(Christian Nagel) In older solutions I’ve created a service that returns all the different configurations used by different projects in a solution, e.g. URLs to APIs, connection strings, and more. Now with Azure App Configuration a service is offered by Microsoft Azure that makes this easy a lot eas
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Fixing Adsense Injecting ‘height: auto !important’ into scrolled Containers
(Rick Strahl) Ran into an AdSense problem today with one of my older Web sites. On this Message Board site I maintain, content is split into two split containers that span the height of the page and provide their own customized scrollbars for each ‘pane’.
Testing RMAN Restore Validate From Tape
(mdinh) Short and simple method to validate backup.
APEX 20 patch
(Connor McDonald) I’ve been debugging an issue within an APEX application and wanted to make sure that my local installation was at the same version as apex.oracle.com.
EM 13c installation fails with ‘Check the db edition – DB should be enterprise edition’
(Rodrigo Jorge) Those days, when trying to install EM 13c on my ExaCC database, the installation was failing with a “Check the db edition – DB should be enterprise edition” error..
Ways to Ensure App Security With Java Features
(Andin Bicknell) As important as adding new features, app developers need to start placing more emphasis on the security aspect of the applications they design.
Db2 12 for z/OS Buffer Pools – Recommendations for PGSTEAL, PGFIX and FRAMESIZE
(Robert Catterall) Not too long ago, I received a note from the leader of a Db2 for z/OS database administration team, asking for my take on a Db2 12 buffer pool configuration set-up that his team had devised.
How to access Power BI REST APIs programmatically
(Aveek Das) In this article, I am going to explain how to use the Power BI REST API to programmatically access the Power BI Service features. I’ll also discuss the basis of REST API and how to use the APIs using Postman.
More Azure Blob Storage enhancements
(James Serra) I recently blogged about Query Acceleration for ADLS, which also applies to Azure Blob storage. Now there are more new features for blog storage that I will talk about.
Experiences with SQL PL for redesigning a GUI application
(Peter Vanroose) For our course administration we use (already for several decades now) an application which was developed in-house, combined with a 45-table database on Db2 for z/OS.