(kolliparachandra) Sometimes when you are building a result tree, you just want to copy nodes out of an XML document without altering them.You can do this with the copy and copy-of instruction elements.
Other News
Oracle’s Flashback Technology – UNDO Tablespace
(James F. Koopmann) This article will take a step-by-step look at what Oracle mentions in the manuals for setting up Automatic UNDO Management for Oracle’s Flashback Technologies. Plus I’ll give scripts and instruction along the way.
Using GridView and DetailsView in ASP.NET MVC – Part 1
(Bipin Joshi) In my previous article on MVC I explained how ASP.NET MVC website can be created from scratch. For any beginner in ASP.NET MVC the first disappointment is possibly the lack of any server controls. When ASP.NET 1.0 was released developers were told about the revolutionary event driven m
Partitioning, Free Lunches, & Indexing, Part 2
(Martin Farach-Colton) In part one, I presented a very brief and particular view of partitioning. I covered what partitioning is, with hardly a mention of why one would use partitioning. In this post, I’ll talk about a few use cases often cited as justification for using partitions.
Upcoming DB2 for z/OS conference calls
(Willie Favero) GlassHouse Systems Inc. is sponsoring a DB2 10 teleconference call that will be held twice in the coming months.
Getting Started with Shared Datasets in Report Builder 3.0
(Ray Barley) I have many reports that allow users to select a year filter from a dropdown list. Is there a way that I can define this query once then reference it in multiple reports?
Insiders, and Your Databases
New SelecTViews Show! Database applications and tablet devices, toasters (er, appliances), and the SQL Server Tip of the Day. Also, Wendy Pastrick, insider knowledge of your systems and other key things to consider. [Watch the Show] (it’s free!) More, smaller databases? Manage your checklists, our featured blog of the week for business intelligence…Also, the hotmail outage and SQL Server, 3rd […]
Insiders a Real Threat
Insiders a Real Threat Today on the show [Watch the Show] one of the things we look into is the fact that "insiders" are becoming the key issue with IT-based systems. Essentially, with all of the privileges associated with being in IT, you end up with people with ready access to things that can be abused. From data storage to […]
Learning from our Mistakes: The Failure of OpenID, AtomPub and XML on the Web
(Dare Obasanjo) I’ve now been working and blogging about web technology long enough to see technologies that we once thought were the best thing since sliced bread turn out to be rather poor solutions to the problem or even worse that they create more problems than they solve.
REST, Resources, and Rails
(Obie Fernandez) With version 1.2, Rails introduced support for designing APIs consistent with the REST style. Representational State Transfer (REST) is a complex topic in information theory, and a full exploration of it is well beyond the scope of this chapter.