(Lars Jarlvik) In some web applications you need to know when something has changed on the server and alert the client immediately or at least as soon as possible, such applications might be a chat application or a bidding system.
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IDUG EMEA Highlights – DB2 pureScale
(Laura) We’ve been huge fans of DB2 pureScale ever since it was first announced back in October 2009 and we’ve done a lot of reasearch and work on our own DB2 pureScale installation.
IDENTITY IN SQL
(Arun Mallick) Exploring each table in SSMS, just to check whether a particular table has IDENTITY property set or not i.e. presence of any IDENTITY column in the given table; might be a cumbersome task, especially when the number of tables in the given database is more than hundred.
RDFa Fading Away in EPUB3 Standard
(Jennifer Zaino) To follow up our story last week about the upcoming EPUB3 standard, for which International Digital Publishing Forum membership comments were due in by today, it appears that the updates “are moving the spec even further from any apparent support/use of RDFa.”
A clarification on mk-slave-prefetch
(Baron Schwartz) It seems to be a popular misconception that mk-slave-prefetch is designed to keep a MySQL replica server “warm” and ready to serve production traffic in case the master is demoted or fails. This is not what mk-slave-prefetch does. It’s related, and easy to confuse, but its purpose i
Using Custom Classes with Application Settings
Application settings can be created using a project’s property windows, with those values being transferred into configuration files and classes that simplify their use. The settings data can be of many different types, including custom classes.
Determine the effective isolation level in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
(Peter Schurr) Database administrators are often asked about the isolation level of a statement. But there are different levels at which you can define an isolation level, and there are different methods to retrieve the effective isolation level.
Effective Unit Testing
Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services – Next Tuesday, August 25 Here’s your chance to sign up for the next virtual class, "Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services". This "Made Simple" course, taught by Sherri McDonald, a Business intelligence expert from Pragmatic Works, is a great investment for your personal development. If you’re ready to up your game, come on […]
Tuning Unit Tests
$$SWYNK$$ Tuning Unit Tests I hate fads. Fads, to me, are software, organization structures, or practices that are done because everyone else is doing it, without understanding the principles behind then, or if they are applicable to your specific situation. For example, SAP was a fad. It seems that every large company had to have SAP, regardless of how good […]
LDAP and DB2 – The Complete Guide
LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. It is a client server access protocol to access the information directory. This directory can store information like userids, email ids and so on.