value=”cook isl”>Cook Islands</option>
<option value=”Costa Rica”>Costa Rica</option>
<option value=”Croatia”>Croatia</option>
<option value=”Curacao”>Curacao</option>
<option value=”Cyprus”>Cyprus</option>
<option value=” Czech Republic>Czech Republic</option>
<option value=”Denmark”>Denmark</option>
<option value=”Djibouti”>Djibouti</option>
<option value=”Dominica”>Dominica</option>
<option value=”Dominican Republic”>Dominican Republic</option>
<option value=”Ecuador”>Ecuador</option>
<option value=”Egypt”>Egypt</option>
<option value=”El Salvador”>El Salvador</option>
<option value=”Equatorial Guinea”>Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value=”Eritrea”>Eritrea</option>
<option value=”Estonia”>Estonia</option>
<option value=”Ethiopia”>Ethiopia</option>
<option value=”Faeroe isl”>Faeroe Islands</option>
<option value=”Fiji”>Fiji</option>
<option value=”Finland”>Finland</option>
<option value=”France”>France</option>
<option value=”French Guiana”>French Guiana</option>
<option value=”French Polynesia”>French Polynesia</option>
<option value=”Gabon”>Gabon</option>
<option value=”Gambia”>Gambia</option>
<option value=”Georgia”>Georgia</option>
<option value=”Gemany”>Germany</option>
<option value=”Ghana”>Ghana</option>
<option value=”Gibraltar”>Gibraltar</option>
<option value=”GB”>Great Britain</option>
<option value=”Greece”>Greece</option>
<option value=”Greenland”>Greenland</option>
<option value=”Grenada”>Grenada</option>
<option value=”Guadeloupe”>Guadeloupe</option>
<option value=”Guam”>Guam</option>
<option value=”Guatemala”>Guatemala</option>
<option value=”Guinea”>Guinea</option>
<option value=”Guinea Bissau”>Guinea Bissau</option>
<option value=”Guyana”>Guyana</option>
<option value=”Haiti”>Haiti</option>
<option value=”Honduras”>Honduras</option>
<option value=”Hong Kong”>Hong Kong</option>
<option value=”Hungary”>Hungary</option>
<option value=”Iceland”>Iceland</option>
<option value=”India”>India</option>
<option value=”Indonesia”>Indonesia</option>
<option value=”Irak”>Irak</option>
<option value=”Iran”>Iran</option>
<option value=”Ireland”>Ireland</option>
<option value=”Northern Ireland”>Ireland, Northern</option>
<option value=”Israel”>Israel</option>
<option value=”Italy”>Italy</option>
<option value=”Ivory Coast”>Ivory Coast</option>
<option value=”Jamaica”>Jamaica</option>
<option value=”Japan”>Japan</option>
<option value=”Jordan”>Jordan</option>
<option value=”Kazakhstan”>Kazakhstan</option>
<option value=”Kenya”>Kenya</option>
<option value=”Kuwait”>Kuwait</option>
<option value=”Kyrgyzstan”>Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value=”Latvia”>Latvia</option>
<option value=”Lebanon”>Lebanon</option>
<option value=”Liberia”>Liberia</option>
<option value=”Liechtenstein”>Liechtenstein</option>
<option value=”Lithuania”>Lithuania</option>
<option value=”Luxembourg”>Luxembourg</option>
<option value=”Macau”>Macau</option>
<option value=”Macedonia”>Macedonia</option>
<option value=”Madagascar”>Madagascar</option>
<option value=”Malawi”>Malawi</option>
<option value=”Malaysia”>Malaysia</option>
<option value=”Maldives”>Maldives</option>
<option value=”Mali”>Mali</option>
<option value=”Malta”>Malta</option>
<option value=”Marshall isl”>Marshall Islands</option>
<option value=”Martinique”>Martinique</option>
<option value=”Mauritania”>Mauritania</option>
<option value=”Mauritius”>Mauritius</option>
