(Chris Eaton) It’s often the case that you want to find the row for which one of the columns in that row contains the maximum value for a set of rows. For example, show me the name of the person that makes the most money in department 101. Or show me the customer that made the largest single purchas
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Thinking XML: The XML decade
(Uche Ogbuji) IBM Systems Journal recently published an issue dedicated to XML’s 10th anniversary. It is primarily a collection of interesting papers for XML application techniques, but some of its articles offer general discussion of the technical, economic and even cultural effects of XML. There i
Master AJAX Pop-Ups Using the HoverMenuExtender Control
(Wei-Meng Lee) Most Windows users are familiar with tool tips—the little “balloon” that pops up when you position your mouse over an icon. Tool tips are very useful user interface (UI) enhancements that display additional information about the current object of interest. On the Web, the equivalent o
Easily sort values with the .NET Array class’s Sort method
(Tony Patton) In a previous column, I discussed the basic functionality of .NET arrays. This week, I expand on this topic and focus on sorting the contents of an array. The Array class provides the Sort method, and there are various ways to use this method. I begin with the simple approach and end w
Controls that Are Datasource Bound
(Xun Ding) ASP .NET 2.0 provides several groups of databound controls: AdRotor, ListControl(BulletedList, CheckboxList, drop-down list, ListBox, RadioButtonList), CompositeDataBoundControl (DatailsView, FormView, GridView), and HierachicalDataBoundControl(TreeView, Menu). ASP .NET 1.x users are alre
Weaving WebSphere: Web Application Security
(Joe Pluta) Ah, it’s been a long time since I went on a serious rant. For some time now, I’ve been the kinder, gentler Joe Pluta, with lots of time spent telling you the wonderful new things in both the IBM product lines and the larger IT world in general. I’ve managed to be diplomatic and even doci
Oracle DBA Concept Part-1
(Fahd Mirza) The first confusion a beginner DBA encounter is what exactly Oracle is? Is it the name of Company or is it the name of product? Is it the name of database or is it the name of database management system? In order to nullify these confusions, let’s start with some definitions.
Cut Oracle Costs on Mainframe
(Shakir Sadikali) I’m a simple guy. I like things simple. I once had a consulting gig with a client who wanted to do something that I thought was quite simple.
On solving workspace conflicts
(René Nyffenegger) On May 7th, I demonstrated how data can be versioned in workspaces and then be merged or refreshed. This worked well as long as I didn’t change the same row in two different workspaces. However, when the same row is changed in two different workspaces, it creates what the Oracle d
MultiMedia Management
(Howard Fosdick) IBM Content Manager helps companies manage and integrate all forms of information, including data, images, documents, audio, video, and so on. It provides a flexible, comprehensive mechanism for capturing, integrating, and managing these diverse information assets across their life