(Ravikumar Raja) In this article we will try to cover one great feature of ASP.NET 2.0, i.e. Themes. Themes are the great way to customize user-experience in the web application. Themes are used to define the look and feel of the web application, similar to the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). U
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Optimize XML file size and performance with these developer tips and tricks
(David Megginson) XML has a reputation for being big and unwieldy, but the reputation isn’t entirely justified. Many of the size and processing requirements for XML files are the result of inefficient development tools. Examine the issues surrounding file size and execution requirements and discover
Event Logging in a .NET Web Service
(Sandesh Meda) A well-written piece of code should theoretically not throw any exceptions. However, in practice it is almost impossible to test if an application works under every situation. When errors occur, there are different ways to handle them. This article discusses how to log exceptions i
Oracle Continues PeopleSoft 9 Rollout
(China Martens) Oracle continued to release pieces of its PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 applications suite, turning its attentions to performance management. The move is part of Oracle’s most substantial revamp of the suite since acquiring PeopleSoft in January 2005.
What Is XQuery?
(Jim Pretin) The advent of wireless internet access has made web design a very complicated matter. Previously, all web browsers were created equal. HTML was the only language used to create web sites, and it was only possible to go online with a desktop PC.
Parsing, converting and loading image with XML
(Greg Williams) I have to parse an image from XML. The image is in base64 encoded form. I have to parse the image, convert it to binary and load it in a blob in an Oracle database. (R)
FIX: Error message when you add a calculated member to a cube in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 4: ‘Unable to update the calculated member’
Consider the following scenario. You install the Microsoft Office 2003 primary interop assemblies redistributable package on a computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 4 (SP4). In Analysis Manager, you create a new calculated member in a cube. Then, you speci
Opening the Door to XML
(Cynthia M. Saracco) DB2 9 offers significant new support for XML, which Java application developers can begin to use with minimal effort. That’s because DB2 9 enables programmers to query, insert, update, and delete XML data — as well as traditional SQL data — using familiar JDBC statements and ind
Kewl DB2 for z/OS V8 Feature Part 4: Automated Space Management (aka: sliding secondary extent)
(Willie Favero) Over the years, I have been asked many times what the secondary allocation should be for a page set. In fact, does any one remember the old debates we used to have on the web about how a secondary extent is calculated? Ya, sizing a table space has always, since the very first days of
Understanding the new Try/Catch statement in SQL Server 2005
(Arthur Fuller) Versions prior to SQL Server 2005 offered little in the way of error handling—Raiserror() was about it. SQL Server 2005 adds the Try/Catch statement, which is modeled on the similar construct in Java and other development languages.