About Programming: Database Queries with Date Ranges

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Programming From Angela Bradley, your About Programming Editor Dear Subscriber, Welcome to this week's edition of your About Programming Newsletter. This week we take a look at database queries with date ranges, the silliness of browser wars, the visual studio class designer tool, and an example of a number guessing game. Have a nice week! Database Queries with Date Ranges The Structured Query Language (SQL) provides database users with the ability to create customized queries to extract information from databases. In an earlier article, we explored extracting information from a database using SQL SELECT queries. Let's expand upon that discussion and explore how you can perform advanced queries to retrieve data that matches specific conditions. Don't Drive Away Tablet Users in a New Browser War I was working on my design inspiration article for this week (Wednesday), and I chose to promote a Flash website for a magazine that was very nice looking and fun to view on my iMac. But for the heck of it, I decided to see what fallback options they had chosen to use for iOS visitors. I didn't expect to see the site recreated in HTML5 (although I admit, I was hoping...). The Visual Studio Class Designer Tool You might not be using class diagrams in Visual Studio Professional. I seldom see them as part of technical presentations or even in articles. They're not required ... unless, of course, you want to get the very most out of Visual Studio! Worked Example: Number Guessing Game If you were like me, your eyes would just glaze over when reading programming books. "OK," you'd say, "but how is that useful?" This article is the first in a series of "worked examples," articles that feature working example programs and explain the Ruby features that make it tick. It starts off simple, with a number guessing game (that I'm sure many if you have already written if you've learned other programming languages). Programming Ads Games Programming C Programming Programming Language Game Programming Computer Programming Featured Articles A Quick Look at the String Class Select XML Nodes Into IXMLNodeList Using XPath In XmlDom.Pas The Development of C - History Comparison Operators   More from About.com Bake Sale Bestsellers Make your next bake sale a profitable one with these irresistible recipes. More> Macaroni and Cheese Oodles of delicious macaroni and cheese recipes, from old fashioned classics to spiced-up versions. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Programming newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement