(Venkatakrishnan J) One of the advantages of BI EE is its ability to make cross database joins. Currently, BI Server component of BI EE supports database joins across any database. This feature is primarily meant for joins between a database and some lookup tables coming from Excel files. Though thi
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(Howard Fosdick) With the advent of DB2 9, IBM has rolled out its new set of database certification exams. I’ll explain what you need to know to upgrade your DBA certification for version 9 if you’re currently certified on DB2 version 8. In the next column, I’ll outline the complete set of exams and
Survey, and Your Chance to Win, Closes Tomorrow
[Watch] SelectViews – the latest episode of the weekly SQL Server show like no other. Survey, and Your Chance to Win, Closes Tomorrow The survey will close tomorrow (Friday, 4/4/2008) at midnight. So, if you’re interested in providing feedback, helping shape the direction of SSWUG, and, let’s face it, WINNING one of the great prizes, now is the time to […]
Does Oracle’s Focus Predict DBA Change?
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Modularization of XHTML
(Jennifer Kyrnin) On 10 April 2001, the W3C released the modularization of XHTML as a recommendation. This will allow XHTML to reach a wider audience and more platforms. Soon, you may see XHTML on things like your cell phone or television.
Generating HTML excerpts
(Oleg Tkachenko) Here is another interesting problem: how do you generate HTML excerpts preserving HTML structure and style? Say you have long XHTML text:
XML Literals and Embedded Expressions
(Imran Shaik) In our previous tutorial we have seen how we can use XML axis properties to consume XML returned from a web service in Silverlight applications, in this example however we will look at how XML Literals and Embedded Expressions can be used to easily write fast and efficient Web Services
Larger Block Index Tablespace and Small Index Scans – Performance Improvement ? (Let Down)
(Richard Foote) Thought it might be worth looking at the impact on the performance of Unique and small index range scans as typical in OLTP environments, when an index is rebuilt in a larger block tablespace.
Are you felling hiper this weekend? A few hiper APARs
(Willie Favero) I had intended to include these in Friday’s APAR update. However, they didn’t show up until late last night. So, a little late, but important just the same, here are a couple of hipers you might want to take a few seconds to check out.
Building .NET Controls @ Runtime
(Martin Zahn) .NET offers the possibility to create controls in Windows Form at runtime. Often we encounter a situation where we need to load controls dynamically on the form, as well as position and align them properly. Generally we do this when we are not sure about the number of controls to be di