(Susan Visser) This year we published 3 very popular Flashbooks for the IOD conference that took place in 2011. A flashbook is a small, single-purpose printed book that we produce specifically for attendees at conferences and events. We feel that this is a way to summarize some of the key messages
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XQuery Lab 65 – Restructuring an XML document using FLWOR
(Jacob Sebastian) I found this question in this SSC forum thread requesting help to shape the XML document. Here is the input XML document.
Patching a Newly Added Node for an Existing SQL 2005 Clustered Instance
(Claire Hsu) In my previous article “Adding Node for Existing SQL Server 2005 Failover Cluster”, I detailed the steps of how to add a new node for an existing SQL 2005 clustered instance that had been running for quite some time. This article continues the topic of how to apply a service pack and ho
Database Maintenance Checklist
(Buck Woody) Even people who don’t know exactly what you do as a Database Administrator (like anyone with a “C” in their title), know at least two requirements for your job: you’re supposed to keep the database server working, and to make the database server work fast. Of course, they don’t look at
How To Sort Columns of MySQL Data on a Web Page With Perl
(Tony Darnell) A friend of mine was building a web site so his customers could view his current inventory of transportation containers, and he asked me for help on how to sort the rows of information that appeared on his site. So, in this post, I will give you a quick example on how to sort columns
SQL SERVER – Using expressor Composite Types to Enforce Business Rules
(Pinal Dave) One of the features that distinguish the expressor Data Integration Platform from other products in the data integration space is its concept of composite types, which provide an effective and easily reusable way to clearly define the structure and characteristics of data within your ap
Bitemporal modeling with InfoSphere Data Architect, Part 2: Modeling system period temporal requirement
(Balaji Kadambi and Rahul Jain) Industry regulations and competitive pressures are prompting IT departments to maintain more data for longer periods of time and to provide better ways for business users to analyze past, current, and future events. In order to achieve these goals, firms are developin
New SSD Coming to Market
New SSD Coming to Market Intel and Micron’s join venture into SSD technology is going to hit the market next year. They are already in production with 64 gig chips, and working to release 128 gig chips as well. SSD technology is great for slow changing data. This is due to the fact that the SSD read/write cycle is greatly […]
ScaleBase Rocks the TCP Test
ScaleBase Rocks the TCP Test Are you using MySQL for your relational data engine? Have you exhausted the amount of performance available on a single server? Are you thinking you have to find another implementation, and dreading the thought of modifying all your applications for a new engine? Here is some fantastic news just for you! The latest release of […]
WCF Extensibility – Transport Channels – Request channels, part 2
(CarlosFigueira) Continuing where I left off on the previous post, let’s jump right back into the scenario. This post, although having “Transport Channels” in the title, is more about the WCF Runtime pieces required for the scenario to work (I’ll finish the transport with asynchronous support in the