(Alan Earls) For Frank Rietta, the fact that Microsoft has been willing to work with an established open source project is the best part of SQL Server 2012.
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SQL Azure Database Query Usage (CPU) Graph in the Management Portal
(Wayne Berry) Within the SQL Azure Management Portal, customers can check their service usage with the help of various graphs. One of these graphs is the SQL Azure Database Query Usage (CPU) graph, which provides information on the amount of execution time for all queries running on a SQL Azure data
DB2 10 for LUW Extends IBM’s DBMS Leadership in Critical Ways
(Dave Beulke) This week IBM finally announced that the beta “Galileo” is ready and generally available as DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (LUW). This new version of DB2 10 for LUW extends DB2’s leadership position as the premier database for businesses that want the best performance, reliability
MySQL: Create, Show, and Describe Database Tables
(wubayou) This article will describe how to work with database tables. Specifically, you will learn how to create, show, and describe database tables.
SharePoint 2010 UI Tip: non-obtrusive progress messages
(Waldek Mastykarz) SharePoint 2010 ships with a new User Interface framework that allows you to easily create rich user experiences. While developing custom solutions one of the challenges is to communicate long-running operations with the user: after all there is nothing more annoying than a non-re
VIDEO: The Customer Perspective on DB2, Part 1
In this first installment of a three-part video series, Tom DeJuneas of Coca-Cola Bottling discusses migrating from Oracle Database to IBM DB2, the patching and compression advantages of IBM DB2, and the autonomic computing features of DB2.
XML serialization using Generics
(Rui Jarimba) Serialize/deserialize your objects using generics. Customize settings like indentation, encoding, namespaces and others.
How to Use Data Annotations For ASP.NET MVC 3 Input Validation
(Christopher Edward) The first time I saw data annotations in action, it was love at first sight. The second time, it was strong passion. It didn’t take much, though, for reason to regain control over emotion. At that point, data annotations became again just another technology with its own set of p
Using Dojo to extend business processes to the mobile space
(Etienne Noiret) This article illustrates an example of how to build a simple mobile user interface that interacts with a business process. The implementation of the mobile UI uses Dojo with the IBM WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0 and Mobile, and the sample business process is
Database Version Compatibility
Database Version Compatibility Today we have a couple comments that I found quite interesting. Robert talks about the ORDER BY clause in Views being supported, deprecated, and returned once again. Sanders shares thoughts about using features beyond those ANSI defines for SQL Engines. Robert writes: ORDER BY IN VIEWS! First it was there, then it was gone, then it was […]