(Kurt Cagle) The redesign of XML Today is now well underway, enough so that I feel confident in posting a new article there. To those who wonder why I’m restarting the site, the short answer is that I like the direction that Drupal is going in with regard to the Semantic Web, I feel I have more cont
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Creating a SQL Server 2008 Database Account
(Mike Chapple) SQL Server 2008 provides two methods for creating database user accounts – Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication.
SQL SERVER – Selecting Domain from Email Address
(Pinal Dave) Recently I came across a quick need where I needed to retrieve domain of the email address. The email address is in the database table.
Difference Between Transformation and Animation
(Darla Ferrara) When you are learning SVG, it is easy to get confused by these two terms. There is a significant difference between transformation and animation, but it some ways they are similar.
Regularly flushing the MySQL Query Cache
(Shinguz) When we analyze our customers systems we see typically a high fragmentation of the query cache after a while. This leads to a less optimal use of the Query Cache than possible.
Weblogic, topics and (non)-durable subscribers
(Eric Elzinga) For one of my testcases i implemented a simple process in the Oracle Service Bus which stores messages on a Weblogic topic.
Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.1 migration features and hiccups
(Eldred Smikle) Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.1 includes new tools that will ease migration, cutting down on the number of steps needed in many cases. However, there are still some issues, such as with Essbase Studio, that should be fixed in future versions.
DB2 images for IBM Workload Deployer
(Leons Petrazickis) IBM Workload Deployer 3.0 has just come out along with the DB2 images I developed. IWD is a major revision of what was formerly known as WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance.
Creating Custom Action Filters in ASP.NET MVC
(Bipin Joshi) In ASP.NET MVC applications the controller consists of one or more methods known as actions or action methods. In certain cases you require that in addition to the code written in the action method, some extra processing be carried out before or after the action method execution.
DB2 Performance Tuning: Reliability, Availability and Scalability IDUG Resources
(Dave Beulke) As I continue to review the IDUG presentations from this year, performance and RAS came to mind. The DB2 LUW presentation by Dale McInnis and Katherine Kurtz’s “Best Practices for Building a Database Recovery Strategy for Your InfoSphere Warehouse Database” popped out at me.