(Brian Mains) The windows environment is a big change from the ASP.NET runtime environment in how they operate. This article talks about how the two differ in creating custom controls, talking about the main difference in windows custom controls. This article was written with the ASP.NET developer i
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BlackBelt Administration: Linked Reports in SQL Server Management Studio
(William Pearson) In BlackBelt Administration: Linked Reports in Report Manager, we introduced Linked Reports. We noted that, as administrators of enterprise reporting systems can attest, management of the business intelligence solution does not end when we deploy / publish the reports to the Report
How to configure SQL Server 2000 to use non-uniform memory access (NUMA)
In Microsoft SQL Server 2000, support for non-uniform memory access (NUMA) and locked pages was introduced in build 8.00.925. Therefore, you can install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) or a later version of SQL Server 2000 to use NUMA. NUMA support is only available on Microsoft Windows Server
Hit the ground running with AIDE, Part 4: Touchpoint notifications and a simple manager
(Stephen B. Morris) This tutorial, the fourth in the series, describes how to create a touchpoint that maps instrumented notifications into their touchpoint equivalent. The previous tutorial in this series described how to implement simple GET and SET operations in the touchpoint. This tutorial comp
DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 2: Data placement
(Dwaine Snow) Learn how to create DB2 databases, and about the mechanisms available for storing your tables, indexes, and data within the database. This tutorial focuses on partitioning, compression, and XML, which are all important performance and application development concepts that you need to k
Tip: Debug stylesheets with xsl:message
(Elliotte Harold) In this tip, discover several possible ways you can use the xsl:message element to assist with understanding and debugging Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) stylesheets.
Learn Oracle: Datatypes for SQL and PL/SQL, Numbers
(Lewis R Cunningham) Datatypes are a subject that confuses many people. There are many types and many sub-types. A type is a basic datatype like NUMBER. A sub-type is derived from a type. An INTEGER is a sub-type of NUMBER. A sub-type usually add a constraint to a type and that creates the new sub-t
Access SQL-based data with C# and ADO.NET
(Irina Medvinskaya) ADO.NET is a framework of classes that allow you to access data and provide you with a direct way to get the necessary information for your .NET applications. In this article, I discuss how you can access SQL Server-based data using C# and ADO.NET. I will use a simple C# applicat
Oracle 10g Fibonacci Sequence (SQL Model)
(Marcio Portes) This code uses the SQL Model clause to determine the first 12 elements of a Fibonacci Sequence.
Design Patterns in VB.NET – Terms to Know
(David Simmonds) There are several terms you should know before preceding. Some are from the GoF book and there are a few terms I made up. I am sure if I had taken the time to read lots of O-O books, I would have probably come across the proper and accepted terms. Forgive me.