(Ben Nadel) ColdFusion provides us with a number of ways in which to serialized our ColdFusion values – JSON, WDDX, and Binary (as of ColdFusion 9) are all formats that can be generated on the fly. But these formats all require a file read in order to be consumed.
Other News
Using global variables
(Serge Rielau) The most satisfying work in developing SQL to me is whenever we add infrastructure to DB2 which makes DB2 more extensible.
Using Oracle to convert PDF to HTML
(Gary Myers) I’ve used Oracle Text on a couple of assignments. One of the handy things it can do is convert a PDF into an HTML or plain text document.
Why XSLT and XQuery?
Saxonica specializes in XSLT and XQuery technology. If you’re new to these languages, this page tries to explain briefly what these languages are and why you would want to use them. It also gives you some reasons for choosing the Saxon product in preference to other implementations.
Limiting table disk quota in MySQL
(Shlomi Noach) Question asked by a student: is there a way to limit a table’s quote on disk? Say, limit a table to 2GB, after which it will refuse to grow? Note that the requirement is that rows are never DELETEd. The table must simply refuse to be updated once it reaches a certain size.
SQL SERVER – LOGBUFFER – Wait Type – Day 18 of 28
(Pinal Dave) At first, I was not planning to write about this wait type. The reason was simple- I have faced this only once in my lifetime so far maybe because it is one of the top 5 wait types. I am not sure if it is a common wait type or not, but in the samples I had it […]
On Mixing Up the Environment
New SelecTViews Show – Watch Free Now Security policy gotchas, social media and data ownership questions, working with unstructured data…also on the show today, Couchbase with information about the merger plus the SQL Server tip of the day. [Watch the Show] …last week’s show: SelecTViews – Open source databases as a tool for expanding your systems, Interview with EnterpriseDB CEO, […]
SharePoint 2010 – A comparison with SharePoint 2007
(ukadc) Our next SoundByte, “SharePoint 2010 – A comparison with SharePoint 2007”, will be run on Friday 18th March 2011 from 11:00 – 12:00 UK Time. The session is charged at the rate of 1 hour from your ADM contract for up to 2 Live Meeting connections (and unlimited attendees at each of these conn
If you think you disabled Automatic Memory Management in Oracle DB 11.2, think again
(Eddie Awad) Kurt Van Meerbeeck points out the fact that SGA re-sizes are occurring after an upgrade to 11.2 despite the fact that automatic memory management (AMM/ASMM) is disabled via the MEMORY_TARGET and SGA_TARGET parameters being set to zero.
Chat with the Lab: DB2 and Oracle – An Architectural Comparison
(Frank Fillmore) Many database professionals and DBAs often ask how DB2 and Oracle compare architecturally, that is, how they are different and similar at their core. They also ask what are the equivalent concepts, names, commands etc. in the other database system.