(Derik Hammer) SQLPSX is an open source codeplex project that was created to provide an intuitive interface for interacting with SQL Server in Powershell. The module uses the SMO objects which are backwards compatible to SQL Server 2000 and also includes an add-in module for the Powershell ISE calle
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Loading AngularJS Components With RequireJS After Application Bootstrap
(Ben Nadel) Yesterday, I looked at loading AngularJS components after your AngularJS application has been bootstrapped. In that experiment I simply waited until DOM-Ready before I registered said components.
APAR Friday: A special DSNZPARM edition
(Willie Favero) Today’s stroll through the wonderful world of subsystem parameters (AKA DSNZPARMs) will have us examine changes to how two DDF related subsystem parameters resulting in the APAR being marked as HIPER, a new subsystem parameter adding a control for real time statistics collected by th
Cross Platform Geolocation Mobile App in Windows Phone 8 and Android using Apache Cordova
(Mahesh Sabnis) While building Cross Platform Mobile apps, the developer community is often confused about the technology to use. For example, if Windows Phone apps are to be developed, then a developer must possess C#/VB.NET and XAML skillsets. Similarly for Android apps, JAVA must be a skillset.
SharePoint: New Packaging Requests in a Team Site
(Ellen van Aken) Once again, this is not rocket science, it does not even use sophisticated new code, it is just regular SharePoint with a bit of thinking.
Create Tablespace and ORA-28374
(Jeremy Schneider) One of the projects I worked on last week was improving our processes around encryption in Oracle. I spent a lot of time becoming intimate friends with the database wallet. Late in the week while attempting to create an encrypted tablespace on an 11.2.0.3 (PSU6) system, we mysteri
A High-Value, Undocumented LESS Editor Feature in Visual Studio
(VKichline) Recently a very valuable, undocumented feature in the Visual Studio LESS editor came to my attention. This applies equally to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 and later, and to Visual Studio 2013. The installation of Web Essentials is not required to benefit from this feature.
Parallel LINQ and ForAll
(Richard Carr) The Parallel class defines loops that allow sequences of values to be enumerated in parallel. This can provide improved performance over sequential loops when the iterations are independent. When using PLINQ, the ForAll method provides such a loop.
IBM Information on Demand 2013, Tuesday
(Craig S. Mullins) The second day of the IBM IOD conference began like the first, with a general session attended by most of the folks at the event. The theme of today’s general session was Big Data and Analytics in Action. And Jake Porway was back to host the festivities.
DB2 11 for z/OS Technical Overview
(Paolo Bruni, Felipe Bortoletto, Ravikumar Kalyanasundaram, Sabine Kaschta, Glenn McGeoch and Cristian Molaro)IBM DB2 Version 11.1 for z/OS (DB2 11 for z/OS or just DB2 11 throughout this book) is the fifteenth release of DB2 for MVS. It brings performance and synergy with the new System z hardware