<option value=”Mexico”>Mexico</option>
<option value=”Micronesia”>Micronesia</option>
<option value=”Moldova”>Moldova</option>
<option value=”Monaco”>Monaco</option>
<option value=”Mongolia”>Mongolia</option>
<option value=”Montserrat”>Montserrat</option>
<option value=”Morocco”>Morocco</option>
<option value=”Mozambique”>Mozambique</option>
<option value=”Myanmar”>Myanmar/Burma</option>
<option value=”Namibia”>Namibia</option>
<option value=”Nepal”>Nepal</option>
<option value=”Netherlands”>Netherlands</option>
<option value=”Netherlands Antilles”>Netherlands Antilles</option>
<option value=”New Caledonia”>New Caledonia</option>
<option value=”New Zealand”>New Zealand</option>
<option value=”Nicaragua”>Nicaragua</option>
<option value=”Niger”>Niger</option>
<option value=”Nigeria”>Nigeria</option>
<option value=”Norway”>Norway</option>
<option value=”Oman”>Oman</option>
<option value=”Palau”>Palau</option>
<option value=”Panama”>Panama</option>
<option value=”Papua New Guinea”>Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value=”Paraguay”>Paraguay</option>
<option value=”Peru”>Peru</option>
<option value=”Philippines”>Philippines</option>
<option value=”Poland”>Poland</option>
<option value=”Portugal”>Portugal</option>
<option value=”Puerto Rico”>Puerto Rico</option>
<option value=”Qatar”>Qatar</option>
<option value=”Reunion”>Reunion</option>
<option value=”Rwanda”>Rwanda</option>
<option value=”Saba”>Saba</option>
<option value=”Saipan”>Saipan</option>
<option value=”Saudi Arabia”>Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value=”Scotland”>Scotland</option>
<option value=”Senegal”>Senegal</option>
<option value=”"Seychelles>Seychelles</option>
<option value=”Sierra Leone”>Sierra Leone</option>
<option value=”Singapore”>Singapore</option>
<option value=”Slovac Republic”>Slovak Republic</option>
<option value=”Slovenia”>Slovenia</option>
<option value=”South Africa”>South Africa</option>
<option value=”South Korea”>South Korea</option>
<option value=”Spain”>Spain</option>
<option value=”Sri Lanka”>Sri Lanka</option>
<option value=”Sudan”>Sudan</option>
<option value=”Suriname”>Suriname</option>
<option value=”Swaziland”>Swaziland</option>
<option value=”Sweden”>Sweden</option>
<option value=”Switzerland”>Switzerland</option>
<option value=”Syria”>Syria</option>
<option value=”Taiwan”>Taiwan</option>
<option value=”Tanzania”>Tanzania</option>
<option value=”Thailand”>Thailand</option>
<option value=”Togo”>Togo</option>
<option value=”Trinidad-Tobago”>Trinidad-Tobago</option>
<option value=”Tunesia”>Tunisia</option>
<option value=”Turkey”>Turkey</option>
<option value=”Turkmenistan”>Turkmenistan</option>
<option value=”United Arab Emirates”>United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value=”U.S. Virgin isl”>U.S. Virgin Islands</option>
<option value=”USA”>U.S.A.</option>
<option value=”Uganda”>Uganda</option>
<option value=”United Kingdom”>United Kingdom</option>
<option value=”Urugay”>Uruguay</option>
<option value=”Uzbekistan”>Uzbekistan</option>
<option value=”Vanuatu”>Vanuatu</option>
<option value=”Vatican City”>Vatican City</option>
<option value=”Venezuela”>Venezuela</option>
<option value=”Vietnam”>Vietnam</option>
<option value=”Wales”>Wales</option>
<option value=”Yemen”>Yemen</option>
<option value=”Zaire”>Zaire</option>
<option value=”Zambia”>Zambia</option>
<option value=”Zimbabwe”>Zimbabwe</option>
</select>

