(Shemeer NS) Character string data types are used to store text values and Character String Functions are used to perform an operation on a string input value and return a string or numeric value.
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Adding power and flexibility to the WebSphere Service Registry and Repository subscription and notification framework
(Mandy de Belin and Stephen Rea) You can subscribe to objects in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR) and be notified when these objects change. WSRR releases have added power and flexibility to the subscription and notification framework, both in the scope of objects you can subscribe t
WPF Layout Controls – TabControl
(Richard Carr) The sixteenth part of the Windows Presentation Foundation Fundamentals tutorial continues the examination of the most common layout controls. This instalment covers the TabControl, which allows pages of controls to be shown in a single area.
WPF: How to play a video clip
(Ged Mead) An easy way to play a video clip in a WPF application is to use a MediaElement in the Xaml file and set its Source property to the required video file. Here’s an example
Decorating AngularJS Services
(K. Scott Allen) The last post demonstrated a service to wrap geolocation APIs in the browser.
Using ASP.NET MVC with KnockoutJS to Create a Snappy Shopping Cart UI
(Gregor Suttie) KnockoutJS (KO) is a JavaScript library written by Steve Sanderson who works for Microsoft and is the author of Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework. It is a JavaScript library that helps build apps conforming to the Model View View-Model pattern.
Migrating between MySQL schemas with Percona Xtrabackup
(Mike Benshoof) Recently, I was working with a client that asked about using Percona Xtrabackup to take a snapshot of a particular MySQL schema and then reload it with a different schema name on the same server.
R to Oracle Database Connectivity: Use ROracle for both Performance and Scalability
(mhornick) R users have a few choices of how to connect to their Oracle Database. The most commonly seen include: RODBC, RJDBC, and ROracle. However, these three packages have significantly different performance and scalability characteristics which can greatly impact your application development.
Checkboxes in editable reports in APEX
(Joni Vandenberghe) We have all been there, we need to create an editable report and one of the columns contains a checkbox. So how should you handle this?
Musings on Standby Database
(Fuzzy GreyBeard) It seem that every few months, there is a renewed discussion about whether you need to license your standby database, whether standby is Data Guard, whether Data Guard can be used in Oracle Data Server Standard Edition, whether we have to pay if we just apply redo at night, and sim