(Liam McLennan) When developing enterprise ASP.NET applications it is common to require the input of dates. The two solutions provided by .NET and Visual Studio out of the box; using a textbox with validation and using a calendar control, are both flawed. A textbox leaves too much scope for the user
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XML transformation with WebSphere Message Broker Version V6
(Xiaoming Zhang) This article shows you how to use the XMLTransformation node in WebSphere Message Broker V6 and supplements the information in the product information center. It describes the context of various XMLTransformation node tasks, and includes tips on stylesheet handling and troubleshooti
New Features in ADO.NET 2.0
(Joydip Kanjilal) Microsoft’s ADO.NET heralded the introduction of a disconnected mode of data access, enabling data exchange even across process boundaries efficiently. This is in sharp contrast to the earlier data access technologies with only connected data access mode of operation. It should be
SEC Says XBRL Presents Business Boon, Not Burden
(Doug Henschen) Don’t look at Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) as an onerous financial reporting requirement waiting in the wings; look at it as an opportunity for better insight into competitors and financial markets. That was the upshot of the message delivered on December 5th in Phil
IBM DB2 9 Data Server Expands XML Presence
IBM has introduced a series of quick start software bundles for the DB2 9 data server to meet new standards for handling Extensible Markup Language (XML) data. It will enable clients to adapt to their information management environments.
MySQL stored routines and the command line client: No comment…Or Maybe..?!
(Roland Bouman) A popular myth holds that the MySQL Database Server strips the comments from stored procedures, functions, triggers, views and events. This is not true. Or at least, it is only somewhat true.
SQL Server Data Validation Workbench
(Robyn Page) The purpose of this workbench is to introduce some interesting techniques to check on the integrity and correctness of the data being inserted or updated in your SQL Server database tables.
Solving SQL Server 2005 installation woes
(Arthur Fuller) Are you familiar with the saying, “Whenever nothing can go wrong, something will?” Case in point: I have installed Visual Studio .NET (VS.NET) and SQL Server 2005 at least a dozen times on various boxes in my development studio. Recently, a hard disk on one of my boxes went to a bett
Combining Web Services and SQL Server Data Utilizing Business Objects Business View Manager – Part 1
(Eric Landes) Many times your customers may want reports that combine data from different sources. For instance, maybe you need to get your customer data from ERP data and that data comes from a web service. That customer data needs to be combined with the data from your Project Management Softwar
SQL Developer, Migrations and Third Party Databases
(Sue Harper) A week or so ago, I popped over to Ireland to see some of the developers who are based there. I have mentioned before that the team based in Dublin are the Migration Technology Group. They are a busy team; building the Migration Workbench as an extension to SQL Developer, are also worki