(Susan Visser) I find it easiest to blog about DB2 certifications for a couple of reasons. Mainly because my former job was Certification Program Manager, so I was responsible for all V7 and V8 DB2 exams, including the first DBA exam for DB2 for z/OS. It is hard to get some of these details out o
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Mimicking SQL Server identity column in Oracle
(Mika Wendelius) Every now and then a question is asked, how do I define an identity (auto-increment) column in Oracle like in SQL Server. There’s no such concept in Oracle directly, but similar behavior can easily be created.
Retrieving Passwords from Managed Accounts in SharePoint 2010 for C#
(Damon Armstrong) I was looking for a way to retrieve a password from a managed account when I ran into a post titled How to: Get Your Managed Account Passwords When They are Changed Automatically by SharePoint 2010 by Jason Himmelstein.
SQL Server does not reclaim space used when inserts fail
(Matteo Lorini) SQL Server has an issue when an INSERT fails that includes LOB data, SQL Server allocates space for the insert but does not reclaim the space on the failure therefore taking up more space than necessary. In this tip I walk through an example of this issue and ways to resolve it.
Newest Log4Net Release is Dot Net 4.0 Compliant
Newest Log4Net Release is Dot Net 4.0 Compliant Logging is an integral part of any application. The developers of Log4Net have created a fantastic infrastructure for logging. What really makes it cool is: It is configuration driven – ie. you can change the way it works by making changes in your configuration rather than your code. You can have it […]
XML as Dictionary (Python recipe) by Vikram Baghel
(Vikram Baghel) I use this for configuration. I hadn’t intended to put it up anywhere, but there have been a couple discussions lately about converting XML to python dicts, so I feel obligated to share another approach, one that is based on Fredrik Lundh’s ElementTree.
Lessons Learned On the Road To Linked Data
(Jennifer Zaino) What’s the path from an XML based e-government metadata application to a linked data version? At the upcoming Semantic Tech & Business Conference in Berlin, the road taken by the Dutch government will be described by Paul Hermans, lead architect of Belgian project Erfgoedplus.be, wh
SharePoint 2010 And Excel Services when switching to Claims Based Authentication.
(Andy Bonner) Doing some work for a customer on SharePoint 2010 where I hadn’t setup the initial environment & came across an interesting situation which had me pulling what little hair I have out, so thought I’d create a quick blog post in case anyone else stumbles upon this situation in the future
How to send a mail with an ics appointment as attachment with System.Net.Mail
(Kris van der Mast) This article shows how to send a mail in ASP.NET with an .ics attachment. As added bonus it shows how to configure your application to drop emails on disk instead of spamming the mail server when testing.
Using RavenDB in Brown-Field ASP.NET MVC projects
(Sumit Maitra) In this article, we will look at a NoSql database called RavenDB, and explore a use case that is typical of brown-field projects (projects involving enhancements to an existing application), where a handy functionality in an ASP.NET MVC application can be achieved by using RavenDB.