For ASP .NET:

<asp:dropdownlist id=”ddlCountry” Runat=”server”>
<asp:ListItem Value=”">Please Select…</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”USA”>USA</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”UK”>UK</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Albania”>Albania</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Algeria”>Algeria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”American Samoa”>American Samoa</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Andorra”>Andorra</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Angola”>Angola</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Anguilla”>Anguilla</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Antigua”>Antigua</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Argentina”>Argentina</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Armenia”>Armenia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Aruba”>Aruba</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Australia”>Australia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Austria”>Austria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Azerbaijan”>Azerbaijan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Bahamas”>Bahamas</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Bahrain”>Bahrain</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Bangladesh”>Bangladesh</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Barbados”>Barbados</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Barbuda”>Barbuda</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Belgium”>Belgium</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Belize”>Belize</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Benin”>Benin</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Bermuda”>Bermuda</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Bhutan”>Bhutan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Bolivia”>Bolivia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Bonaire”>Bonaire</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Botswana”>Botswana</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Brazil”>Brazil</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Virgin islands”>British Virgin isl.</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Brunei”>Brunei</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Bulgaria”>Bulgaria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Burundi”>Burundi</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Cambodia”>Cambodia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Cameroon”>Cameroon</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Canada”>Canada</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Cape Verde”>Cape Verde</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Cayman isl”>Cayman Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Central African Rep”>Central African Rep.</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Chad”>Chad</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Channel isl”>Channel Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Chile”>Chile</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”China”>China</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Colombia”>Colombia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Congo”>Congo</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”cook isl”>Cook Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Costa Rica”>Costa Rica</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Croatia”>Croatia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Curacao”>Curacao</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Cyprus”>Cyprus</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Czech Republic”>Czech Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Denmark”>Denmark</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Djibouti”>Djibouti</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Dominica”>Dominica</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Dominican Republic”>Dominican Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Ecuador”>Ecuador</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Egypt”>Egypt</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”El Salvador”>El Salvador</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Equatorial Guinea”>Equatorial Guinea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Eritrea”>Eritrea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Estonia”>Estonia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Ethiopia”>Ethiopia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Faeroe isl”>Faeroe Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Fiji”>Fiji</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Finland”>Finland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”France”>France</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”French Guiana”>French Guiana</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”French Polynesia”>French Polynesia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Gabon”>Gabon</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Gambia”>Gambia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Georgia”>Georgia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Gemany”>Germany</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Ghana”>Ghana</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Gibraltar”>Gibraltar</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”GB”>Great Britain</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Greece”>Greece</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Greenland”>Greenland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Grenada”>Grenada</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Guadeloupe”>Guadeloupe</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Guam”>Guam</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Guatemala”>Guatemala</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Guinea”>Guinea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Guinea Bissau”>Guinea Bissau</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Guyana”>Guyana</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Haiti”>Haiti</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Honduras”>Honduras</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Hong Kong”>Hong Kong</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Hungary”>Hungary</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Iceland”>Iceland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”India”>India</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Indonesia”>Indonesia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Irak”>Irak</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Iran”>Iran</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Ireland”>Ireland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Northern Ireland”>Ireland, Northern</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Israel”>Israel</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Italy”>Italy</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Ivory Coast”>Ivory Coast</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Jamaica”>Jamaica</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Japan”>Japan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Jordan”>Jordan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Kazakhstan”>Kazakhstan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Kenya”>Kenya</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Kuwait”>Kuwait</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Kyrgyzstan”>Kyrgyzstan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Latvia”>Latvia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Lebanon”>Lebanon</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Liberia”>Liberia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Liechtenstein”>Liechtenstein</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Lithuania”>Lithuania</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Luxembourg”>Luxembourg</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Macau”>Macau</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Macedonia”>Macedonia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Madagascar”>Madagascar</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Malawi”>Malawi</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Malaysia”>Malaysia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Maldives”>Maldives</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Mali”>Mali</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Malta”>Malta</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Marshall isl”>Marshall Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Martinique”>Martinique</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Mauritania”>Mauritania</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Mauritius”>Mauritius</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Mexico”>Mexico</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Micronesia”>Micronesia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Moldova”>Moldova</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Monaco”>Monaco</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Mongolia”>Mongolia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Montserrat”>Montserrat</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Morocco”>Morocco</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Mozambique”>Mozambique</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Myanmar”>Myanmar/Burma</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Namibia”>Namibia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Nepal”>Nepal</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Netherlands”>Netherlands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Netherlands Antilles”>Netherlands Antilles</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”New Caledonia”>New Caledonia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”New Zealand”>New Zealand</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Nicaragua”>Nicaragua</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Niger”>Niger</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Nigeria”>Nigeria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Norway”>Norway</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Oman”>Oman</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Palau”>Palau</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Panama”>Panama</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Papua New Guinea”>Papua New Guinea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Paraguay”>Paraguay</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Peru”>Peru</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Philippines”>Philippines</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Poland”>Poland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Portugal”>Portugal</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Puerto Rico”>Puerto Rico</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Qatar”>Qatar</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Reunion”>Reunion</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Rwanda”>Rwanda</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Saba”>Saba</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Saipan”>Saipan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Saudi Arabia”>Saudi Arabia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Scotland”>Scotland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Senegal”>Senegal</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Seychelles”>Seychelles</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Sierra Leone”>Sierra Leone</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Singapore”>Singapore</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Slovac Republic”>Slovak Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Slovenia”>Slovenia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”South Africa”>South Africa</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”South Korea”>South Korea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Spain”>Spain</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Sri Lanka”>Sri Lanka</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Sudan”>Sudan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Suriname”>Suriname</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Swaziland”>Swaziland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Sweden”>Sweden</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Switzerland”>Switzerland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Syria”>Syria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Taiwan”>Taiwan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Tanzania”>Tanzania</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Thailand”>Thailand</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Togo”>Togo</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Trinidad-Tobago”>Trinidad-Tobago</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Tunesia”>Tunisia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Turkey”>Turkey</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Turkmenistan”>Turkmenistan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”United Arab Emirates”>United Arab Emirates</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”U.S. Virgin isl”>U.S. Virgin Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”USA”>U.S.A.</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Uganda”>Uganda</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”United Kingdom”>United Kingdom</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Urugay”>Uruguay</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Uzbekistan”>Uzbekistan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Vanuatu”>Vanuatu</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Vatican City”>Vatican City</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Venezuela”>Venezuela</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Vietnam”>Vietnam</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Wales”>Wales</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Yemen”>Yemen</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Zaire”>Zaire</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Zambia”>Zambia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem value=”Zimbabwe”>Zimbabwe</asp:ListItem>
</asp:dropdownlist>

