(Willie Favero) Today I have two APARs that I recommend you check out: PK44133 and PK55239. One APAR is for DB2 9 and the other is for DB2 Version 8; I need to have a little something for everyone.
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Compare the Informix Dynamic Server Version 11 editions
(Carlton Doe) Confused about the various editions of IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)? In this article you’ll get an introduction to each edition, and then you can compare features, benefits, and licensing considerations in a side-by-side table. Regardless of which edition you choose, IDS brings yo
BI Architecture: What is the Best Choice for My Organization?
(Brian Swarbrick) Your CIO has asked you to design a data warehouse to support the analytical needs of your Organization. At first this seems like a pretty straightforward request. But then after much due diligence, talking to different vendors and browsing Web sites and knowledge databases on the s
Large file uploads in ASP.NET
(Jon Galloway) Uploading files via the FileUpload control gets tricky with big files. The default maximum filesize is 4MB – this is done to prevent denial of service attacks in which an attacker submitted one or more huge files which overwhelmed server resources. If a user uploads a file larger than
Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library)
(Scott Guthrie) LINQ (language integrated query) is one of the new features provided with VS 2008 and .NET 3.5. LINQ makes the concept of querying data a first class programming concept in .NET, and enables you to efficiently express queries in your programming language of choice.
Understanding Common Type System in .NET
(Suresh Kumar Goudampally) The Common Type System (CTS) defines how types are declared, used, and managed in the runtime, and is also an important part of the runtime’s support for cross-language integration.
Watch your loops…
(Howard Rogers) I have been revising my ‘how do you detect duplicate records’ article. Revision is an interesting exercise, because if you’re lucky you can learn that stuff you had dismissed turns out to be not so dumb after all. In my particular case, I’ve been parroting the old Oracle official lin
Client Side programming in ADF Faces Rich Client Components
(Lucas Jellema) Really cool, Web 2.0, AJAX powered JSF applications are inconceivable without substantial use of JavaScript. Whether or not the Java developers like it, it is a fact of life. However, frequently frameworks – such as ADF Faces – will hide a lot of the JavaScript complexity from the JS
Oracle Library Cache—Part II
(James Koopmann) In part one of this two part series, we took a look at what the Library Cache was all about.
Using SQL Server Package Configuration with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Packages
(Ray Barley) As we develop, test and deploy SSIS packages, we need to specify different parameter values for things like database connection strings, file and folder paths, etc. without having to edit the individual SSIS packages to make these changes. How can we take advantage of the configuration