(Rav Ahuja) Disk storage systems can often be the most expensive components of a database solution. For large warehouses or databases with huge volumes of data, the cost of the storage subsystem can easily exceed the combined cost of the hardware server and the data server software. Therefore, even
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Secure Your Data With SQL Server
(Alex Papadimoulis) In most installations, SQL Server acts as the bottom layer in a standard application stack (user interface, middle tier, and database). Users rarely know what type of database they’re using, let alone access and use it directly. For this reason, database security configuration is
Execute Sql Server 2005 Integration Services package from C#
(Jeff Modzel) There are many ways to execute a Sql Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) package. You can use the command line utility DTExec.exe or its window equivalent, DTExecUI.exe. A package can be executed within Sql Server Business Intelligence Studio (Visual Studio) or from a Sql Server
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Participants needed for IBM user experience study
(Chris Eaton) IBM User Experience is looking for DBAs to participate in user feedback study sessions. The sessions will consist of face-to-face interviews or phone interviews (depending on your location) to learn about your data server requirements, work environment, and ways in which you use the da
Connect MySQL to WebSphere Application Server Using a DataSource
(Kulvir Singh Bhogal) In the J2EE realm, data sources are Java objects that represent physical data storage systems such as relational databases. It is via javax.sql.DataSource objects that a J2EE application can retrieve underlying connections to the databases being represented by the DataSource ob
Reap the Benefits of SQL Server’s New Database Tuning Advisor
(Drew Georgopulos) Database Tuning Advisor (DTA), the SQL Server 2005 replacement for the Index Tuning Wizard (ITW), has two entry points: –A GUI that practically drives itself –A command line interface with all its traditional gnarly-ness
Discovering the API Using Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET
(Hannes du Preez) As a Visual Basic programmer, you are likely to encounter the Windows API. This article will explain in detail what the Windows API is, as well as the different implementations of the API in Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET.
Using Geometric Transforms for Text Effects in .NET
(Peter Aitken) Geometric transforms let you take an image and distort it in some way, such as rotation, translation, flipping, or stretching. Geometric transforms are a rather complex topic and are well beyond explaining in a single article. But you can learn and use one very handy aspect of transfo
AJAX changes everything, believe it
(Stephen Swoyer) There are a few things you need to know about Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, one of the most talked about trends in Web app dev. First, AJAX isn’t strictly a technology but just one way to solve a fairly common set of problems. Second, codejockeys are divided over AJAX. It’s not t