(Steven Smith) If you’ve written much ASP.NET code since 2005, you’ve probably used the built-in role provider, or rolled your own, and written code that checks whether the current user belongs to a particular role. For instance, for an article site like ASPAlliance.com, you might choose to show an
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DB2 10 for z/OS Technical Overview
(Paolo Bruni, Rafael Garcia, Sabine Kaschta, Josef Klitsch, Ravi Kumar, Andrei Lurie, Michael Parbs and Rajesh Ramachandran) IBM continues to invest in new features of DB2 for z/OS to make businesses more efficient. DB2 10 delivers great value in this area by achieving up to 10% out-of-the-box CPU
About the DB2_COMPATIBILITY_VECTOR and what not to say at the dinner table
(Serge Rielau) It is by now reasonably known that DB2 9.7 speaks to a high degree Oracle. and there are articles of mine on developer works which speak to that.
MicroXML
(James Clark) There’s been a lot of discussion on the xml-dev mailing list recently about the future of XML. I see a number of different possible directions. I’ll give each of these possible directions a simple name:
SOA Basics
(Kerrie Holley and Ali Arsanjani) Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is defined in a number of ways, but not all definitions are equal, and not all definitions are complete. Instead of just providing another definition of SOA, this chapter describes the basic building blocks of SOA and looks at the
Web 3.0: The Semantic Web
(Stewart Spear) The term ‘Web 3.0’ is a label which has been superimposed on the W3 Company’s vision of a ‘web of linked data’ and is also known as ‘the Semantic Web’. Essentially this is a way of organising and managing data by storing the metadata about individual resources rather than the resourc
OWB 11gR2 – Find and Search Metadata in Designer
(David Allan) Here are some tools and techniques for finding objects, specifically in the design repository. There are ways of navigating and collating objects that are useful for day to day development and build-time usage – this includes features out of the box and utilities constructed on top.
Oracle UCM 11g – Uploading Large Files from ADF 11g Applications
(Andrejus Baranovskis) By default, Oracle ADF 11g application allows to upload maximum 2 MB size files. Oracle WebCenter 11g Content Management ADF Task Flows inherit the same configuration from ADF settings. I will explain how to increase maximum file size and upload larger files into Oracle Conten
Transaction Log Shrinking and Truncation in SQL Server
(Mike Chapple) The transaction log plays a critical role in a SQL Server database: it maintains an ongoing record of database activity crucial for the restoration of recent data in the event of a disaster.
Announcing ASP.NET MVC 3 (Release Candidate 2)
(Scott Guthrie) Earlier today the ASP.NET team shipped the final release candidate (RC2) for ASP.NET MVC 3. You can download and install it here.