(Bob German) I recently embarked on a minor quest to get the SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model working on an anonymous SharePoint site, with mixed results. Along the way, I learned a lot about how the Client Object Model works, and eventually found a work-around for most of what I wanted to accomp
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New in DB2 for i 7.1: Use Global Variables to Track Environment Settings
(Michael Sansoterra) The concept of having a locally maintained application “scratch pad” to keep track of session specific information has been around for quite awhile. RPG applications have long used the LDA (Local Data Area) to track common information meant to be shared between programs within a
Off-Box Backups and Luke-Warm Standby Servers – Part III
(Michael K. Campbell) Until now, my previous two posts have largely just been a review of best practices for making backups redundant – with only a single mention about RESTORE VERIFYONLY’s LOADHISTORY argument as a means of providing a rationale for enabling luke-warm failover servers from those ba
Making the impossible: 3 nodes intercontinental replication
(Vadim Tkachenko) In this post I want to show new possibilities which open with Percona XtraDB Cluster.
Upgrade Oracle XE from 10 to 11: A word of caution
(Alex Nuijten) Finally I had some time to upgrade my Oracle XE database from version 10 to version 11, something I wanted to try out but could never find the time to do it. I wanted to try it out, to see if it all worked as advertised, usually it does.
Viewing PLSQL Compilation Errors in Oracle SQL Developer
(Jeff Smith) A question that comes up fairly frequently revolves around how to see your errors when working with PL/SQL in SQL Developer.
First steps with Java Embedding in Oracle SOA Suite 11g BPEL 2.0 – useful API calls
(Lucas Jellema) While preparing for the next session in our internal SOA for Java Professionals training program on BPEL, I revisited the BPEL activity Java Embedding that allows us to enrich a BPEL process with custom, Java based functionality. I tried to determine how best to explain, present and
Managing SQL Azure database isn’t no-fuss, but it’s close
(Don Jones) If your organization is considering moving some of its databases to a cloud service like Microsoft’s SQL Azure database platform, you might wonder what that means for you as a database administrator (DBA) — however “reluctant” you are in taking on those duties.
Using jQuery Deferred To Create Compound Objects From Multiple Asynchronous Data Sources
(Ben Nadel) As of now, all of my experimentation with modular JavaScript application architecture has been exclusive to client-side code. That is, it involves Views and Controllers, but no real sense of any Model that is tied to a persistent data store.
How to Prepare to Pass a DB2 Certification Exam?
(Susan Visser) Previously I blogged about the benefits of getting certified. If, after reading that, you decide you want to earn a DB2 certification, what is the process?