(Steve Callan) When Oracle gave up the ghost on client-server Forms several years ago, one of the built-in’s that went by the wayside was related to feeding parameters into an alert message function. If you handled errors or missing input (as you should), part of the Forms migration process involved
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XML Documents vs XML Data Packages
(Eliot Kimber) Both James Clark’s recent posts on XML and JSON as well as some recent attempts I’ve made to describe what I do professionally with respect to XML led me to realize that there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to distinguish XML documents that are intended primarily to produce human-cons
Don’t Use Spaces in Directories: Problem importing XML Schema in BPEL Process
(Peter Ebell) Ever since Microsoft introduced long filenames back in whenever, using spaces in file or directory names has always been tricky. As I found out recently, even with modern software like the BPEL Designer in JDeveloper, using spaces in your directory structure might come back to haunt yo
DRBD in the real world
(Eric Bergen) I’ve noticed a few blog posts recently about people saying how great DRBD is as a fail over mechanism for MySQL. My experience with DRBD has been the complete opposite. It offers almost no benefit over binary log replication for typical MySQL setups and prevents a few things that are p
Use XForms to create an accounting tool, Part 3: Developing asset management functionality
(syakovac) This six-part series demonstrates how to leverage the power of XForms in conjunction with MySQL and PHP for support processing to create an online accounting tool called X-Trapolate. Every good programming technology possesses a range of problems it excels at solving. The series highlight
DB2 Change Management Expert, Part 1: Integrating DB2 Change Management Expert and Rational Data Architect
(Carolyn Henry, Leila Johannesen, Don Langworthy and Patti Tonello) This article highlights the integration between IBM DB2 Change Management Expert, IBM’s newest tool for database change management, and Rational Data Architect. You’ll learn about the common look and feel, the strengths of each prod
Using managed code to detect what .NET Framework versions and service packs are installed
(Scott Dorman) Now that the .NET Framework v3.0 has been released, developers are faced with the possibility of multiple framework versions being installed on the same machine. The .NET architecture was designed to allow multiple versions of a component to be installed and run at the same time on a
IDUG is coming, IDUG is coming. Will you be there?
(Willie Favero) I know, you don’t have a clue what this post is going to be about, do you… LOL
Dynamic management function query to view disk I/O pressure
(Louis Davidson) The sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats dynamic management function returns I/O statistics for data and log files [MDF and LDF file], with two parameters, one for database_id and another for the file_id. This function will help you to identify I/O file level.
An IBM Engineer Preaches Privacy
(Mary Hayes Weier) When banks, retailers, hospitals, and other businesses talk about allowing access to data internally and with partners, they’re often talking about their customers’ personal data: addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, etc. At IBM, distinguished engineer Jeff Jonas has