(Greg Robidoux) SQL Server 2005’s database mirroring feature offers new functionality that allows you to configure database failover much easier than in the past. In a previous tip, Database mirroring setup in SQL Server 2005, I walked you through the steps to set up database mirroring as well as ex
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Leverage taxonomies for enterprise search using IBM OmniFind, IBM Classification Module, and SchemaLogic
(Jochen Dörre, Josemina Magdalen, Wendi Pohs and Bob St. Clair) Employ professional tools for taxonomy management and auto-classification to enhance enterprise search solutions built with IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition. Use SchemaLogic’s Enterprise Suite to centrally maintain a consolidated enterpr
Creating Your Own Drawing Application with Visual Basic .NET
(Hannes du Preez) Because I’m a Visual Basic 6 veteran, I’ve always wanted to be able to write a proper Drawing Application. Without the use of the Windows API, Visual Basic 6’s graphics capabilities was a bit too limited for my taste. GDI+ came to my rescue. This article series will introduce you t
Security Inside Out-Oracle Security Solutions
Information Security has changed radically in the last decade, and is more important today than it has ever been in the past. Security has become more visible as a business issue across all industries and affecting organizations of all sizes. In the current environment a security breach has the pote
ASP.NET and Windows Workflows Foundation
(scott) Combining ASP.NET 2.0 and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) will provide us with all the essential tools for building workflow-enabled web applications. Both ASP.NET and WF, however, are significant pieces of technology. Joining the two into a long-term relationship requires some careful thou
Levels for incremental backups in RMAN
(Brian Peasland) We want to plan an incremental backup on Oracle 9i with RMAN. How can I detemine the levels of incremental backups? In other words, when do I use level 2 or 3 or 4 or 000 or 9? (R)
Make sure your next application can get to the data it needs with connection strings
(Edmond Woychowsky) Connection strings — if any one aspect of application development was ever more fluffed over, I’ve never heard of if. Face it, the subject of connection strings is the twenty-first century equivalent of the “then a miracle occurs” puffy cloud in a flowchart. Unfortunately the on
XML for Perl developers, Part 3: Advanced manipulating and writing techniques
(Jim Dixon) This article, the third in a three-part series, uses the parsing techniques introduced in Part 2 to build tree structures that can be transformed, navigated, and written. You will then see how to feed transformed parse trees into SAX pipelines, further transform them, and write them as t
Understand ASP.NET 2.0 configuration file processing
(Tony Patton) Configuration files are an important aspect of .NET development. ASP.NET applications have web.config and other configuration files, while non-Web applications have app.config. Here’s a closer look at how ASP.NET 2.0 uses configuration files (specifically machine.config and web.config)
Building an RSS File
(Jacques Noah) In the previous article we discussed how to read an RSS file with PHP. In this article we will focus on the theoretical aspects of how to build an RSS file.