(John Peterson) This time out we’re going to introduce the concept of skin files and show you how they allow you to easily apply formatting to ASP.NET server controls.
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Synchronize IBM Cloudscape V10.0 and IBM DB2 Everyplace Sync Server V8.2
(Joachim Stumpf) This article gives an overview and description of how to set up IBM Cloudscape, the IBM version of Apache Derby, as a mobile database using DB2 Everyplace as the synchronization engine for various back-end systems. IBM Cloudscape is a commercial release of the open source Apache Der
Master essential techniques for crunching data in marked-up format: Parse XML using SAX, DOM, and XSLT
(Greg Wilson) Every day, programmers have to recycle legacy data, translate from one vendor’s proprietary format into another’s, check that configuration files are internally consistent, and search through web logs to see how many people have downloaded the latest release of their product. Although
Do you like using DB2’s Optimization Hints?
(Willie Favero) This post is about a cool addition and something missin’. And they both have to do with optimization hints. Anyone who has caught my presentation about DSNZPARMs knows that I think optimization hints feature in DB2 is a very cool feature. For those of you unfamiliar with optimization
AJAX and SOA: A Marriage Made in Heaven or a Security Disaster Waiting to Happen?
(Ron Exler) The Web 2.0 world is exploding with applications, and enterprises are jumping on the bandwagon. The Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) framework is a collection of open-source approaches and tools to develop Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Simultaneously, enterprises are exploring
Explore the benefits and drawbacks of clustering SQL Server 2000
(Tim Chapman) A server cluster is a group of two or more physically separate servers working together to form one “virtual” server. A Microsoft service called Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) is used to manage the clustered server(s). A SQL Server cluster is a virtual server composed of two or more
Getting Started with SQL Server Service Broker
(Mike Gunderloy) Service Broker is a new feature in SQL Server 2005 that brings queuing and reliable messaging to SQL Server. Service Broker provides the “plumbing” to let you pass messages between applications, using SQL Server as the transport mechanism. Applications can use a single shared SQL Se
DBAs mixed on Oracle’s patching progress
(Bill Brenner) A week after digesting Oracle Corp’s October critical patch update (CPU), database administrators (DBAs) are giving Oracle’s revamped bulletin mixed reviews. Oracle fixed 101 security flaws in its latest update, which included a new and improved bulletin with more details on the numbe
Oracle Data Pump Can’t Import LONG Columns
(Alex Gorbachev) If you are using Oracle Data Pump to backup tables containing LONG or LONG RAW columns, then you might be surprised when trying a recovery. Well, you tested it already. Didn’t you?
Using Sphinx as MySQL data retrieval accelerator
(Peter Zaitsev) I’ve run into the following thread couple of days ago: Basically someone is using sphinx to perform search simply on attributes (date, group etc) and get sorted result set and claiming it is way faster than getting it with MySQL. Honestly I can well believe it for cases when you w