Great New Books in the Book Directory Three new books from IBM Press – and more – http://bitonthewire.wpengine.com/book_directory – if you’re looking from some great references and especially these new titles focused on DB2 – you should check out the book directory. Take a look at the new DB2 titles: – DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Sixth Edition: […]
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Lots of SQL Server Webcasts Coming Very Soon!
Latest SQL Server Show, SelectViews, Posted Today’s show is a sample session from the virtual conference – TSQL101 – this session is an intro primer into using TSQL. Find out about the basics, see a sample session from the conference and, while you’re at it, pencil in that third week in June… > Watch Here Also Available [Watch] SQLonCall – […]
Web services hints and tips: Design reusable WSDL faults
(Russell Butek) We all agree that defining Web Services Description Language (WSDL) faults is good (if you disagree, then you’re probably not reading this article). There are a number of ways to define WSDL faults, but only a limited subset provides for reuse. This article presents you with a templa
Two Quick and Simple Tips That Will Help You Write Better PL/SQL
(Eddie Awad) When invoking a PL/SQL procedure or function, you can specify the value of its parameters using either positional, named, or mixed notation. Let’s review what each notation means and then demonstrate the best way to add new parameters to an existing subprogram without breaking existing
DB2 looks to enterprise information management to fend off Microsoft
(Jeff Kelly) IBM’s DB2 family of databases has been around a long time — since 1983 in fact. Originally available only on IBM mainframes, DB2 now comes in three distinct forms, including DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows. Yet with all the buzz surrounding Web 2.0 and Green IT, among other hyped-up te
Building an N-Layer ASP.NET Application with LINQ
(Dan Wahlin) .NET 3.5 has a lot of great new features that can significantly enhance developer productivity. I’ve been spending some time lately working on a little sample application that demonstrates how an N-Layer ASP.NET 3.5 application can be built using LINQ, lambdas and LINQ with stored proc
WebSphere Process Server for z/OS: Configuring a Network Deployment Environment
(G Michael Connolly, Jo Johnston and Kevin Senior) WebSphere Process Server for z/OS forms part of the WebSphere Business Integration family of products that provide functionality for implementing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) on System z. (pdf)
SQL Server 2008 XML: XSD Enhancements-Union and List Types
(Stephen Forte) Continuing our discussion from yesterday on SQL Server 2008 XML Enhancements, let’s take a look at the XSD enhancement of Union and List types. In SQL Server 2005 you could define a simple type of xsd:list with an enumeration to require items in a list for any element that inherits t
.NET Tip: Where Is Your Data Coming From?
(Jay Miller) LINQ to Objects allows you to use LINQ queries with any object that support IEnumerable or IEnumerable(T). This means that you can use LINQ to acccess data in arrays, lists, dictionaries, and other collections. You also can use LINQ with any of your own classes that implement or inherit
.NET Debugging Demos Lab 4: High CPU Hang – Review
(Tess Fernandez) Hope you have had a chance to go through the high CPU lab… Some people already commented with the solution in the lab instructions for this lab but here are my answers and commentary on the lab.