(Ben Nadel) When I talk about using jQuery’s new Deferred objects in the context of AJAX, people will often ask my why I don’t just use the “success” and “error” callbacks in the AJAX configuration hash. To this, I can only say that I find the deferred / promise aspects create more readable and enjo
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How to resolve SSMS error – Property Owner is not available for Database
(Manvendra Singh) When you try to launch the database mirroring GUI or some other database property window in SSMS you get this error:
Microsoft Goes After Big Data In a new Way
5-Year Anniversary Show – See how it all started… Stephen Wynkoop and producer Josh Harrison on the show today – with a look back at 5 years of SSWUG TV. Bloopers, how it was done, some funny moments and even a fact-check. This one is one not to miss! [Watch the Show] Featured Article(s) Data Quality Starts with Proper Data […]
JAXB (XJC) Imported Schemas and XML Catalogs
(Blaise Doughan) XML schema has a power mechanism called “import”. Import allows one XML schema to reference elements and types from another XML schema. This means you could define types to represent commonly used information once and import these types into other XML schemas.
Why are your indexes larger than your actual data?
(Jonathan Levin) I sometimes encounter this phenomenon when a database has tables in which the indexes are larger—sometimes much larger—than the actual data stored in the table.
Dear DBA_SCHEDULER_RUNNING_JOBS, where have you been?!
(Andrey Goryunov) (story based on real events) Where: Meeting room, Pythian office, Sydney, Australia.
A simple spike finder for Spatial/Locator
(Simon Greener) When investigating geometric or topological errors for linear or polygonal geometry objects, a range of tools are needed. Oracle has basic tools which can be used as the building blocks for additional tests.
Good DBA, Bad DBA, Deadlock
(Enrique Aviles) A few days ago a fellow DBA asked me to review an email he received from a developer. In the email, the developer explained his application was affected by database errors and asked us to check the attached file for details.
XSL Attribute Error with XML
(Sue Smith) The XSLT (XML Transformations) language provides developers with the ability to turn XML content into other variants of XML, such as XHTML for Web applications.
Namespaces
(John N. Davis) Namespaces are used in XML to avoid the problems caused by what would, without the use of namespaces, be latent ambiguities.