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jQuery Best Practices
(S.Kaur) I find jQuery a great framework that readily and easily extends what we can do with client-side coding routines. In this article, I would be highlighting a few techniques that will give you a head start in effectively using the jQuery library.
Introduction to SQL, Part 4
(James Buck) SQL’s version of a logical file is a view. Although a view is conceptually similar to a logical file, SQL’s greater flexibility and ability to use functions and expressions make views far more powerful than logical files.
Red Alert: Potential data loss in DB2 10 data sharing environment
(Troy Coleman) On March 25, IBM posted a Red Alert for customers running DB2 10 for z/OS data sharing environment. See this detailed description.
MySQL Utilities meets the world’s ugliest table
(Todd Farmer) In case you missed it, MySQL Utilities 1.3.0 (alpha) was released last week. MySQL Utilities is a component of MySQL Workbench, but it’s been broken out into a separate download allowing command-line users access unencumbered by a pretty GUI interface.
Accessing a Hive Table from Oracle Database
(mannamal) Hive is a popular tool to query data in HDFS. Oracle SQL Connector for HDFS can read data directly from a Hive table in version 2.0. Also, the command-line tool of Oracle SQL Connector for HDFS has been simplified greatly. The connector only needs the Hive table and Hive database name, s
How To Control ADF Table Pagination on Runtime and Do Case Insensitive Search
(Andrejus Baranovskis) I decided to update my sample app from previous post – ADF 11g PS6 – ADF 10g Table Pagination Feature is Back Finally with option to change page size dynamically on runtime.
Single Row Fetch from a LOB
(Hemant K Chitale) When dealing with a LOB column, Oracle does not use array fetches but always does a single-row fetch.
SQL SERVER – Tricks for Row Offset and Paging in Various Versions of SQL Server
(Pinal Dave) Paging is one of the most needed tasks when developers are developing applications. SQL Server has introduced various features of SQL Server 2000 to the latest version of SQL Server 2012.
Attribute value templates in XSLT – an example
(Dieter Gobeyn) In an XSLT mapping I wanted to convert the node with its child nodes to a node with attributes.