(Michael Kleiser) Here’s a tiny function that may be useful for debugging, especially with multibyte charater sets.
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SimpleXML processing with PHP
(Elliotte Rusty Harold) Discover the SimpleXML extension, which is bundled with PHP version 5 and enables PHP pages to query, search, modify, and republish XML in a PHP-friendly syntax.
Creating the Blog Script for a PHP/MySQL Blogging System
(Jacques Noah) In this second part of a three-part series on blogging with PHP and MySQL, we will be looking at the actual blog. The blog will be simplicity itself. I have created a style sheet that will help in making the blog look clean and neat. The blog will be based purely on a open blog system
Fine Tuning your Database Design in SQL 2005
(Sanchan Sahai Saxena) As part of my current job at Microsoft, I work with SQL customers worldwide, ranging from fortune 500 financial institutions to online retailers to small partner outfits. I am engaged primarily to conduct performance tuning of their SQL Server systems.
Caching in Classic ASP
(Tony Alicea) ASP.NET has inherent caching capabilities. However, what if you are working with a legacy classic ASP application, and need to cache a particularly intensive page? Perhaps the page pulls a very large set of data from a database, or does a good deal of calculations. If the results don’t
Guided Business Intelligence: Making BI Relevant
(Dan Denenberg) In today’s corporate world, every reputable organization realizes the need for reporting on the information stored in its operational systems. Such reporting helps firms to uncover business trends, identify troubled performance areas, create accurate forecasts and comply with new fin
Stored procedures vs. dynamic SQL: When should you use each?
(Serdar Yegulalp) In the six years I’ve worked with SQL Server, there’s been an ongoing debate about whether stored procedures or dynamically-generated SQL strings are the better choice for certain jobs. (R)
Oracle after Hours: Gathering Statistics
(Steve Callan) Do you know what your database is doing after dark and on the weekends? What happens between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. on weekdays, and all weekend? Would you be surprised to know that Oracle, by default, schedules a job to gather optimizer statistics upon creation of a database?
Microsoft’s WF, powered by XOML, promises simplified workflows
(George Lawton) Just as Microsoft developed the Extensible Application Markup Language for creating user interface elements in the upcoming Windows Presentation Foundation, the new Extensive Object Markup Language (XOML) promises to provide a common syntax for the various types of workflows used in
Creating and deploying business rules
(Neil Kolban) This tutorial shows you how to use WebSphere Integration Developer to create and deploy a solution that uses business rules, and then test that solution in WebSphere Process Server. At the conclusion of this tutorial, you will have a working set of business rules deployed. (R)