(Muhammad Mosa) ADO.NET is a collection of .NET classes that you can use to access data in different kinds of data store.
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Travels with Mark: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the UniVerse, Part 1: Profiling the UniVerse
(Mark A. Baldridge) IBM UniVerse DBA and developers need a tool to help understand how the decisions about database operations and constructs affect performance. This tutorial introduces the UniVerse Profiler for constructing, running, and reporting tests which investigate the performance impact of
The IBM DB2 Version 8.2 Automatic Client Reroute Facility
(Paul C. Zikopoulos) This article gives readers an introduction to the Automatic Client Reroute facility that was first introduced in DB2 V8.2. This facility allows client applications to transparently connect to a standby server without exposing a communications error to the client applications.
WebSphere RFID Handbook: A Solution Guide
(James Chamberlain, Corinne Blanchard, Sam Burlingame, Sarika Chandramohan, Eric Forestier, Gary Griffith, Mary Lou Mazzara, Subu Musti, Sung-Ik Son, Glenn Stump and Christoph Weiss) This Redbook explains the key products and components included in the WebSphere RFID solution, with a focus on WebSph
Data Stewardship Framework – Part 4
(David Marco) This article is the fourth installment of an ongoing series of articles on the Data Stewardship Framework. In this month’s installment we will conclude our discussion on the most common data stewardship activities.
Installing and using phpMyAdmin to manage MySQL databases
(Vincent Danen) Management of MySQL databases can be fairly straightforward—with the right tools. Using the MySQL command-line client requires a fairly intimate knowledge of MySQL in particular, and the SQL language in general. Not only that, but depending on the size of your terminal, the output of
MDX Set Functions: The DRILLUPMEMBER() Function
(William Pearson) In this article, we will continue our examination, begun in Set Functions: The DRILLDOWNMEMBER() Function, of the MDX surrounding drilling up and down within our Analysis Services cubes. As we have noted, drilling up or down occurs along the lines of drilling paths that are defined
How to Build a Data Warehouse
(Ken Pohl) Building a data warehouse has become fairly common in today’s world but with varying degrees of success. The reason for the mixed results is due to the complexity of building the data warehouse in addition to the level of competency of the participants involved.
Generate Thumbnail Images from PDF Documents
(Jonathan Hodgson) This article presents VB.NET code to create thumbnail images from a directory of Adobe Acrobat PDF documents.
Writing XML using JavaScript
(christophilus) My most recent project makes heavy use of remote scripting (or what some people might call AJAX). As such, I wanted an easy way to write XML from JavaScript so that it could be sent to my server. Now, there might be a very simple way of doing this, but I don’t know it if there is. So