This is the first in a series of articles introducing the parallel programming techniques that are available in the C# programming language and the .NET framework version 4.0. The first part describes some of the concepts of parallel programming.
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Re-create dependent objects successfully using the db2look tool
(Sahana Ha Anantharajaiah and Latha Appanna) You can use the db2look tool to extract data definition language (DDL) statements from one database in order to reproduce the database objects in another database, such as a test database.
IDENTITY Results Clarification
SeleccTViews With Stephen Wynkoop Watch as Scott Gode from Azaleos talks with Stephen about gaps between private cloud systems and Office 365. IDENTITY Results Clarification I received an Email correcting my description on the behavior of both SCOPE_IDENTITY and @@IDENTITY. Also, there was a twitter response regarding the behavior of IDENT_CURRENT as well. Don Writes: In Getting rid of @@Identity […]
MySQL Two Timestamp Columns
(Michael McLaughlin) Somebody asked how to work around an error message they got after converting one of their who-audit columns to a TIMESTAMP column. A TIMESTAMP column has a DEFAULT or ON UPDATE current timestamp. They wanted to have two TIMESTAMP columns in the same table, with the intention of:
XQuery in the cloud
Recently I had occasion to build a small web application (feedback forms for the Balisage conference) using XForms. I used XForms since XForms delivers the information from the user in an XML document, which makes it easier for me to work with the data later.
DB2 10 for z/OS – New feature announcement
(Julian) DB2 10 for z/OS has been GA since October 2010, but one or two features weren’t quite ready at that time. One of the more eagerly awaited enhancements extend the access path management capabilities of DB2 10, via the APREUSE and APCOMPARE options of the BIND command.
Crowdsourcing Active SQL Monitor Reports
(Greg Rahn) As my loyal readers will know, I have been a big (maybe BIG) fan of the SQL Monitor Report since it’s introduction in 11g.
GridView column and row navigation using up/down/right and left arrows
(Manjunath Shrikantiah) There are times when users ask for some features in web applications similar to those in Windows applications. I have tried to cover one of them here. This article explains how you can navigate through controls in a GridView using up/down/right and left arrows.
Differences Between SQL Server Query Plan Formats
(Tibor Nagy) I am familiar with the basic database maintenance tasks on Microsoft SQL Server, but now I received a new assignment. I have to optimize a few queries and I know that I have to check the query plans. Can you please explain which type of query plan I should use? What are the differences
Smoothing Transitions with Semantic Technologies
(Angela Guess) A new post on the Wolters Kluwer blog discusses how semantic technologies support transitions in business.