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string myString = “Counting to ten: “;
for (int i = 1; i < = 10; i++) myString += i + " ";

Later, this small string gets more complicated, becoming larger during each step of the software. Often we create clever loops and logic that dynamically builds long complicated strings. At the end of the day, it’s a ‘Bread and Butter’ activity for us.

You may be surprised to find out that this simple activity could be a major cause of a slow web application. Fortunately, a very simple fix can help you to gain back the performance and resources that you lost.

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Procedure [dbo].[deleteParticipant]
@ParticipantID int

as

– Declare the variables to store the values returned by FETCH.
DECLARE @GroupID int
DECLARE group_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT GroupID FROM Participants
WHERE ParticipantID = @ParticipantID

OPEN county_cursor

– Perform the first fetch and store the values in variables.
– Note: The variables are in the same order as the columns
– in the SELECT statement.
–FETCH NEXT FROM group_cursor
–INTO @GroupID

– Check @@FETCH_STATUS to see if there are any more rows to fetch.
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN

IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Participants WHERE GroupID = @GroupID) = 1
BEGIN
DELETE FROM Groups WHERE GroupID = @GroupID
END

– This is executed as long as the previous fetch succeeds.
FETCH NEXT FROM group_cursor
INTO @GroupID
END

CLOSE group_cursor
DEALLOCATE group_cursor

–delete all group affiliations
Delete From  [dbo].[Groups]
WHERE ParticipantID = @ParticipantID

–delete The Participant
Delete From  [dbo].[Participant]
Where ParticipantID =  @ParticipantID

DELETE FROM Participants
WHERE ParticipantID = @ParticipantID AND GroupID = @GroupID

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT ParticipantID FROM Participants WHERE GroupID = @GroupID)
DELETE FROM Groups WHERE GroupID = @GroupID
RETURN

Private Function str_replace(ByVal strSource As String, _
ByVal strSearchFor As String, ByVal strReplace As String) As String
Dim lngPointer As Long, strNew As String
lngPointer = InStr(strSource, strSearchFor)
If lngPointer = 0 Then
ReplaceEntXMLSpecChar = strSource
Else
strNew = Left$(strSource, lngPointer - 1) & strReplace _
& Mid(strSource, lngPointer + 1, Len(strSource))
ReplaceEntXMLSpecChar = strNew
End If
End Function

.NET Format String 102: DateTime Format String

http://blogs.msdn.com/kathykam/archive/2006/09/29/773041.aspx 

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To add kerning between each letter in Photoshop you place the cursor between the letters and press Option+RightArrow on a Mac (or Alt+RightArrow in Windows). To remove kerning between each letter in Photoshop you place the cursor between the letters and press Option+LeftArrow on a Mac (or Alt+LeftArrow in Windows).

If you need an entire word or sentence kerned the same way, just select the group of letters and repeat the process above.

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