(Anoop Madhusudanan) Code generation should be simple, and I wanted to do it by using a simple XML file as my model from with in Visual Studio. So, here is a quick wrapper I’ve created for Xml driven code generation for minimalists/minimal scenarios.
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A Software Developer’s Guide to HTTP Part I – Resources
(Scott) HTTP is the protocol that enables us to buy microwave ovens from Amazon.com, reunite with an old friend in a Facebook chat, and watch funny cat videos on YouTube. HTTP is the protocol behind the World Wide Web. It allows a web server from a datacenter in the United States to ship information
Solving SSL Certificate expiration problem with an existing Windows Azure Application
(Avkash Chauhan) Recently I was working on an issue where the SSL certificate was expired and due to it, the user were warned to not to use site. The certificate expiration was visible as below:
Learn XML Schema by Example: 2 Polymorphism
(Ojitha Kumanayaka) In the previous blog, Learn XML Schema by Example: 1. Complex type, I introduced the very simple idea of ComplexType in Schema. In this blog, I am going to introduce idea of polymorphism which is one of the very important concept in Object orientation.
Using SQLFire sqlf CLI to connect to Oracle from a MAC OS-X Lion
(Pas Apicella) Being on a MAC OS-X lion there is no client install for oracle to give me SQLPlus for example. BUT I can use sqlf command line client to connect to oracle to give me the ability to execute SQL much like SQLPLus.
restore DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_CREDENTIAL cleartext password
(Martin Berger) If you want to use Oracle file watcher, you need to Create a Credential. As there a password needs to be stored in the database, Oracle tries to save it in a secure way.
After 11.2 upgrade – RMAN-05548: The set of duplicated tablespaces is not self-contained
(Ian Jones) Here is an interesting issue I came across recently after an upgrade from 11.1 -> 11.2. This particular database has 15 development / test / qa copies and approximately 1/3 of the database is application auditing data that is generally not needed in the non-prod copies.
Manage spatial data with IBM DB2 Spatial Extender, Part 1: Acquiring spatial data and developing applications
(David Adler) This tutorial series describes common tasks to manage spatial data with IBM DB2 Spatial Extender, including importing and creating spatial data, constructing and executing spatial queries, working with IBM, third party, and open source spatial tools, tuning performance, and considering
Troubleshooting MySQL Upgrade Performance Regressions
(Peter Zaitsev) So lets say you upgraded from MySQL 5.1 to Percona Server 5.5 and instead of expected performance improvement you see your performance being worse. What should you do?
DB2 10: Three things to guarantee your migration success
(Dave Beulke) Last week I discussed the IDAA session at the recent IBM’s System z Software Technical Sales Boot Camp at the Silicone Valley Lab I attended. Other sessions at the event detailed DB2 10 for z/OS and successful migrations.