(Muthu Kumar Arjunan) This article explains how a generic xml file(generated from a Spreadsheet ML document) can be converted to a HTML table that could be displayed in a browser using XSLT and styled using CSS.
Author: SSWUG Research
Index Build strategy in SQL Server – Part 2: Offline, Parallel, No Partitioning (Non stats plan (no histogram))
When histogram is not available (for example when we building an index on a view) we can’t use the same methods as described in previous post (For statistics gathering, it is possible only for ‘real’ object. We are building index on view, so index does not exist at this point and we are not able to
Upcoming innotop features
(Xaprb) It’s been a while since I released an update to the innotop InnoDB and MySQL monitor, but I have not been idle. I’m currently working hard to add major new features and functionality.
Does XLOCK always prevent reads by others?
(Louis Davidson) I was going back through my files of draft blogs for the past 6 months (particularly looking for things that are wrong in my book,) and I found this one that covers something that I found really fascinating.) In this thread, a person was attempting to create a pessimistic lock by a
Semantic Wikis and Disaster Relief Operations
(Soenke Ziesche) Access to timely information is critical for relief operations in emergency situations. Over the last years social-networking web systems, such as wikis, have become more and more sophisticated and can also be applied fruitfully in humanitarian information management. However, a maj
SQL Server disaster recovery: Recreating historical data
(Greg Robidoux) There is one task I hope you never face: May you never have to recreate data at different points in time in order to unfold a suspicious act or uncover lost or stolen data. Most databases store data at a core data level, which reveals only the most recent state of the data to the end
DB2 9 table partitioning
(Paul Read and Richard Hewitt) This tutorial is designed to demonstrate the functionality of range partitioning in DB2 9. Participants will receive the hands-on experience of using the features of Range Partitioning with DB2 tables. Table partitioning is a data organization scheme in which table dat
Pitfalls of Oracle’s Automatic SGA Management
(Raj Thukral) Of late, Oracle has had the tendency to automate a lot of the usual DBA tasks.
AJAX, the Enterprise, and SOA—A Look Into the Future
(Glen Kunene) Consumer Web sites such as Google Maps and Yahoo Mail generally come to mind first when one thinks of AJAX-enabled applications. On those sites, millions of users experience the results of dynamic AJAX interaction between the browser and server. Less known, however, are the benefits AJ
Application Scheduler Service Using VB.Net And XML
(Ajith Kumar Radhakrishnan) This is an application scheduler that is implemented as a Windows Service, similar to the Windows Task Scheduler – but simple, as it has fewer configuration options and it uses XML to store and retrieve data.