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- Set processor affinity programmatically in a multi-core system
- There are a few different ways to set processor affinity and Edmond Woychowsky shows you two programmatic ways he has used in his projects. by Edmond Woychowsky
- Tags: Multi-core, CPU, Computer, Processor Affinity, ProcessorAffinity, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Edmond Woychowsky
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Dragging myself, my house, and my family into a wireless future
- I have an admission to make: My house was built during the Wilson Administration, in 1915 to be exact. There are both advantages and disadvantages to this. Take for example the construction materials used. In 1915, two-by-fours were virtually unknown, so the builders used whatever happened to be on hand,...
- Tags: Printer, Cartridge, Printers, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Peripherals, Edmond Woychowsky
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- Create useful relevant JavaScript documentation with JSDoc
- This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic PDF download.Whatever the reason, not documenting an application is never a good thing, even if it is usually something of a chore. This is especially true when given the task of documenting client-side JavaScript, which is usually considered something of an...
- Tags: Javascript, Documentation, Application Development
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- A couple of MySQL stored procedures myths get busted
- This download is also available as a TechRepublic blog entry.Two often repeated myths about MySQL stored procedures include (1) MySQL does not support stored procedures and (2) MySQL stored procedures are too difficult to work with under typical circumstances. This tutorial busts those myths and shows you how easy it...
- Tags: Open Source, MySQL, Database
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Save time by testing regular expressions with Expresso
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download. Learning how to write regular expressions is a little like sex education, studying theory is great, but it pales in comparison to the real thing. Face it, there is a world of difference between theory and practice in both activities and that...
- Tags: Programming, Development Process
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Practical application: Put XSLT 2.0 to work for you
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes sample code listings and an example project exploring the potential of the methods shown.Severalweeks ago I received an e-mail from a friend concerning part of an applicationthan I developed several years ago. The application in question had one of...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-24
- Get complete development tools for free with Express Editions
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.When I was in college, which according to my children wasduring the last ice age, there really wasn't anything in the way of freedevelopment tools for learning new skills. Basically all that we had was the version of Microsoft BASIC that came...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-11
- New XSLT 2.0 features every application developer should know
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which contains the same code (Listings A-L) in a more manageable text file format.Unlessyou've been devoting all of your time watching the Firefly box set and the movie Serenity that you got over the holidays and comparing family members openinggifts to...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-03-13
- Convert an XML file into an Excel spreadsheet with this technique
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes all of the sample code a more manageable text file format.GeorgeBernard Shaw once described the British and the Americans as two peopleseparated by a common language. Interestingly the same can also be said of application developers and the people...
- Tags: Â Â Â, Edmond Woychowsky, Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Software engineering/development, technique, XML, XML file
- Technical articles 2007-03-01
- Make sure your next application can get to the data it needs with connection strings
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Connection strings -- if any one aspect of application development was ever more fluffed over, I'venever heard of if. Face it, the subject of connection strings is thetwenty-first century equivalent of the "then a miracle occurs" puffy cloud in aflowchart. Unfortunately the...
- Tags: connection string, Edmond Woychowsky, ODBC, Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-02-12
- You can take your applications with you if you have the SanDisk Cruzer with U3
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Asmuch as I like being a "road warrior" or consultant, there are somedefinite minuses beyond the lack of anything that remotely resembles securityor benefits. An example of what I mean is the applications, except for thoserare occasions where it is permissible to...
- Tags: Edmond Woychowsky, Mozilla Firefox, SanDisk Corp., Smart Drive, Storage
- Technical articles 2006-11-27
- How do I... Transfer and store data from an XML document in a relational database?
- Do you have a different way?Edmond Woychowsky describes his method for taking XML document data and storing it in a relational database, do you have a different way to do it? Is it a better way or does Edmond's mad scientist methods trump your solut
- Tags: edmond woychowsky, how do i, application development, programming, Mark W. Kaelin, XML, database, RDBMS, SQL, XML document
- Discussion threads 2006-11-17
- How do I... Transfer and store data from an XML document in a relational database?
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes the code listings in a more manageable text format.BetweenAJAX, Web services and just plain XML there is a plethora of information going to and fro.Yes, XML really makes it easy to move data from here to there and from...
- Tags: Â Â Â Â, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â, database, Edmond Woychowsky, RDBMS, Software engineering/development, SQL, SQL Statement, XML, XML document, XSL
- Technical articles 2006-11-17
- Coding fun solutions to crummy problems using XSLT collections
- I'vemade no secret that a former manager described me as the guy that does "mad scientist stuff", and that he used a word other than stuff. Thisstatement does a lot to explain my love of tinkering will all aspects of application development. Often my creations are nothingspecial, only serving to...
- Tags: Edmond Woychowsky, SQL, SQL INSERT, SQL INSERT statement, XSLT
- Technical articles 2006-09-11
- Coding fun solutions to crummy problems using XSLT collections
- Creative codingWhat is your favorite creative solution to an application development problem? What heroic coding endeavor do you look back on with pride? Does that bit of code survive to this day?This heroic as in effort or skill ?The most heroic effort I've ever seem was a colleague who took...
- Tags: Development tools, XML
- Discussion threads 2006-09-11
- Achieve XML development metamorphosis with some Butterfly XML IDE magic
- ArthurC. Clarke's third law goes like this, "anysignificantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,"which an interesting opinion to say the least. This statement does a lot toexplain the interesting array of technologies available to us, but it doesn'texplain the fear that some individuals have with anything new. Terry Pratchett, author...
- Tags: balloon animal, Butterfly XML, clown, Edmond Woychowsky, XML
- Technical articles 2006-09-07
- Achieve XML development metamorphosis with some Butterfly XML IDE magic
- Butterfly XML IDEWhich XML IDE do you use currently? How do you like it? Have you tried ButterflyXML? Are you interested in trying it out?Not yet I'm notNo cut and paste, and no save test output is a bit of a killer as far as I'm concerned, I mean notepad...
- Tags: Butterfly XML IDE
- Discussion threads 2006-09-07
- How Do I? create an XML document from undefined legacy data?
- Nebulousis a great word, not only is it fun to say, it is also useful in describing therequirements for a project that I worked on recently. The requirements wentsomething like this; take a flat file, that was produced by an upstreammainframe application and produce an XML document for a downstream...
- Tags: Edmond Woychowsky, flat file, Nebulous, XML, XML document
- Technical articles 2006-08-10
- Create a graphic representation of any XML document using SVG
- Some wise individual or maybe it was someadvertising executive, once said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Whateverthe source, this phrase has become one of those proverbs that is instantlyrecognizable as true. Say it and everyone nods in agreement, people arebasically visual creatures. This could be one of...
- Tags: Edmond Woychowsky, SVG, tool, XML, XML document
- Technical articles 2006-07-11
- Reduce frustration with XSLT and SQL by employing an innovative approach
- Thereis something refreshing about climbing up on a soapbox and ranting. It doesn'tmatter what the subject of the rant is, most of us have some primal need to hopup and down and basically act like Donald Duck. Maybe that is the reason thatflame wars are so popular or it could...
- Tags: Â, Â Â, apostrophe, Edmond Woychowsky, SQL, XSLT
- Technical articles 2006-05-23
