(Darla Ferrara) Those who wish to delve into the world of XML must have an understanding of the purpose of the language and potential uses. XML, by itself, does not do much.
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Top 10 Useful Attributes & Properties for ASP.NET Controls
(Memphisto) This article tries to highlight a few useful attributes/properties of ASP.NET controls.
Using the Schemas to Edit Work Item Types and Process Templates for Team Foundation in Visual Studio
(Allen Clark) I’ve just posted the Team Foundation schema files for process templates and work item types on Code Gallery: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/TFSchemas.
ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor Syntax – RenderBody, RenderPage and RenderSection
(Malcolm Sheridan) Everybody knows Razor is the new view engine ASP.NET Web Pages, so I thought I’d write about some Razor syntax you may not be aware of. The three methods I’ll be focusing on today are RenderBody, RenderPage and RenderSection. You’ll need to understand how each of these work if you
GRC 101 for DB2 LUW DBAs
(Rebecca Bond) When I attend a conference, sometimes the conversations that are held in the hall are as interesting as the material presented in session. This year, my favorite “hall topic” was Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) and how DB2 DBAs are being impacted. No one seemed to hav
Free book: Database Fundamentals
(Leons Petrazickis) Database Fundamentals is a free textbook used in the SQL Fundamentals I course on DB2University.com.
Retrieving DBMS_OUTPUT from PLSQL in a JRuby script
(Pas Apicella) This demo shows how to get DBMS OUTPUT form PLSQL blocks and PLSQL program units using JRuby. In this example we obtain a JDBC connection which we then use to invoke a PLSQL block and get the DBMS OUTPUT back to the JRuby script.
Oracle object types: using constructors
(Henk Jan van Wijk) As PL/SQL developer you probably have worked with object types before and maybe you also know that you can add methods (i.e. functions and procedure which operate on the object type) to your type, but did not use them.
When Is V$SQLSTATS Refreshed?
(Craig Shallahamer) Collecting performance data can sometimes be very simple. But at other times it can be a nightmare. Not only is there the classic possibility of the collection impacting the system your monitoring, but multiple sessions can be involved plus the differences in timing can be micros
New in mk-query-digest: variance-to-mean ratio
(Baron Schwartz) This isn’t actually new — it has been out for a few releases. The mk-query-digest tool from Maatkit now outputs information about each class of queries’ variance-to-mean ratio. The new output goes in a couple of places, including perhaps most usefully the “profile” report. Here’s an