Setting goals simply means deciding targets for yourself. A goal can be simple and is an end towards which efforts are directed. Targets must be realistic and obtainable and should not be too high or low. They should be moderately high, so that it takes efforts to reach them. In simple words, before starting anything, you must being with the end in mind – developing a clear picture of where you want to go in life and drawing up a map to get there. Often we set goals when we are in mood, but later realise that we do not have the strength to achieve them. This is because we don’t count the cost...

Lately I’ve been working on performance issues. I could figure out some of the issues using the YSlow plugin of firefox. It looks at various things in your site. It rates your site based on certain parameters one of the parameter that I have been working on was Javascript compressor. There are various ways you can compress your Javascript. You can have a plugin installed, you can find HTTPHandlers and HTTPModules which will do the work for you. Just in case you are still not able to compress your Javascript files, here is the site that will do that for you, http://javascriptcompressor.com/...

These days almost every site uses JQuery. It makes your life so easy. There is this another Javascript library called JQuery Tools that is coming up as competitor for JQuery UI. Here is the link to the JQuery Tool http://flowplayer.org/tools/demos/index.html. But the question, for which I am searching the answer is, Can JQuery Tools really compete with JQuery UI? And who would answer this question better then you guys. So what you guys think, JQuery Tools Vs JQuery UI, who wins? I look forward for hearing your thoughts on this. As this may help others to decide what should they go from either...

This is quite difficult but can be done. Please do not blame me if you get no work done today…. or your catnap.. this is addictive…. Try to encircle the cat, without letting it get out! Start by clicking on the image then on the light green dots to try to trap it with dark green dots. Not easy, it’s a smart cat. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.ajaymatharu.com/cat.swf" height="600" width="600" /]

Here is the SQL query that will help you list all the tables and columns along with its data type and length in a particular database. This query fires query to the system table that stores all the information about the database. select table_name, column_name, data_type, character_maximum_length, is_nullable from information_schema.columns where table_name in (select name from sysobjects where xtype='U') order by table_name Hope this helps, enjoy