(Paolo Bruni, Neale Armstrong, Ravi Kumar, Kirsten Ann Larsen, Tink Tysor and Hao Zhang) The DB2 pureXML feature offers sophisticated capabilities to store, process and manage XML data in its native hierarchical format. By integrating XML data intact into a relational database structure, users can t
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Develop mapping models with IBM InfoSphere Data Architect
(Jorge Machado and Hermann Voellinger) Designing the mappings for an extract, transform, and load (ETL) process is a critical step in a data warehouse project. Mappings must be easy to modify, capable of version control, easily reported, and easily exported to other formats.
Low latency distributed parallel joins
(Frazer) When MySQL AB bought Sun Microsystems in 2008 (or did Sun buy MySQL?), most of the MySQL team merged with the existing Database Technology Group (DBTG) within Sun.
Oracle Database 11g R2 RAC – The top 5 changes
(Karen Reliford) The introduction of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure product essentially combines Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Oracle Clusterware into the same oracle home and product. With this new configuration, five main changes have been incorporated into Oracle Database 11g RAC. Read o
ASP.NET MasterPage Tutorial – Final Touches
This is the final part of the series on ASP.NET 3.5 Admin pages using the query string and master pages technique. The source code of this project will be provided in the last section of this article.
BigInteger for Astronomically Large Numbers
(Joe Kunk) The BigInteger structure was introduced in the .NET Framework 4, allowing for an arbitrarily large integer number. Prior to this, the largest integer that could be represented was the int64.MaxValue of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 or approximately 9.2 x 1018.
Exploring HTML5’s localStorage – Persistent Client-Side Key-Value Pairs
(Ben Nadel) The other day, when building the Things I Give website and web app, I used HTML5’s localStorage object for the first time. Like cookies, the localStorage object provides a way to persist string-based, key-value pairs on the client.
How to change the background color of rows in a GridView in ASP.NET 3.5
(Deepak Sharma) In this article we will learn how to change the background color of the rows in a GridView control based on its row data using RowDataBound event.
XML Formatting – How to Put XML Data on a Web Page
(Darla Ferrara) Knowing the basics of XML is perfect except for one thing: it does not mean much without formatting. When you upload an XML file to the Internet and view it, you see the code and a message stating there is no formatting data linked to the document.
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