(Michael Lisin) SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a comprehensive and extensible reporting platform, which includes an integrated set of processing components, programmatic interfaces, and tools. This chapter discusses the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) architecture in detail.
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Deploying Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0
(Annie Wang) The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed-code programming model for Windows. Applications written for the .NET Framework 3.0 require the .NET Framework 3.0 to be installed on the computer where the application runs. This article briefly describes .N
Training on the Job
(Kim Moutsos) Working in MVS operations for a carpet producer in the early 1990s, Randy Wilson found himself on the third shift, with only four or five real hours of work each night. Some might have found the empty hours hard to fill. But Wilson used them as an opportunity — to read technical manual
Managing Certificates
(Aradhana Puri) Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority (OCA) and Oracle Wallet Manager (OWM) are important components of Oracle Application Server Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). You can use OCA to administer and manage the entire PKI certificate lifecycle. This lifecycle includes recordin
Discovering the 64-bit Tools in Visual Studio 2005
(John Paul Mueller) One of the advantages of using a managed environment is that porting your application is relatively simple. In many cases, all you need to do is make some changes to your application configuration. Of course, you have to have the 64-bit version of the .NET Framework and a few oth
Reporting Innovations in SQL Server and Visual Studio 2005
(Bill Wolff) Check out the new reporting tools in SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. Learn how to configure your report server for best performance and safe operation as well as how third-party tools can help you add new and powerful graphics to your reports. Plus, understand how to access new
FIX: Error message when you run SQL Server 2000: ‘Failed assertion = ‘lockFound == TRUE”
When you run Microsoft SQL Server 2000, you may experience one or both of the following problems: • An error message that resembles the following is logged in the SQL Server error log: Failed Assertion = ‘lockFound == TRUE’ • An access violation error message is logged in the SQL Server er
How Oracle Works (12) – A note about RMAN
(Dratz) I promised a quick post about RMAN, Oracle Recovery MANager. Let me first say YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE RMAN TO TAKE HOT BACKUPS!
Understanding View State in ASP.NET
(Joydip Kanjilal) The ASP.NET ViewState is a powerful feature and maintains the state of pages between postbacks. This article provides a bird’s eye view of View State with code examples whenever appropriate.
Examine the technology behind the W3C VoiceXML standard and get ahead of the curve
(Peter V. Mikhalenko) In the recent articles about CCXML and SCXML we talked about voice applications and their logic, and referred often to VoiceXML language. It is still the backbone in voice applications and dialog systems; and in this article I’d like to talk about it and its future. VoiceXML 2.