(Tony Darnell) A friend of mine has a small newsletter that he sends via email once a month. Initially, he was just blind-copying everyone on his list, but as the list grew, it was a pain for him to keep manually editing his BCC list. Also, some people weren’t receiving the newsletter as they had em
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Getting started on the semantic web RDF
In this latest in our series of videos on how publishers can make their first successful steps in the semantic web, our resident expert Priya Parvatikar, talks about RDF (Resource Description Framework). This is an open web standard supported by the World Wide Web (W3C) consortium for recording meta
Visual Studio Toolbox: Using LINQ to XML to Query Data on the Web
(Robert Green) These days, Web sites are providing access to a large amount of data, everything from RSS feeds to pictures to movie titles and more. Often, all you need to do in an application is send an HTTP request to a Web site.
Creating and Consuming Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Data Services
(Bipin Joshi) Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Data Services allow you to create and consume services using Open Data Protocol (OData). In the process WCF data services allow you to access your data using REpresentational State Transfer (REST).
ASP.NET MVC 3 Controller for Serving Images
(Justin Schwartzenberger) Gain more control over images within an ASP.NET MVC 3 project by creating a controller to handle delivering image file data to the response stream.
How to populate a ListView from a text file
(Ged Mead) The source of your data for a ListView can come from various sources and, if your requirements, a text file can sometimes be all you need. Because of the way the ListView is structured, there are a couple of things you need to look out for.
Compiling Unsafe Code in Visual Studio
Classes, structures and their members can be marked as unsafe when developing using C#. Unsafe code is required for some interoperability scenarios and can improve performance. As the compiled code can be unstable, normal compilation is not supported.
Microsoft MDS plucks DBAs from the data fracas
(Don Jones) Are you tired of being the one to arbitrate arguments — er, discussions — about which copy of a database is authoritative? Spending too much time restoring data from backups after someone makes unauthorized changes? Too often, database administrators (DBAs) get stuck in the middle of d
DB2 Temporal Tables Performance: Three Critical Null in DB2 Column Considerations
(Dave Beulke) When designing your DB2 temporal table make sure the column null-ability definitions are properly analyzed for your application. Defining a DB2 column as null able can be a tricky issue when dealing with computing, totaling and understanding the value of your data.
What Happens when you pair Netezza with DB2 for z/OS?
(Conor O’Mahony) The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) recently paired Netezza with their transactional environment, which includes DB2 for z/OS, and achieved remarkable results. Often when you read customer success stories, you are bombarded with metrics.