(Konesans Ltd) The regular expression transformation exposes the power of regular expression matching within the pipeline. One or more columns can be selected, and for each column an individual expression can be applied. If all columns selected pass their tests then rows are passed down the successf
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Bring Cube Data into Focus
(Craig Utley) SQL Server Reporting Services gives you an inexpensive way to deliver Analysis Services data to business users. The powerful features in Reporting Services can let you customize your report delivery to give users drilldown capability and let them flexibly change data views to get the i
The secrets to a successful upgrade to DB2 for z/OS Version 8
(Willie Favero) We try not letting many people in on the inside scope of how to successfully upgrade to DB2 Version 8. If everyone knew the secret, well you know what would happen. However, for this blog entry I’m going to break that rule and tell you that there are secrets around upgrading to DB2 V
Generating dynamic web pages using XSL and XML
(Tony Marston) In an earlier article, ‘Using XSL and XML to generate dynamic web pages from UNIFACE’, I demonstrated how it is possible to generate web pages using XSL to transform XML documents into HTML for output to the web. This replaces the UNIFACE-specific method of web page generation with a
RAC Design (Sample Chapter)
(Julian Dyke and Steve Shaw) When designing a RAC cluster, you should fully define and identify your business requirements. Once you have defined your business requirements, your next step is to identify your architectural decisions, which will, in turn, allow you to specify storage and hardware req
Pan / scroll an Image in VB.NET
(Anthony Queen) Pan an image” is a term often used by people familiar with graphics design. Basically, it means to move an image one direction or another. This can be accomplished in a number of ways, but two of the most popular are: 1) using scrollbars, or 2) Leftclicking the image and dragging the
Content Chunking Pattern (Sample Chapter)
(Christian Gross) The Content Chunking pattern makes it possible to incrementally build an HTML page, thereby allowing the logic of an individual HTML page to be distributed and the user to decide the time and logic of the content that is loaded. (R, pdf)
Are Open Source Software Tools Better than Commercial?
(Franco Martinig) More and more developers are using development tools produced by the open source community like JUnit, MySQL, Eclipse, PHP or JBoss. A recent poll asked to compare the quality of open source and commercial software development tools. And the winner is… not obvious ;o)
Mini-Tip #8 – Extending XMLType to Access Scalar XPath Functions
(Lewis R Cunningham) For some reason, the XMLType XPath implementation does not allow scalar results. According to the documentation: EXTRACT (XML) is similar to the EXISTSNODE function. It applies a VARCHAR2 XPath string and returns an XMLType instance containing an XML fragment.
Experience J2EE! Using WebSphere Application Server V6.1
(Ueli Wahli and Charlie Brown) This redbook provides a hands-on guide to developing a comprehensive J2EE application including core functions, security, Web services, and messaging. In the context of J2EE, messaging is also known as Java Message Service (JMS). (pdf)