(Joshua Tauberer) No matter where you fall in debates over free software or DRM, there’s one type of information that is unarguably meant to be free, and that’s information about our government. The more knowledge citizens have about government the better. So how can we use XML and the Semantic Web
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CRN Interview: IBM’s Ambuj Goyal
(Barbara Darrow) Ambuj Goyal, general manager of IBM’s Information Management group, talked with CRN about the group’s new free database and IBM’s view that information management is much more than databases. Goyal started his new gig in August. He had previously headed the IBM/Lotus group responsib
Ingres’ New CFO Is Out for Enterprise Blood
Q&A: Ingres is no MySQL. It’s not shy about wanting to squeeze up to 8 percent of customers away from enterprise players like Oracle, says its new CFO, and to squeeze some goodies out of developers in the open-source community.
Force SQL Error Log Switch :: (Script Library)
Category: Backup Software Tags: Backup software, Restore softw Compatibility: SQL Server 2000 only Description:
Generating a JSF Data Table
(Deepak Vohra) Oracle JDeveloper supports the JavaServer Faces (JSF) standard for building Web-based user interfaces (UIs). Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 3 (10.1.3) bundles the reference implementation of JSF v1.1, including both the JSF HTML and JSF Core tag libraries. The JSF HTML tag libraries pr
Deriving Order from Chaos: Creating an Information Integration Strategy
(Dennis Cahill) Disconnected departmental knowledge systems make it difficult for employees to find the information they need to make critical decisions. Marketing portals, CRM (customer relationship management) systems, financial tracking systems and collaboration solutions are important tools, yet
Data Warehouse Design Review Checklist (Sample Chapter)
W.H. Inmon) One of the most effective techniques for ensuring quality in the operational environment is the design review. Through a design review, errors can be detected and resolved prior to coding. The cost benefit of identifying errors early in the development life cycle is enormous. (R)
FIX: You receive an error message when you try to delete records by running a Delete Transact-SQL statement in SQL Server 2000
When you try to delete records by running a Delete Transact-SQL statement in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, you receive the following error message: Server: Msg 601, Level 12, State 6, Procedure testprocess, Line 7 Could not continue scan with NOLOCK due to data movement.
Securing your web application against dangerous request
(Abey George) While programming with web applications it is common to split the task to different pages. Most of the times we will have to pass parameters to other pages using query string and sometimes it is the only viable method to accomplish certain tasks. You can pass values to other pages usi
10 things you should know about SQL Server 2005 Management Studio
(Arthur Fuller and Stephen Giles) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 contains a number of major new features, but the feature that we like the most is the SQL Server Management Studio. This tool is leaps and bounds beyond what was available in earlier versions of SQL Server. Here is a list of the 10 things t