(declan) I’m obsessing about a talk I’m giving at one of my favorite conferences, code4lib. My talk proposal is about how we deal with whatever metadata comes our way. For those of you not inside my head at this moment, “we” is where I work, part of which is in developing software for and maintain
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How Does JAXB Compare to XMLBeans?
(Blaise Doughan) In previous posts I compared JAXB (JSR-222) to Simple and XStream when starting from Java objects. In this post I’ll compare JAXB to XMLBeans when starting from an XML schema. I will use XMLBeans 2.5.0 (December 2009) which is the latest release.
Data Driven Subscription in SSRS 2008 R2
(Arshad Ali) SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a server based scalable and extensible platform for authoring, deploying, executing and managing reports based on a variety of data sources. SSRS allows us to create interactive, tabular, graphical (using data visualization controls) or free from
Understanding the Semantic Web
I feel like I’ve just begun to conquer Web 2.0. I’m collaborating, creating, gathering, and using information like a madwoman. That’s why I’m more than just a little aggravated that Web 3.0 is starting to shoulder its way into our consciousness.
WPF Data Binding Tutorial 2
(Gow.net) We already saw basics of WPF Binding in Chapter 1 (refer(http://tempuri.org/tempuri.html)
Working with Object Context in the ADO.NET Entity Framework
(Joydip Kanjilal) The ADO.NET Entity Framework is an extended object relational mapping (ORM) tool from Microsoft that has become increasingly popular over the past few years and is widely used these days. Microsoft designed the ADO.NET Entity Framework to objectify an application’s data and simplif
Use DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT for purging audit files at OS level
(Anand) Few of the times we have scenario where db logon fails with ORA-09925: Unable to create audit trail file.Mostly a weekly crontab would have been set to delete the trace files, audit files etc from the server.
DataGuard Broker configuration backup
(Marcin Przepiorowski) Some time ago I have seen question on oracle-l list about DataGuard Broker configuration backup. There was no clear answer and there were some suggestions to use “dgmgrl” and perl script to display and parse output. This topic was very interesting for me and I decided to dig d
11g: Multiple failed login attempt can block New Application connections
(Amit) In Oracle database 11g, a new feature/enhancement has potential of bringing down the application due to multiple sessions hitting database with wrong password.
Categories of tables in E-commerce databases
(Ember Crooks) Whether you’re using WebSphere Commerce or some other vended application or using a custom application, there are four basic categories that your tables will fall into. Keep in mind that there WILL be relationships between tables in different categories, but it’s good to know the cate