(Paul Ferrill) Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a set of XML schema that define how providers can publish information destined for consumers. In its most common form, RSS holds the text and pictures you find on someone’s blog, but RSS can just as easily contain news headlines or multimedia files a
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What to Know and Avoid when Migrating to XML
Global XML is having a profound impact on localization strategies, revolutionizing the assembly and delivery of information and decoupling content from its containing form. Global XML content is mobile and wants to aggregate, flow, and recombine. This leads to agile information systems and assets-an
Hey Houston, more free System z education
(Willie Favero) First we have an extremely well attended DB2 User Group meeting. Now IBM is offering a free one day mainframe seminar that is including Houston as one of the cities they will be stopping at.
WebSphere Classic Replication Server for z/OS (Release 9.1) – An end-to-end scenario using native VSAM capture
(Anil Varkhedi, Thomas Atwood and Tom Wabinski) Follow an end-to-end data replication scenario from native Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files to IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) for z/OS using IBM WebSphere Classic Replication Server for z/OS, IBM WebSphere Replication Server for z/OS, a
The Three Faces of ASP.NET AJAX
(Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz) The new Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX web development framework (which we’ll refer to simply as AJAX throughout the rest of this article) is like a mythological figure with three faces to its personality: one is friendly but rigid, one is playful, and the third is, to most A
Oracle’s Hyperion Deal Puts Users on Guard
(Heather Havenstein) Oracle Corp.’s purchase of business intelligence vendor Hyperion Solutions Corp. will likely benefit Oracle, but Hyperion customers could experience a decline in service and end up with less negotiating leverage, some users and analysts said.
Analyzing complex queries
(Jan Kneschke) When you ask someone how to optimize SQL queries you will always get the answer –enable the slow query log –set the long-query-time to 1-2 seconds –enable the logging of query which aren’t using an index –run EXPLAIN on the queries that are shown and optimize them with
Oracle: Sorting Out Memory
(Steve Callan) Keeping track of all the different memory areas in Oracle taxes my memory. With Oracle 10g, there can be fewer parameters to keep track of – if you remember which parameters drive or affect other parameters. It is very common to see numerous reporting scripts in a production environme
FIX: Error messages when you try to update table rows or insert table rows into a table in SQL Server 2000: ‘644’ or ‘2511’
When you try to update table rows or insert table rows into a table in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, you may receive an error message that resembles one of the following in the SQL Server 2000 Errorlog file: Error message 1 Error: 644, Severity: 21, State: 5 Could not find the index entry for RID
Maintain Database Partial Availability
(Linchi Shea) In SQL Server 2005, the basic unit of availability is filegroups. A database can remain online as long as the primary filegroup and the transaction log are online. In addition, if a data file is damaged or missing, only its user-defined filegroup becomes unavailable; all the other user