]]> http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/list-of-countries-for-menu/feed/ 0 List All Stored Procedures and Tables in MS SQL Database http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/list-all-stored-procedures-in-ms-sql-database/ http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/list-all-stored-procedures-in-ms-sql-database/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:11:47 +0000 manik26 http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/?p=250 Often times its important to see the list of stored procedures in a  database. So how do you find list of stored procedures in a MS SQL database?

SELECT * FROM MyDatabase.sys.procedures

Where myDatabase is the name of the database.

You can omit the database name if you like, provided you are in that database.

And this is how you compare the name list of stored procedures in one database to another:

SELECT *
FROM MyDatabase1.sys.procedures
Where name not in(
SELECT name
FROM MyDatabase2.sys.procedures
)

And this is how you find the list of tables in a database:

SELECT * FROM MyDatabase1.sys.tables

]]> http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/list-all-stored-procedures-in-ms-sql-database/feed/ 0 How To Copy DataRow From One Table To Another In ASP .Net http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/08/how-to-copy-datarow-from-one-table-to-another/ http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/08/how-to-copy-datarow-from-one-table-to-another/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:24:08 +0000 manik26 http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/?p=217 How do you copy the DataRow of one DataTable to another DataTable?

Lets say you have a source DataTable dt. This is how you copy the rows from dt to a new DataTable.

DataTable dtDest = new DataTable();
DataSet dsSource = new DataSet();
dsSource.Tables.Add(dt);
dtDest =dsSource.Tables[0].Clone();
foreach (DataRow dr in dataTable.Rows)
{
DataRow newRow = dtDest.NewRow();
newRow.ItemArray = dr.ItemArray;
dtDest.Rows.Add(newRow);
}

]]> http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2009/08/how-to-copy-datarow-from-one-table-to-another/feed/ 0 Top and Bottom Gradient Background http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2008/12/top-and-bottom-gradient-background/ http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/2008/12/top-and-bottom-gradient-background/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:16:29 +0000 manik26 http://www.bostonwebdeveloper.com/?p=83 While working on a new project I got into this. I have to have a background on top and also at the bottom of the page. Nothing too difficult. Only problem was making it work on all browsers. On some browsers it seem to show the background color at the bottom instead of re-rendering the bottom to the browser window bottom. So this is what I came up with seem to work on all major browsers.

<html>
<head>
<style type=”text/css”>
html, body  {height:100%}
body {
margin:  0;
padding: 0;
color:  #000000;
background:  URL(images/page_bg.jpg) top left repeat-x #7C8FF7;
}
#bottom_gradient {
min-height: 100%;
height: auto !important;
height: 100%;
color:  inherit;
background:  URL(images/page_bg_bottom.jpg) bottom left repeat-x;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id=”bottom_gradient”>
test test test
<div style=”background-color:red;width:20px;height:400px;”>&nbsp;</div>
<div style=”background-color:blue;width:20px;height:40px;”>&nbsp;</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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This is not the right approach for aging unused domains. So how you properly do that?

  • Make a simple website. WordPress blog or similar ones are easy to install. Or you may have a generic template for a website. All these are free.
  • Throw in a few pages of unique content. Don’t duplicate contents for all your domains. If you do like use same content, make some changes.
  • Get few backlinks. Directory submission and social networking site submission are easiest approaches to get backlinks. You do not have to get a lot, just a few would be fine.

Getting backlinks is important for getting your domain name indexed so when you are ready with your new site for the domain it will index much faster. Or if you wanna sell it, you have a good starting point.

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