In HTML, one can reference a file that contains just javascript by using the javascript tag with the src attribute:
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.server.com/myscript.js”></script>
This can have some benefits with regard to performance, except when the file is located on a different server that you have no control over.  Having more than one of these external javascript links […]

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Website performance is a reflection of the efficiency and credibility of your company or organization.  From the most technical power users to people just learning how the Internet works, a slow website is a slow website.
Sometimes the best way to avoid poor website performance is to create a checklist of things NOT to do.
First, here […]

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Is it Just Me, or is Microsoft.com the SLOWEST site ever?!
I often visit Microsoft’s site for various reasons: get new templates for Word, read some of the forums, download software, etc.  However, as of late, it is getting so painful just to go to some parts of their site.  To be fair, I’m certain that […]

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In my last post, I discussed an issue where a connection to a database, via ODBC, is dropped when a network connection is intermittent.
This led me to search the Internet for similar situations and circumstances that other may have encountered. Nothing significant turned up, so I went to the source: Microsoft. Posting on […]

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Sounds like a commercial from a drug company “Network Problems Can Cause Adverse Side Effects…sleeplessness, chest pain…”, but, I digress.
Let me set the stage of my testbed configuration: On Windows XP SP2, my default connection to the Internet is via wireless express card modem using EV-DO via Verizon Wireless. Let’s call this connection A. […]

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