Four Days Left to Register for SSIS Class Many of our readers have taken advantage of the SSIS Virtual courses taught by SQL Server MVP Eric Johnson. Response has been overwhelming. You have access to all 12 sessions starting May 1st and ending May 31st. Learn at your own speed, at your own time, with these on demand HD training […]
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A TimeStamp in Time
A TimeStamp in Time I was reading a tip in a daily Email from MSSQLTips and was reminded of the uniqueness of the TimeStamp data type in MS SQL Server. Many SQL engines support the concept of a TimeStamp data type. A TimeStamp data type is not one that may be modified by the user. It is a data type […]
Streams
(Roger L. Costello) Streams have the potential to take XML to the next level by facilitating the processing of huge XML documents.
XSLT and SharePoint 2010. Obtaining all visible list fields in Content Query WebPart or XSLTListViewWebPart
(José Quinto Zamora) When we are editing XSLT for Content Query Web Part, XSLTListViewWebPart or any other WebPart with configurable XSLT, you can obtain all list fields and their values with following code:
MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
(Nick Wienholt) As the Windows SDK API continues to evolve with each major release of the operating system, it is critical for C++ developers that MFC is kept up to date with the new features that have been introduced. As MFC enters its twentieth year serving C++ developers (the first MFC version sh
ThreadPool class in .NET
(Ashish Shukla) Multithreading is used to perform some tasks in the background typically so that the main application thread or UI thread is not blocked. But there is an overhead involved to create new threads and if the operations performed by these threads are quite simple then the creation and de
SharePoint 2010 : The First 10 Years
(Lafe Low) SharePoint was born out of a simple idea: to simplify sharing documents. A widely used collaboration and content-sharing platform has grown from that simple idea.
Monitoring Table and Index IO with PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA
(Mark Leith) Another new feature of performance_schema within 5.6 is the ability to monitor both table and index IO – this was added in two parts:
DB2 9.7 FP4 is out: Trigger support has been enhanced and some other goodies
(Henrik Loeser) A new fixpack 4 is now available for DB2 9.7. An overview of new features and enhancements is on the Information Center. Many of the enhancements are designed to make migration from other database systems, namely Oracle, simpler, saving even more on migration costs.
NEW! Announcing the DB2Night Show – DB2 for z/OS
(Susan Visser) Monday April 25 is the Kickoff for DB2 for z/OS shows on the DB2Night Show. As a reader of my blog, by now you know the DB2Night Show and Scott Hayes very well. Just to be sure, here’s what you need to know about the DB2Night Show: