(Chris Gruber) The following video is best viewed in full screen mode. It will show how simply it is to deploy DB2 from the IBM Workload Deployer appliance. This appliance enable IT to deploy and manage a private cloud environment.
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MySQL Query Cache does not work with Complex Queries in Transactions
(Shinguz) We did recently a review of one of our customers systems and we found that the Query Cache was disabled even thought it had significant more read than write queries.
XML Serialization Tutorial
(Zeeshan Umar) Many people ask that how XML serialization work, how can we serialize our data to permanent storage. My objective is to save and load data in XML and avoid the complexity of DOM (Document Object Model). Also I want to drive a generalized mechanism which can be used in multiple project
Converting a LINQ query to PLINQ
(Suprotim Agarwal) PLINQ provides support for Parallel programming and is closely related to the Task Parallel Library. In very simple words, PLINQ enables a query to automatically take advantage of multiple processors.
DB2 10 sessions go virtual with Roger Miller and Terry Purcell
(Willie Favero) This is a virtual seminar’s dream team. You have Terry Purcell, DB2 optimization extraordinaire, and Roger Miller, known to all for DB2 expertise and knowledge of all aspects DB2 for z/OS (BTW, if you didn’t already know, Roger is now retired and returning for this special engagemen
Why should you care about invalid database objects?
(Matt Canning) After changes have been made to a database, you may find that various objects are left in an invalid state.
Fun with _SERIAL_DIRECT_READ
(Martin Nash) Serial Direct Reads are a subject that has been getting a reasonable amount of attention since 11g was released. Doug Burns, Dion Cho (and here), Kerry Osborne and Miladin Modrakovic have all written on the subject. Tanel Põder also covered it in his presentation at the UKOUG Exadata S
How to delete Entries in OID 11g in Bulk – Delete Failed : Ldap Error Code 66 Not allowed on Non-Leaf
(Atul Kumar) Entries in LDAP Server (OID) are stored in tree like structure. You can delete an entry OID 11g using ODSM but if you try to delete an entry which contains sub-entry then you will get error message like “LDAP Error Code 66 Not allowed on Non-Leaf ” (11.1.1.4 and lower) .
Using an Excel 2010 Chart in a VB 2010 Form
(Dan Mabbutt) Tom wrote: “Can you give me a “butt-simple” example of reading two points in from an excel spreadsheet and displaying them on a chart in Visual basic 2010? All the examples I see get bogged down in the dumb chart appearance stuff and you can’t see how you just put a couple simple po
SQL Server Lock Escalation and Blocking
(Tom Stumpf) Back in November 2010 I talked about four SQL Server trace flags that I found to be helpful in improving performance for Dynamics AX.