(Tahir Naveed) This post shows the use of Views.asmx web service with Lists.asmx to display a view of a list.
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IBM Cognos Diagnostics: Use Case: Diagnosing a Series 7 Installation Issue with the IBM Cognos Series 7 Diagnostic Tool
A user is attempting to upgrade from IBM Cognos Series 7 version 7.3 to 7.4, the new installation fails to configure properly and will not start.
Real World Common Table Expressions
Real World Common Table Expressions Maurice writes our newsletter today with some gold nuggets wrapped around different uses for Common Table Expresssions CTE are a great way to express business logic into SQL, by breaking querying elements into more meaningful part. I usually give them long names that express the meaning of each step into SQL. CTE makes rewriting of […]
Common Table Expressions
Common Table Expressions Common Table Expressions are a feature of the SQL language that has grown on me over time. They are mandatory for some forms of query recursion, at least in SQL Server. However, I don’t have a lot of need for recursive queries. I find I use them most often for simplifying complicated queries. If you ever do […]
How do you avoid loops in your specs?
(Bala Paranj) Like Alex points out, this is a test smell according to Gerard Mezos. In .NET they have something called as data driven unit test. In Ruby we can accomplish the same thing using the following:
The Effective Permissions Tool is Handy
(Todd McDermid) An recurring issue with Integration Services packages that read or write to file systems is permissions issues. It’s quite difficult to have a package run properly when it can’t see the source files, or can’t write results to a particular network share.
SQL Server: Databases and Indexes
(Glenn Berry, Louis Davidson and Tim Ford) Microsoft logically divides database management objects (DMOs) at the database/file level into two categories:
.NET Architect Brian Noyes on Benefits of XAML, WPF
(John K. Waters) Brian Noyes didn’t set out to become a software architect. He started writing code “to stimulate his brain,” while he was flying F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft for the U.S. Navy. As his software expertise developed, he found himself “going down a technical track” managing onboard miss
The VB.NET Form as a Class
(Dan Mabbutt) The Windows Form is a special object in VB.NET. For desktop applications, it’s the module that’s called to start the application. I wrote an article in 2011 about some of the … well … “uniqueness” of Windows Forms in the article, Multiple Form Instantiation in VB.NET.
10 new HTML5 tags you need to know about
(Justin James) HTML5 offers new tags and attributes that provide more power, efficiency, and flexibility for your Web development. Here are 10 tags you’ll want to check out.