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IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Use Case: Batch Updating Image URL in Reports
In this scenario, a support analyst is asked by a customer how to easily and quickly update an image path found in several reports. This scenario is resolved by using the Dynamic Report Specification Updater Diagnostic utility.
Concept of View in SQL Server
(Arun Choudhary) A view is defined by a query and only shows the data which is defined at the time of creation of the view. If you hide particular columns then use the view. A view hides the complexity of the underlying database schema, or customizes the data and schema for a set of users.
SQL Azure Federation Sharding
SSWUGtv With Stephen Wynkoop In this episode Paul Zikopoulus with IBM – talking about big data, what it means, why it is important and much more. Watch the Show $$SWYNK$$ SQL Azure Federation Sharding I received a few questions about SQL Azure Federation today. My understanding is strictly through reading documentation materials from Microsoft…so be aware that I may be […]
SQL Azure Federations
SQL Azure Federations One of the coolest features in SQL Azure is Database Federations. Federations allow you to grow the power and size of your database in SQL Azure to an much larger scale than the largest single database allowed of 150Gig. For an overview of SQL Azure federations you can watch this into video from Microsoft demonstrating what Federations […]
Calling .NET code from XQuery
(Demian Hess) As I mentioned in a blog post several weeks ago, I have been working on a way to call .NET code directly from MarkLogic.
Data Abstractions for Richer Cloud Experiences
(Phil Windley) As we discussed earlier, one of the primary services of a cloud OS (COS) will be data abstraction. Traditional operating systems provide data abstraction services by presenting programs and users with a file system view of the data stored in the sectors of the disk.
Creating Elegant Reports for GPS XML Data
(DaveMcG) In our earlier post on XML for Global Positioning Systems, we mentioned that adventurers and athletes might want to use XML data from their devices to keep a record of their trips, or even training sessions leading up a marathon or other special event. Several colleagues responded by offer
Running SSIS packages from C#
(Piotr Rodak) Most of the developers and DBAs know about two ways of deploying packages: You can deploy them to database server and run them using SQL Server Agent job or you can deploy the packages to file system and run them using dtexec.exe utility. Both approaches have their pros and cons. Howev
AsyncBridge? Async on .NET 4.0 using VS11
(Alex Davies) I’ve just found something quite cool. It’s a code snippet that lets you use the real VS 11 C#5 compiler to write code that uses the async and await keywords, but to target .NET 4.0. It was published by Daniel Grunwald (from SharpDevelop).