(John Spano) Multithreading, a very powerful technique, is essential for modern software development. Software users expect to work with a very responsive program that they don’t have to wait on, which is a very reasonable demand with the processor speeds that are currently available. Enter multit
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Oracle, Sun Reaffirm Alliance on Solaris, Java
(John Pallatto) Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., perennial allies in the competition against IBM and Microsoft Corp., reaffirmed that they will continue to work together in the development of Java applications and in marketing Oracle software.
MBS Technologies Provides Storage Options for Content Manager Users
(Alex Woodie) iSeries shops that don’t want to use optical libraries as secondary storage medium for their IBM DB2 Content Manager for iSeries environments have a friend in MBS Technologies. While IBM pushes optical libraries to Content Manager for iSeries users, MBS Technologies is having success s
ADO.NET for the Object-Oriented Programmer – Part One
(Dave Veeneman) Of all the pieces in the .NET puzzle, I have always found ADO.NET to be the most puzzling. That’s probably because I like object-oriented programming. ADO.NET just doesn’t seem to fit in with an object-oriented approach, even though it has some object oriented features of its own. I
A Whole Lotta Fusion Going On
(Jeff Spicer) Recently, I read the comments of an industry analyst who wrote that Oracle had managed to “mystify the market by naming everything Fusion,” referring to Oracle’s recent product strategy announcements and releases that bear the name “Fusion.” While the analyst has a point—there is in
FIX: Error message when you modify the security of a custom dimension in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services: ‘Dimension Security Syntax Error: Set name 48818.79 is not valid’
When you modify the security of a custom dimension in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, you may intermittently receive an error message that is similar to the following: Dimension Security Syntax Error: Set name 48818.79 is not valid. Do you still want to use this expression for di
Comparing Microsoft SQL Server Replication and DataXtend RE Replication for Mobile and Distributed Applications
If you are considering Microsoft replication capabilities you need to understand how these capabilities compare to DataXtend RE. This white paper discusses the differences in SQL Server and DataXtend RE replication capabilities across several areas and also reviews the challenges of supporting multi
Reincarnation of DataTable in ADO.NET 2.0
(Mahesh Chand) In previous versions of ADO.NET, if you used a DataSet (Who haven’t), you most likely are familiar with slow performance of the DataSet when loading and serializing a large amount of data. Now ADO.NET team has done a fantastic job by taking care of these problems in ADO.NET 2.0 by ext
Validation Ccontrols in ASP.NET
(Ramaswamy R.S) In this short tutorial, we will consider the following controls in ASP.Net: · RequiredFieldValidator; · CompareValidator; · RangeValidator; and · Validation summary
Integrating PeopleSoft CRM with Oracle E-Business Suite Using BPEL
(Lawrence Pravin) Many organizations have heterogeneous application portfolios that cross different departments, geographic locations, or subsidiaries. While multiple ERP systems may be necessary to meet the requirements of the business unit, they essentially result in data fragmentation. Integratio