(Don Schlichting) In Part 1 of this series, the new SQL Server 2005 Management Studio was introduced. The new studio combines many of the features found in SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer, in addition to many new additional features. Some of the topics covered in the previous article
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Develop Reports Using Crystal Reports in .NET 2005
(Yunyou Yao) When we developed web applications using .NET 2005 with an Oracle database there was a request from our customers. They wanted us to print reports with header and footer on each page, and convert the file to other file formats such as Excel. The requirement can be implemented using Crys
Time Travel with DB2 Subsystem Cloning
(Reginald C. Culpepper) Database-management changes can occasionally have unanticipated results when testing environments don’t exactly duplicate the production environment. The data-processing staff can attempt to replicate production environments to the best of their ability, but how can they be s
What They Didn’t Print in the Doc–HA Best Practices
The Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) represents the optimum high availability (HA) architecture and set of best practices to accommodate the most stringent requirements for business continuity with the least amount of complexity. We provide details on how to configure, deploy, and manage MAA
Oracle buys Stellent for $440m
Database and business applications giant Oracle Corp has bought content management software maker Stellent Inc for around $440m.
IDUG/IIUG Europe Conference — Postcards from Vienna
(Jean Georges Perrin) I can’t believe the conference is already over. It has been a dense week of learning, teaching and extending networks. That’s why I decided to skip a few sessions today. It gave me some time to enjoy a sausage at the kiosk in front of the conference center with Stuart Litel, II
How to create Themes in ASP.NET 2.0
(Pankaj Gupta) An ASP.NET Theme enables you to apply a consistent style to the pages in your website. You can use a Theme to control the appearance of both the HTML elements and ASP.NET controls that appear in a page.
Introducing LINQ for Visual Basic
(Paul Kimmel) The .NET Framework 3.0 incorporates LINQ (Language INtegrated Query), a cool technology that adds dynamic queries to all kinds of objects in a familiar SQL-like style. LINQ code looks like embedded SQL statements, which I actually don’t care for because SQL has never looked pretty to m
ActiveRecord and Code Generation – Data Access Layer RAD Tools – SubSonic: The Zero Code DAL
(David Hayden) There is nothing I love talking about more than ActiveRecord and Code Generation 🙂
Configuring the .NET Framework 2.0 Using IIS 6.0
(Jesse Smith) Most developers care about application performance. Even if speed isn’t the most important attribute of their software, they certainly don’t want the application to be slow. But streamlining code may seem too complex, and require skills that you don’t have.