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Rick Dobson

Rick Dobson is an author, trainer, and Webmaster who specializes in Microsoft databases, Visual Basic.NET, and data-based Web development. He is the author of Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express Database Applications with Visual Basic Express and Visual Web Developer Express (Apress, 2005).
Email: rickd@cabinc.net

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Making the Most of Login Controls with ASP.NET

By Rick Dobson, 10/26/2006

ASP.NET 2.0 lets you use Visual Studio login controls with a SQL Server membership provider to dramatically simplify Web-site membership management.

Create Your Own Code Library

By Rick Dobson, 03/22/2005

ADO.NET developers often use T-SQL strings to retrieve data for applications, but poorly written strings can lead to errors. By learning a few techniques, you can provide ...

Reporting Services 101

By Rick Dobson, 12/21/2004

Although much excitement surrounded last year's release of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, some SQL Server professionals have put off adopting it. If you're ready to give ...

Web Services Made Easy

By Rick Dobson, 08/24/2004

Let the SQL Sever 2000 Web Services Toolkit turn you into a Web services wizard as you build this sample telephone-directory application.

SQL Server and .NET: A Dynamic Duo

By Rick Dobson, 12/23/2003

SQL Server and the .NET framework make a powerful pair for developing enterprise applications. If you're not familiar with .NET's languages and capabilities, this article's sample ...

Special MOD XP SQL Server Features

By Rick Dobson, 12/01/2001

If you're planning to use Access 2002 to build SQL Server 2000 solutions, Microsoft Office XP Developer makes a lot of sense.

Exporting a Table as an XML Document to a Web site

By Rick Dobson, 12/01/2001

Here's an example that shows how to export a table as an XML document to a Web site.

What's New in Access 2002

By Rick Dobson, 11/20/2001

Use this backstage tour of Access 2002's SQL Server-related features to help determine whether the new Access release is what your organization needs.

Views and Stored Procedures

By Rick Dobson, 05/23/2001

This column looks at the SQL-DMO syntax required to examine and manipulate SQL Server views and stored procedures.

Creating Tables with SQL-DMO

By Rick Dobson, 04/26/2001

Develop your basic SQL-DMO programming skills by creating tables in Access projects.

SQL-DMO: Learning the Basics

By Rick Dobson, 03/21/2001

SQL-DMO lets you program custom solutions containing administrative functions for SQL Server by exposing objects, methods, properties, and events through a COM interface.

Programming SQL Server Security

By Rick Dobson, 02/22/2001

You can use SQL-DMO to program a custom security interface.

Homegrown Security Solutions

By Rick Dobson, 01/24/2001

Using object permissions and user-defined roles, you can fine-tune secure access to database objects.

Securing SQL Server Tables

By Rick Dobson, 12/20/2000

In this second article in a security series, Rick Dobson shows you how to set up SQL Server account security through Access projects.

Access Granted

By Rick Dobson, 11/27/2000

You can successfully log in to SQL Server from an Access project when you understand login process aspects such as authentication modes and login accounts.

Custom Datasheets

By Rick Dobson, 10/19/2000

Learn how to use FrontPage 2000 to customize SQL Server datasheets for publication to the Web or an intranet.

Dynamic Datasheets

By Rick Dobson, 09/21/2000

Learn how to publish your SQL Server datasheets with FrontPage 2000.

Filtering Data with Access Forms

By Rick Dobson, 06/26/2000

The author demonstrates two approaches to programming custom filters for the SQL Server Pubs database with Access forms.

Datetime Values in Access Projects

By Rick Dobson, 06/26/2000

Learn how Access handles dates and times to extract results in the format you need.

Programming SQL-DMO from Access

By Rick Dobson, 05/19/2000

Learn how to build a custom application with Access projects and SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO).



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