(Willie Favero) This week I am celebrating APAR Friday on a Monday. For this weeks APAR Friday, I have a couple of APARs that could have on impact on that you do with your subsystem parameters (aka DSNZPARMs). One APAR is even marked HIPER.
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DB2 for z/OS: Native SQL Procedures and STAY RESIDENT
(Robert Catterall) A couple of days ago, I received from a DB2 for z/OS professional a question about stored procedures. This individual asked specifically about the STAY RESIDENT option of CREATE PROCEDURE (and ALTER PROCEDURE), and its effect on a native SQL procedure (i.e., a stored procedure tha
Azure VM Blues: Fighting a losing Performance Battle
(Rick Strahl) I’ve been looking at Azure for a long time, hearing all the glowing reports about how well integrated the platform is and how easy it is to move things get up and running. I’ve been contemplating moving to some sort of virtual host from my current physical server setup as I can certain
Three Keys to Successful SharePoint Governance
(Steve Goodyear) Why is SharePoint governance such a popular topic? And why does it seem like there are so few SharePoint governance success stories in the market?
SQL Server Reporting Services Basics: Deploying Reports
(Kathi Kellenberger) This is the last installment of a four-part series of articles on the basics of creating and publishing reports using SQL Server Reporting Services:
Multiple Forms in VB.NET – Passing Data Between Forms(1): Modal Forms
(Ged Mead) In the previous posts, I talked about ways of showing, hiding and switching between forms in VB.NET. Very often though, if you have multiple forms in use then you’ll want one or more forms to be able to read the data on another form or forms.
Using Grunt.js to Merge and Minify JavaScript files in an ASP.NET MVC Application
(Mahesh Sabnis) Grunt.js helps to automate client-side tasks like minifying the script files, merging them, performing unit testing etc. In this article, we will demonstrate how to use it in an ASP.NET MVC application.
Open Systems Software
My editorial today consists of some questions regarding open systems software. Do you use open system software? If so, what libraries do you find useful for Java, Java Script or Dot Net? Do you contribute to open source software initiatives? If so, what are the factors that motivate you? Are you trying to enhance code to make it work better […]
Collations for supporting multiple languages in the instance of SQL Server
Collations to enable multiple language support in SQL Server instance Author: Basit A. Farooq SQL Server uses collations to determine how to compare and sort strings. When you understand sort orders and comparisons, you ensure that queries against the database perform the way you expect them to. Collations are also important when you are supporting multiple languages. In this article,...
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‘log file sync’ and the MTTR Advisor
(Nigel Noble) I recently investigated a performance problem on an Oracle 11.2 OLTP trading system and although we still don’t fully understand the issue (and which versions of Oracle it effects), I thought I would share what we found (and how we found it).