(Kurt Cagle) When you talk to people who’ve heard about XForms, they like the idea in theory … until they encounter an actual XForms example. There’s a brief period of shock, a momentary glazing of eyes, then inevitable the utterance, “but it’s so … complicated!” Then they run off to the WHATWG Web
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Microsoft’s Lineup of SQL Server Related Webcasts for April 2006
Twenty-two new webcasts are scheduled for April, covering such topics as SQL Server 2005 Security, Implementing Federated Database Design Patterns, IIS Logs and SQL Reporting Services IIS Log Pack and more.
Restoring Your Confidence in Oracle Backups
(John Ouellette) Wouldn’t it be great to be able to rely on your backups and have full confidence that they will work properly during a disaster or a routine restore operation? Unfortunately, making assumptions about your restores can lead to delays in projects, wasted time, and ultimately data loss
Role of BI in Improving Inventory Management Effectiveness
(Raghuveeran Sowmyanarayanan and Sourav Ghosh) In operational terms, inventory is the amount of raw materials, fuel and lubricants, spare parts, semi-processed material and finished goods to be stocked for the smooth running of a plant or distributor. Inventory is equated with money, as money is loc
Insurance Data Standards: Designing XML Messages (continued)
(Tana Sabatino) In my previous article, I discussed that in order to develop an XML message that can be maintained over time, you must first focus on modeling the information and then focus on the design of the message. In this article, we’ll look into how to make the transition from the data model
How To Set Up A Load-Balanced MySQL Cluster
(Falko Timme) This tutorial shows how to configure a MySQL 5 cluster with three nodes: two storage nodes and one management node. This cluster is load-balanced by a high-availability load balancer that in fact has two nodes that use the Ultra Monkey package that provides heartbeat (for checking if t
Why Asynchronous Delegates Are Your Friend
(Jon Shemitz) Many practicing .NET programmers do not know that any delegate can be invoked asynchronously. The syntax involves a strange and confusing pair of (usually) null parameters. Most people see that and immediately put it on the “some other day” pile, which of course gradually becomes the ”
High Availability Application Server
(Antony Reynolds) It seems that I get asked a lot about how to set up Oracle Application Server in a High Availability (HA) environment. A couple of weeks ago I was asked to provide someone to assist one of our partners in setting this up in the Enterprise Technology Centre (ETC) in Thames Valley P
Using SharePoint Web Services to Change Subsite Permissions
(Grant Zhang) A SharePoint site and its contents can not only be created and updated manually, but also programmatically. Microsoft has provided SharePoint class libraries and web services for this purpose. I was involved in programmatically creating SharePoint sites, adding and updating web parts,
Security in SQL Server 2005 as seen by a programmer
(Artur ¯arski) The concept of Trustworthy Computing is based on three pillars: security, confidentiality of data, and reliability. These pillars could be described in the following way: –Security: the systems feature security measures, which simplify protection against attacks originating from t