(Marcin Policht) As we recently demonstrated, SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services (SSIS) includes a specialized task that allows you to incorporate FTP transfers (as well as the most basic file system based operations) into SSIS packages.
Other News
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
(Mark Strawmyer) The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option.
ColdFusion Queries Do Not Throw Out-Of-Bounds Errors
(Ben Nadel) The other day, in my post about ColdFusion query-of-queries and grouping, Terry Sasaki showed me something new and wonderful about the ColdFusion query object. Apparently, the ColdFusion query will never throw an out-of-bounds exception when you attempt to reference rows that don’t exist
Help : How can I hide databases from users?
(Balmukund Lakhani) This is one of the common questions I have seen on forums, most common request from administrators who have been given task to create multi-tenant SQL Server. This essentially means various department of company or various client of the hosting company would access same SQL Serve
InfoSphere MDM Server best practices: MDM system performance testing
(Yongli An) An MDM implementation usually faces strict performance and scalability requirements because it is a mission-critical system in the center of the enterprise-level IT systems. This article focuses on the best practices for performance testing, necessary throughout the implementation cycle
I Could Be Wrong
I Could Be Wrong It seems I’m not the only one. Today we have a lot of great examples from others experienced in the art of customer service. Michelle: I can’t say how refreshing it is to hear someone say “It’s always my problem; even if I didn’t cause the problem”. So often when seeking help the attitude of the […]
Could I Be Wrong?
Could I Be Wrong? Reading Eric Lippert’s blog is always entertaining and instructional. Today I was reading and came across his posting titled, “Maybe there’s something wrong with the universe, but probably not.” His point, often we assume software problems come from the other guy, not issues we have created ourselves. One comment to the blog pretty much sums it […]
Get Ready for the Cloud and Its Data Management Issues
(Dave Beulke) The attack of the “Special Advertising Section” is upon us. Cloud data management is being highlighted in many magazines these days as articles on cloud computing proliferate.
Creating a Structured Forms Processing Web Service
Traditional forms processing solutions have either been run on the desktop or on a local server. Read this paper to see how to develop a forms processor as a Web service using Windows Communication Foundation. (R)
Transforming EAD XML into RDF/XML using XSLT
(PeteJ) This is a (brief!) second post revisiting my “process” diagram from an early post. Here I’ll focus on the “transform” process on the left of the diagram: