A brief video illustrating how to create a dynamically exploding pie chart in an IBM Cognos Active Report.
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How to Create Secure SQL Server Service Accounts
(K. Brian Kelley) I’m looking to install SQL Server and I know it will require a service account. In this tip we cover what should be done to configure the SQL Server service accounts securely.
Survivor Feedback
Survivor Feedback You can picture the concept of Survivor as taking a harsh stance. Similar to the theory of evolution, Survival of the Fittest becomes a mantra. We remove our weak link so that the company can survive. Or, you can picture the concept of Survivor as motivation to help your company become efficient and competitive. Not for the purpose […]
Survivor
Survivor Some might say that holding down a job today is similar to playing the USA reality TV game show "Survivor". For those of you located where the show is not broadcast, Survivor starts with two teams in a remote location where the contestants must survive the elements by building shelter and finding food. Individuals must cooperate in order to […]
Scala XML – Searching XMLNS namespaces, XPath, and more
(alvin) In my earlier tutorial on creating a Scala REST client using the Apache HttpClient library, I demonstrated how to download the contents of a Yahoo Weather API URL, and then parse those contents using the Scala XML library.
What’s New In Power View
(Robert Bruckner) This post summarizes much of the new functionality in Power View with RC0.
Mango Sample: XML Data
(Jerry Nixon) Building Windows Phone applications, you have options for data. Sometimes you might want to use XML files. Warning: using XML files is like serialized Isolated Storage data – you need to load the entire document into memory to filter it. But, what if your data is already XML? You might
Red Alert: Potential data loss in a DB2 10 data sharing environment
(Willie Favero) If you are data sharing and DB2 10, you are going to want to check this one out. Red Alerts for DB2 are not issued very often. When they are, they should be taken very seriously.
To ‘fn’ or not to ‘fn’
(Evan Lenz) That is the question. Have you ever noticed that when people call built-in XQuery functions like string(), count(), and collection(), they sometimes prefix the function name with “fn:” and sometimes they don’t? Why?
IGW_BUDGET_CATEGORY_V invalid in R12
(Vikram Das) If you are getting this in 11i then you can apply this patch as per article.