(Julian Stuhler) DB2 11 for z/OS became generally available in October 2013, and a huge amount of information is available on the many new features and functions (I’ll be writing a round-up blog entry later in January to provide a handy reference to these).
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Creating A Tool: Detailing Oracle Process CPU Consumption
(Craig Shallahamer) Detailing an Oracle Database process’s CPU consumption is amazing, a lot of fun, and can lead to some “ah ha” moments. To make this posting daily digestible, I’m breaking it up into a multi-part series. Today I’m posting the third and final part entitled, Creating A Tool. Here we
Unexpected/Inaccurate federation metadata XML generated by CRM federation metadata URLs
(Bhavesh Shastri) Today we’re are going to talk about the unexpected/Inaccurate federation metadata XML generated by CRM federation metadata URLs. I have seen many people getting into this. Let’s take a deep dive into usage of federation into CRM.
Rational Application Developer enhancements for WebSphere Optimized Local Adapters present new opportunities for end to end EIS integration
(James T Mulvey and Harold Gartner) Enhancements to IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V9.0.1 added new capabilities for application integration between disparate enterprise environments, such as those made up of IBM WebSphere Application Server, CICS, IMS, and batch processin
Using wget directly from PostgreSQL using COPY FROM PROGRAM
(Leo Hsu and Regina Obe) One of the features new to PostgreSQL 9.3 is the COPY FROM PROGRAM sql construct and in psql the equivalent copy from program. Michael Paquier covered the COPY TO/FROM PROGRAM in hist Postgres 9.3 feature highlight: COPY TO/FROM PROGRAM.
Visual Studio Tips and Tricks – Quick Launch (Where was that option/menu item?)
(Susan Ibach) Ever tried to remember where you turn line numbers on and off? Or where you go to change the theme for Visual Studio? Quick Launch, a new feature in Visual Studio 2013, gets rid of the guess work!
Web API With AJAX: Return Various Data Types From Web API Service
(Sourav Kayal) You are in the “Web API with AJAX” article series. In our previous articles we have understood various concepts and the practical implementation of AJAX requests to the Web API. We have learned the concept of various HTTP verbs and the consumption of a Web API service using those verb
The Template Method Pattern in the .NET Framework
(Eric Vogel) Learn how to process CSV files using the Template Method Pattern in a sample C# application.
Invoking R scripts via Oracle Database: Theme and Variation
(Mark Hornick) Oracle R Enterprise provides several ways for you to invoke R scripts through Oracle Database. From the same R script you can get structured data, an XML representation of R objects and images, and even PNG images via a BLOB column in a database table.
Another NULL Handling SSIS Expression
(Julie Smith) So two days ago I posted this. It’s a way to generate an SSIS Expression for use in an Incremental Load’s Conditional Split. A friend had pointed out that this pattern was not the best– as NULL handling is not always as easy as replacing the NULL with what you might consider a safe val