(Marcin Policht) In the recent installments of our series dedicated to SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, we started exploring its replication characteristics. As we have pointed out, its capabilities in this area are fairly restricted, limiting it exclusively to the role of a subscriber. Absence of S
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Tips for Working with Management
SQLonCall Show Posted On the show today – a look at conferences and what they can offer, what you should look for. Find out about different things you can expect and the pros and cons of going to conferences. > Watch The Show Here Featured Article(s) Tips for using SQL Server 2005 stored procedures Here are some helpful tips to […]
Best, and Better, Practices
DMReview – Opening The Portal DMReview has had some great resources on business intelligence and how the IT world works through issues – from compliance to industry trends, to information about industry moves, you can find a great series of resources on DMReview. Register for your free access here. Working with Management and Best Practices Last week I wrote asking […]
Let’s Talk DB2 Access Paths
(Sheryl M. Larsen) This is a 60 minute review of all access paths that can be chosen by the DB2 9 for z/OS optimizer. Access paths will be shown in animated detail while discussing when the optimizer prefers each access path and how to encourage or discourage each. Come see the newly enhanced Nested
Modal Dialog Boxes with AJAX
(Dino Esposito) Dialog boxes have been around in Windows for a long time, and they do have their advantages. But if you want your Web application to have dialog boxes, you’re basically stuck with popups, and, as you know, most users disable them with popup blockers. So what are you to do if you need
Introduction to XPath
(Jennifer Kyrnin) XPath is a language designed to address specific parts of an XML document. It was designed to be used by both XSLT and XPointer. In addition, XPath provides basic functions for manipulating strings, numbers, and booleans.
XSLT Case Conversion Solution
(Erich Von Hauske N.) The solution of a problem like case conversion can take many forms, especially when you use a language like XSLT, which gives you the flexibility to give many solutions; each one with a different degree of recursiveness. The solution presented in this document is a middle-groun
DB2 for LUW Label-Based Access Control
(Robert Catterall) Last week, I delivered a presentation on DB2 “ultra-availability” at a meeting of SIRDUG, the DB2 regional user group (RUG) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. One of the things that I really like about presenting at RUG meetings is hearing what other presenters on the agenda have
First Look at Silverlight 2
(Scott Guthrie) Last September we shipped Silverlight 1.0 for Mac and Windows, and announced our plans to deliver Silverlight on Linux. Silverlight 1.0 is focused on enabling rich media scenarios in a browser, and supports a JavaScript/AJAX programming model.
Overriding ToString
(Jim Mischel) In .NET, every class inherits from Object, and therefore inherits implementations of several methods. One of those methods is ToString, which returns a string that represents the current object. The default implementation isn’t very helpful, though. If you don’t override ToString, then