(Tarry Singh) In our last article, we spoke about certain CRS_ commands and syntax. We should also try to see what happens when our cluster suddenly starts to act weird and we really do not know where to get started and how to proceed. But first let’s continue our introduction to the remaining crs_
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BI Trends: IBM’s DB2 9 Release Answers Questions, Begs Answers
(Stephen Swoyer) The DB2 version 9 release IBM Corp. announced last week helped answer a few long-simmering questions about Big Blue’s competitive strategy vis-à-vis Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. on the relational database front. However, as far as business intelligence (BI) features are concerne
Creating a Step-by-Step User Interface with the ASP.NET 2.0 Wizard Control: The Basics
(Scott Mitchell) The wizard – a standard user interface element in desktop applications – takes the user through a series of discrete steps in order to accomplish some task. A wizard step typically includes instructions, input controls, and an interface for moving between the wizard’s steps (typical
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(Michael Livshitz) In Part 1 of this article (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) we have defined our task and have prepared a basis for creation and testing the Address control. In this part we are going to build the control.
Scaling Up with XQuery, Part 1
(Bob DuCharme) The W3C’s XQuery language is now a Candidate Recommendation, and more and more implementations are appearing. In an XML.com introduction to the language (part 1, part 2), I wrote that “while the Saxon implementation may not scale up as much as the disk-based versions that use persiste
Keep Sites Running Smoothly By Avoiding These 10 Common ASP.NET Pitfalls
(Jeff Prosise) One of the reasons ASP.NET is successful is that it lowers the bar for Web developers. You don’t need a Ph.D. in computer science to write ASP.NET code. Many of the ASP.NET people I encounter in my work are self-taught developers who wrote Microsoft Excel spreadsheets before they wro
Integrating to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
(Mike Faust) While some people may wish otherwise, your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can’t do it all. For those tasks that are outside of the scope of your ERP package, you need a good means for interfacing and integrating those systems with your ERP. Integrating applications with y
Ten things Oracle developers should never do
(Mark Brunelli) Customizing Oracle E-Business Suite applications can be very dangerous for developers who make common rookie errors, experts say. (R)
IBM’s DB2 Viper boosts SOA on System i
(Mark Fontecchio) IBM’s DB2 9, code-named Viper, may help System i customers organize multiple types of data under a single interface, analysts say. (R)
Developing with SQL Server 2005 Express
(Jeremy Kadlec) Who ever imagined Microsoft would be offering a free version of its enterprise database management platform? From the original SQL Server 2000 MSDE to the current SQL Server 2005 Express edition, we never before had a fully featured Management Studio to build and deploy SQL Server da