(Justin Swanhart) This post is structured like a series of questions and answers in a conversation. I recently had a number of conversations that all pretty much went this same way. If you, like others, have many basic questions about how to proceed when faced with an append-only store for the fir
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DB2 SQL Compatibility: CREATE INDEX … EXCLUDE NULL KEYS
(Henrik Loeser) One of the often problems when migrating databases from Oracle to DB2 were with unique indexes. Oracle does not include and consider NULL keys when checking for uniqueness of values, DB2 does – or better: did.
The Case for an XML Application
(Rob Beezer) This is the first of two introductory posts about my project supported by my Shuttleworth Flash Grant. Rationale and motivation here, vague/concrete plan next.
What Special Steps Do Job Hunters Take to Get a Contracting Position?
Steve Wynkoop and I talk a lot about designing and managing our professional careers on a weekly interview on SSWUG TV. This episode was about how to get that contracting job posting. This article goes into more detail.
Copying XML Documents Using C#
(Mahesh Chand) If you just need to copy an XML file to a different location or a different name, you can use the File.Copy method. The File class is defined in the System.IO namespace. Don’t forget to import the namespace by adding the following line to your code.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
(Praveen R. Sogalad and Hemant Singh) Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with IBM DB2 means your data can be sent securely over the network. In this article, learn how to configure this protocol for DB2 V9.7 and newer releases.
How Often Do Filters Execute In AngularJS
(Ben Nadel) The other day, Lukas Ruebbelke wrote an excellent blog post on AngularJS filters, including some very clever ways in which to use them to output nested lists. Admittedly, I haven’t looking into filters very much. When I first saw them, I found the syntax confusing; and so, I never really
HTML5 and SharePoint 2010 – Part 1: An Overview
(Eric Overfield) HTML5 and CSS3 are gaining ground and acceptance with greater support in the latest browsers from Microsoft, Mozilla, Apple, Google et al. It wasn’t too long ago that I was telling SharePoint developers that it is reasonably safe to ignore HTML5.
A Simple Case For C# Generic Constraints
(K. Scott Allen) Imagine you need to support multiple projects that retrieve “widgets” of different types from various data sources. You might start with some simple type definitions that build a core API around widgets and widget storage.
WPF Base Classes – DispatcherObject
(Richard Carr) The eighteenth part of the Windows Presentation Foundation Fundamentals tutorial describes the DispatcherObject class, which is a base class for all of the WPF controls. This class can be used to correctly access control properties from parallel code.