(Conor O’Mahony) Forrester have just assessed the total economic impact of migrating a heterogeneous database environment like Oracle Database to IBM DB2.
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MERGE ahead
(Karl Hanson) As any shade tree mechanic or home improvement handyman knows, you can never have too many tools. Sure, you can sometimes get by with inadequate tools on hand, but the right tools can help complete a job in a simpler, safer, and quicker way. The same is true in programming.
Oracle Data Miner 11g R2 – New Features
(Brendan Tierney) There are many new features in the new tool and these can be grouped under the following headings:
OWB 11gR2 – XML
(David Allan) An XML post I did a while back was on Leveraging XDB, which illustrated how to leverage the XML SQL capabilities of the Oracle database. A couple years on, this post could as well have been titled Leveraging ODI, since here I’ll show how with a new XML platform defined, you can leverag
Oracle Forms 10g Tuning tips
(Michel Schildmeijer) Although there are quite some new screenbased application techniques, a lot of companies use the traditional Oracle Forms & Reports. Even with the transition to an entire new application server, WebLogic, Oracle has ported their traditional applications like Forms to the 11g
Searching XML with XPath: Fun & Easy!
Well, maybe it’s not that fun for the typical developer, but it sure is easy. Some of our legacy projects are using XML data islands to store business rules on the client-side, and using XPath makes node navigation a snap.
Files and FileGroups with SQL Server April 12th, 2011
(Vinod Kumar) At MTC, in multiple customer engagements I have seen questions from DBAs getting confused with the Physical and logical structure of SQL Server databases. Rather than repeating what the BOL documents: “Files and Filegroups Architecture with SQL Server”, I thought will call out some of
Highly Available and Scalable Systems with IBM eX5 and DB2 pureScale
(Mike Ebbers and Michael Schulz) The pressures related to managing transactional databases are increasing rapidly. Business growth, the drive to consolidate databases, and the need to deploy new, data-intensive technologies are fostering the massive expansion of data volumes and application workload
@XmlAnyElement and non-DOM Properties
(Blaise Doughan) This post will cover how to use an alternate DOM representation (i.e. String) with @XmlAnyElement.
How to Create Radial Gradient in SVG and XML
(Darla Ferrara) In scalable vector graphics (SVG), gradients come in two flavors, linear and radial. A radial gradient expands in a circular pattern from a focus point on the shape. Think about the lines on a tree stump. The bands start small and move outward. This is similar to a radial gradient. L