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Few facts about Abstract Classes (C#)

Hi friends.. I was having a discussion with few of my friends on different topics on OOPS. Just thought to put a post of some of the important facts which might help others as well. Starting with Abstract classes. Will be writing on more topics in next posts

Restored blog..

Guys.. I have recently changed my host and blog was up and down for last few days. Its back now however. I shall be posting new articles shortly.. Thanks for bearing.. Kshitij

Difference between Const and Readonly

Let's examine the difference between these two with an example code

Started Android Development :)

Hi All, Just started development on android and published my first application on Android App store . It’s simple but good one to start with. You guys can check this out at market://search?q=pname:decode.android.speedway from your android mobile.

Showing Multiline string in a DataGridView Cell

Hi, Recently I need to show multi-line string in a datagridview cell. To achieve that we need to write code in CellFormatting event of DataGridview. Following is the code

Add text to the beginning of a file using C#

Hi, Few days back i needed a code snippet to write a text in starting of all files in a directory. Searched net but could not find any working code. Then i decide to write my own code and come up with following code. I hope

Restored Blog

Hi, It seems that the hosting server of my website was hacked and all data was removed from the database. I have restored website from an earlier backup i have. It seems that we lost some of the Posts. I will try to restore all posts soon. Thanks

Using Reflection

So what basically is reflection: Using a class library methods at runtime without adding its reference in your project is done through Reflection. In this article I will show you how to use reflection using a simple example. Letâ€™s first create a Class Library.

Stored Procedures in MySQL

So what exactly Stored Procedures are :

Basically in a database management system (DBMS), a stored procedure is a set of Structured Query Language (SQL) statements with an assigned name that's stored in the database in compiled form so that it can be shared by a number of programs. The use of stored procedures can be helpful in controlling access to data (end-users may enter or change data but do not write procedures), preserving data integrity (information is entered in a consistent manner), and improving productivity (statements in a stored procedure only need to be written one time). Stored procedures have been part of Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB-2, postgreSQL and others for years but MySQL introduce Store procedures recently in version 5.xxx. MySQL stored procedures are very similar to the DB2 implementation, as both are based on the SQL:2003 standard.

Creating a Pingback (Windows) service with VB.NET

Recently i faced lots of problem with my hosting company as almost daily my site was down due to some problems in their servers. They usually send me a link to trace my site. Basically that site provide service to ping back any URL from their servers which are located in different countries. So it [...]