(Vidya Vrat Agarwal) It is important that Microsoft SQL Server database administrators are familiar with the requirements for SQL Server installation, previous version coexistence issues, and procedures for adding or removing SQL Server components. In this module, you will learn how to plan for a SQ
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ASP.NET Datepicker and Calendar Control
(Liam McLennan) When developing enterprise ASP.NET applications it is common to require the input of dates. The two solutions provided by .NET and Visual Studio out of the box; using a textbox with validation and using a calendar control, are both flawed. A textbox leaves too much scope for the user
Insurance Data Standards – Designing XML Messages
(Tana Sabatino) In the third article of this series, I described some basic reasons for success behind one of the insurance XML standards. One key reason for its success was how the transactions were defined in the XML data stream. Instead of a specifically named aggregate, they made a controversial
Reduce frustration with XSLT and SQL by employing an innovative approach
(Edmond Woychowsky) There is something refreshing about climbing up on a soapbox and ranting. It doesn’t matter what the subject of the rant is, most of us have some primal need to hop up and down and basically act like Donald Duck. Maybe that is the reason that flame wars are so popular or it could
Tuning your System with the Buffer Pool Tool for DB2
Effective pool tuning offers great opportunities for improving both system and application performance. Aside from the elapsed time and cpu savings from I/O elimination, this process often highlights significant application performance problems. This presentation will take you through the steps of
Seven Steps to XML Mastery, Step 2: Display for the Web
(Frank Coyle) With step 1 to XML mastery—learning how to read XML code—behind us, it’s time to go to work. In this article, we move on up to step 2 and tackle the often tricky problem of how to get XML content out onto the Web. ZwiftBooks, a web-based bookseller that prides itself in getting books t
JDeveloper Is Hard Not to Like
(Peter Coffee) When eWeek labs reviewed the first release of Oracle’s JDeveloper 10g in July 2004, the only downside we found in that capable Java tool set was its lack of support for Apple Computer’s Mac OS X.
Building an Ajax Memory Tree
(Scott Spendolini) By now, you’ve probably heard of Ajax, which is shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. If you’ve used Google Maps, Yahoo Mail, or Flickr, then you’ve seen the possibilities for creating a rich, interactive UI.
Embedding Resources in ASP.NET 2.0 Assemblies – Part 2
(Mark Hines) Using embedded resources with ASP.NET 2.0 has made deploying your server controls easier than ever. First, we will address some issues that need clarification when using embedded resources. Then, it will be time to leverage this power and its inherent flexibility to easily customize t
Using the system function fn_listextendedproperty of SQL Server 2005 for .NET applications: Part I
(Michael Livshitz) I think all of us , developing some .NET application (it doesn’t matter ASP.Net or Windows forms) with SQL Server as database, sooner or later face the next task.