(Ryan Dew) Sometimes when programmers move from one language to another they tend to want turn the new language into the language they just left. Such thinking often gets in the way of the programmer being able to recognize the strengths of the new language.
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Anatomy of the ACORD TXLife XML standard
(Jamie S. Mazur) The ACORD Transactional/Business Wrapper (TXLife) XML specification has increasingly become the preferred data format for internal and external data integration within the life, annuities, and health insurance industry. The standard is broad and flexible—a blessing and a curse for i
DOM Manipulation with put-selector
(David Walsh) DOM node manipulation is a big part of the web today; just look at how popular the jQuery JavaScript framework has gotten. The ability to easily work with the DOM allows us to do a lot of work in a little bit of code.
Inside ASP.NET MVC: IDependencyResolver – Service locator in MVC
(Alexander Beletsky) All types inside ASP.NET MVC3 framework are being resolved by IDependencyResolver. The design goal of this interface is to provide flexibility and decrease coupling between components.
Globalization And Localization With Razor Web Pages
(Mike Brind) Globalization is the process of preparing your site so that it is accessible to as wide an audience as possible. This is largely achieved by presenting content in the native language of the visitor. This article explores how you can approach this task within the ASP.NET Web Pages framew
DBA_INDEXES shows no index but Create Index errors out with ORA-01408: such column list already indexed
(Anand) Yesterday we had a very interesting issue popped up on 10.2.0.5 database where the team running a sql script got gORA-01408: such column list already indexedh though the dba_indexes showed no index on the table.The index to be created was gtest_u1
How to Serialize and Deserialize ListView data
(Ged Mead) Although you’ll most often use serialization to store objects in a file, you can use it to store the data from a ListView. Here’s how.
DBMS_REDEFINITION to redefine a Partition — and the impact of deferred_segment_creation
(Hemant K Chitale) During a forums discussion on START_REDEF, I created test cases in 10.2 and 11.2 to test DBMS_REDEFINITION to redefine a Partition (instead of using ALTER TABLE …. EXCHANGE PARTITION).
ASP.NET MVC Unit Tests with UnityAutoMoq Container
(Raj Aththanayake) In this article, we will look at the usage of UnityAutoMoq container, and how we can use this container to write maintainable ASP.NET MVC Unit Tests. UnityAutoMoq container is an Open Source library, created by Thomas Pedersen. If you are new to Auto Mocking, please refer to this
The DB2Night Show #60: Using DB2DART with guest Iqbal Goralwalla, Triton
(Scott Hayes) 100% of our studio audience indicated they learned something! Our special guest was Iqbal Goralwalla, Principal Consultant, Triton Consulting, and IBM Information Management Champion. Iqbal shared with us his top tips for using DB2DART to achieve storage reclamation, address index corr