(Erika Ehrli) We have been stating everywhere that “the Microsoft Office System is a complete set of client applications, servers, and services that provide organizations with the means to create, manage, and enhance business solutions.” We have also published a full load of content for every produc
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Beautify Your UIs with Perfect Pen and Brush Control
(Rod Stephens) If you’ve done any Windows graphics programming at all, you know about Pens and Brushes. Pens determine the characteristics of lines, such as color and thickness. Brushes determine the characteristics of filled areas, notably the fill color.
FIX: A profiler trace in SQL Server 2000 may stop logging events unexpectedly, and you may receive the following error message: ‘Failed to read trace data’
When you run a profiler trace in SQL Server 2000, the profiler trace may stop logging events unexpectedly. If you use the SQL Profiler, you may receive an error message that resembles the following: Failed to read trace data. Unspecified error occurred on SQL Server. Connection may have been te
DB2 Developer Workbench, Part 3: Developer Workbench and XML
(Debra R. Eaton) The IBM DB2 Developer Workbench (DWB) provides out-of-the-box integrated development for DB2 9 pureXML. DWB is based on the Eclipse open source Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Learn how the DWB resources, perspectives, views, editors, and wizards assist you to work with th
T-SQL and PL/SQL common languages for database-independent applications
(Michelle Gutzait) Many software companies understand the importance of developing applications that do not depend on a specific database type (i.e., Oracle, SQL Server, DB2), which allows customers to choose their used platform. In general, software developers recognize that their customers are res
SQL 2005 Upgrade – Rebuild your indexes
(Simon Sabin) I can’t say how many times I’ve read or been told that before you complain about performance issues with SQL2005 you should rebuild your indexes and update your statistics.
RSS Aggregation with PHP and AJAX
(Kris Hadlock) RSS aggregators are not very hard to come by these days, but finding a good one can be quite difficult. On the other hand, creating a custom aggregator isn’t very difficult and can provide you with an interface of your own choosing. RSS aggregation presents the kind of data that’s per
Introduction to Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)
(Nicholas J. Donatone) Before we jump right into a discussion on Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) we need to set a framework for its use. It is important for managers, developers and DBAs to have an understanding of how BPEL can benefit them. This article will give you an introduction to B
Wiring Through an Enterprise Service Bus
(Brian Wilkinson and Demed L’Her) As the idea of implementing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) gains traction, enterprises are finding themselves with an increasingly large portfolio of services. Effectively leveraging and reusing these services can prove challenging unless you follow the correct
Tip/Trick: Cool UI Templating Technique to use with ASP.NET AJAX for non-UpdatePanel scenarios
(Scott Guthrie) I’ve been having some fun playing around with the ASP.NET AJAX Beta release this weekend.