(Angela Guess) Karen Coyle, a librarian and consultant in the field of digital libraries recently won the Outstanding Publication Award from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS).
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ASP.NET – Dynamic Controls
(James) This is a quick guide to show you away of creating as many dynamic controls as is required on a web page. For some reason a lot of developers typically seem to struggle when dealing with dynamic controls.
.NET basic technologies overview
(Justin James) It can be difficult to navigate the .NET waters, especially if you are new to the arena. Over the next couple of months, I will write about some of the biggest areas of the .NET ecosystem and offer overviews of the major players in those areas.
Custom Templates: Using user exits
(Anthony Shorten) One of the features of Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4.1 is the ability to use templates and user exits to extend the base configuration files. The configuration files used by the product are based upon a set of templates shipped with the product.
beware of the log
(Giuseppe Maxia) The MySQL general log is one of my favorite features for a quick debug. I especially like the ability of starting and stopping it on demand, which was introduced in MySQL 5.1.
Monitoring Free Space on Microsoft SQL Server
(Keshav Singh) Database administrators need to take up the stewardship of the server; any issues and be prepared to burn the midnight oil. A job goes down or a database fails to respond or the server fails to start, DBAs are always on the hot seat. Today, we will be discussing a very important aspec
SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Integration Services – Managing Local Processes Using Script Task
(Marcin Policht) SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services includes a number of predefined tasks that implement common administrative actions to help with data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL). While in a majority of cases they are sufficient to deliver required functionality, there might
List of Free Validating XML Parsers
(Darla Ferrara) Validating XML parsers check the code for proper syntax and as well as validation rules created in the DTD or schema, like data types.
Concurrency Series: Why do I get blocked when no one has locked the row(s) being queried?
(Sunil Agarwal) Recently I was working with a customer who was surprised to see blocking when accessing a data row which was not locked?
Migrating from WebSphere Process Server V6.0.2 to V7
(Phani Madgula) This tutorial describes how to migrate an example environment running WebSphere Process Server V6.0.2.5 over DB2 to WebSphere Process Server V7.0.0.3. Learn how to use checkpoints to verify that the migration is proceeding correctly, and how to troubleshoot problems using various log