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SharePoint, SQL Server and SSWUG.org
SelectViews – THE SQL Server Show The show has been updated and you can check it out now. The show asks for additional feedback on SharePoint (and explains a bit more about what we’re considering) – so we need your feedback. Also, information about what SSDS actually is, and is not. The 60-second SQL Server tip of the day, information […]
APAR Friday: Just two today
(Willie Favero) This first APAR I couldn’t resist. It’s for Version 7 and it’s the first Version 7 APAR I have seen close in a long time; at least on the RSS feed I subscribe to. It deals with VIEWs returning a different result from the query that makes up the view. With the number of people that us
Use ASP.NET’s Literal control to its full potential
(Tony Patton) There are many options when it comes to placing text on an ASP.NET Web form. You may type the text directly within the page markup, use a Label control, or use a TextBox control to name a few.
Beat SharePoint Into Shape
(Gustavo Velez) SharePoint is Microsoft’s collaboration tool that enables users to publish and share information.The tool provides the infrastructure required to authenticate users and regulate the authorization and access to each page, library, and element. Microsoft launched Microsoft Office Share
Develop a batch DB2 for z/OS COBOL application using Rational Developer for System z
(Laurence England and Mel Fowler) IBM Rational Developer for System z V7.1 provides an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) that you can use to access applications and resources directly on z/OS. Using the Eclipse concept of perspectives –- an arrangement of views and editors dedic
More podcasts
(Susan Visser) Last week I blogged about a promotion by Pearson Education, publisher of IBM Press books, who has provided a free eBook and author podcasts along with a 35% discount on selected books. Today I want to mention a few other podcasts that you might be interested in:
Process XML Documents in Java using XPath and XSLT
The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is certainly one of the hottest technologies at the moment. While the concept of markup languages is not new, XML seems especially attractive to Java and Internet programmers. The Java API for XML Parsing (JAXP), having recently been defined through the Java Comm
XML Profile: A Rough Proposal for a New Standard
(Griffin Brown) There has been some interesting discussion on xml-dev recently about the future of XML, and in particular whether the XML specification itself needs to be fundamentally revisited. One idea that particularly interested me was that DTDs could/should be removed from XML specification as
IBM moves on secure mashups
(Paul Krill) IBM is unveiling technology to secure mashups and is donating it to the OpenAjax Alliance, an organization promoting AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) interoperability.