(Willie Favero) Your right, I’m nuts about system parameters (ZPARMs). When an APAR goes by with a new ZPARM or one introduced or changed by a DB2 migration step, I have to read about it.
Other News
Should we give a MySQL Query Cache a second chance?
(Peter Zaitsev) Over last few years I’ve been suggesting more people to disable Query Cache than to enable it. It can cause contention problems as well as stalls and due to coarse invalidation is not as efficient as it could be.
MOXy’s XML Metadata in a JAX-RS Service
(Blaise Doughan) In previous posts I introduced how EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) can represent it’s metadata as XML, and how MOXy can be used in a JAX-RS service. In this post I’ll demonstrate how to leverage MOXy’s metadata file in a JAX-RS service by using a ContextResolver.
Namespaces in XAML
((Abhimanyu Kumar Vatsa) In this article, you will learn about namespaces used in XAML or XML.
Why You Really Should Be Using LINQ
(Peter Vogel) Welcome to Practical .NET, a new column offering how-to insight and advice for developers working with the flagship Microsoft programming framework. You may be familiar with my Practical ASP.NET column, which I’ve been writing weekly (more or less) on the Visual Studio Magazine Web sit
How to Create Linear Gradients Colors in SVG and XML
(Darla Ferrara) With scalable vector graphics (SVG), you write instructions for the XML parser to create an image and then fill it with color. A gradient will fade one color into the next to add an air of depth to the design. Linear gradients shift the color in a straight line either horizontal or v
Deploy the DB2 pureScale Feature on Linux
(Aslam Nomani, Pandu Mutyala, Yugandhra Rayanki and Aimin Wu) The IBM DB2 pureScale Feature lets you scale out your database system by easily adding machines to your cluster. This article walks you through the process of deploying the DB2 pureScale Feature on SUSE Linux.
Mimic timestamp behavior of other database platforms to store last modified date for a row
(Murali Krishnan) Recently I did a migration for SQL Server 2008 from another platform. When I converted the database schema to SQL Server, I faced a problem converting TIMESTAMP to SQL Server. In MySQL/DB2, Timestamp is a datetime field. It is used to track changes to a record and updated every t
Taxes and TCO
DBTechCon – This Wed-Friday, April 20-22 The final countdown has begun for the largest virtual conference. Be sure to register now if you haven’t already. You won’t find a better value. Taxes and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Most of us who work with computer systems are not concerned with what can be a tax deduction. We, reasonably, leave that […]
Experimenting With Node.js And Server-Side Javascript
(Ben Nadel) Over the past few years, Javascript has gone from being a misunderstood, ill-perceived language to being probably one of the most important languages in existence. It is, quite literally, the language that powers the interent; or rather, the Web 2.0 version of the internet.