(Marco V.) When you don’t know the date and time to which you want to recover the database, SCN-based incomplete recovery could be taken into consideration especially if you are able to retrieve a particular SCN.
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Deploying MarkLogic REST API service extensions
(Dave Cassel) When you deploy a custom service extension to MarkLogic’s REST API, where does it go? By default, service extensions are put in the Extensions database. This means that an extension is available to all applications on the MarkLogic instance. While I can see use cases where this is help
How to use SQL Server to query an external XML file
(Seth Delconte) We have an XML file that must be kept in its current form, but would like to query it from SQL Server. In this tip we will look at how to use SQL Server to query an external XML file and return results within SQL Server.
Introduction to the DB2 Continuous Data Ingest feature
(Wiliam Righi) IBM DB2 10.1 for Linux, Unix and Windows has introduced the Continuous Data Ingest feature. The INGEST command provides an alternative to the known methods of previous DB2 versions: IMPORT and LOAD.
Learning jQuery using jQuery Lab
(Rupesh Kumar Tiwari) jQuery is a javascript library that helps developer to write browser compatible and less javascript code. jQuery library is written completely in javascript only. The DOM is mess and its behavior is different in all n-number of browsers. Therefore, in order to create a common l
Attack of the Blob! (Blobs in a Transaction Processing environment)
(Michael Krafick) I would love to say that the biggest technical challenge of my career was some massive data warehouse or an OLTP database with an insane number of transactions per second. Heck, I’ve even had the distinction of working on the second largest DB2 database in the world (at that time).
New Flashbook: DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration
(Susan Visser) Just in time for IDUG, Paul Zikopoulos and his team of co-authors have created a new ebook for you to deepen your skills in regards to the latest release. Here are some details about the flashbook:
What is Web API and why to use it?
(Shailendra Chauhan) Asp.Net Web API is a framework for building HTTP services that can be consume by a broad range of clients including browsers, mobiles, iphone and tablets. It is very similar to ASP.NET MVC since it contains the MVC features such as routing, controllers, action results, filter, m
Seeking Feedback on Alternative Formats for ASP.NET MVC and Deployment Content Maps
(Tom Dykstra) The ASP.NET content maps are lists of resources that we have reviewed and recommend. The content maps have been popular in their present form, but we’re looking at ways to improve them, such as by publishing more lists but with a narrower focus to each one, by providing more informatio
A Quick Introduction to Performance Counters in Visual Studio 2012
(Hannes Du Preez) Quoted from MSDN : “Counters are used to provide information as to how well the operating system or an application, service, or driver is performing. The counter data can help determine system bottlenecks and fine-tune system and application performance. The operating system, netwo