(Cristian O.) Recently, Microsoft released the source code for the built-in Providers that ship with the .NET 2.0 framework. While I never downloaded them, this release caught my attention, so I started to study this new feature of ASP.NET. I was really impressed by the power of the build providers
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IBM Says New DB2 Will Require Less Storage
(Jeffrey Schwartz) A key shortcoming of IBM’s DB2 database is that it requires massive storage, but the company is promising to change that with its forthcoming release, due out this summer.
Saving your bacon with a PostgreSQL Restore File
(Robert Treat) Last week our “junior” dba did an unconstrained update (ie. no where clause) on a table in production. Rather than resorting to physical punishment, I figured I ought to fix the thing first. We don’t use PITR on this system, but luckily we do have nightly backups and the data in quest
Oracle Expands Support for JD Edwards and the System i5
(Lee Kroon) Oracle Corporation released one of the biggest announcements it has made about its applications since it acquired PeopleSoft and JD Edwards over a year ago. The announcement could not only help Oracle to maintain the loyalty of its newly acquired customers, but also help IBM to boost sal
WebSphere Commerce Integration with eBay
(Jaweed Ali Qureshi and Malik M. Sarfaraz) eBay provides online interface for their customer as well as offer SDK and API (Application Programming Interface) for tool developers to create specialized applications that satisfy business need and market demand of any B2C Stores.
Attributes and Elements
(Ankh) I’m sometimes asked when you should use attributes and when you should use elements when designing a new XML vocabulary. There are in fact no hard and fast answers for all situations, but there are some constraints and guidelines that may help.
Making Movie Magic
(Thomas Ulrich) When people sit in a darkened movie theater or play a video game, they seldom think about the technical requirements for animation or special effects that the producer needed to bring the story to life. Technology plays a bigger role today than it ever did in entertainment, and the r
Take advantage of code snippets in Visual Studio 2005
(Tony Patton) The auto-complete features of Visual Studio .NET are wonderful if you are a Visual Basic developer, but C# developers sorely missed out on the feature. (Of course, C# developers who never use Visual Basic may be unaware of its existence.) Fortunately, Visual Studio 2005 brings auto-com
Oracle 10g Transportable Tablespace Enhancements: Cross-Platform Conversion Capabilities
(Jim Czuprynski) One of the bigger challenges just about every Oracle DBA faces eventually is the need to transfer data from one database server to another. In my experience, several variables have to be taken into account whenever planning the best method to accomplish such a data transfer.
Why Oracle Works the Way it Does (1) – Datafiles and Tablespaces
(Dratz) Now, the smallest unit Oracle really messes with is the “data block”. I’m going to skip over them for now because I think they’ll make more sense after we discuss datafiles and tablespaces