(Yan Pan) Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Microsoft’s primary technology for managing Windows systems. WMI allows system components on Windows-based operating systems to be monitored and controlled, both locally and remotely.
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A Rose By Any Other Name
(Linchi Shea) Regardless of the DBMS make or model, the transaction throughput curve of a database system is often shaped like a trapezoid. As the load level goes up initially, so does the transaction throughput. As the load level continues to go up, the transaction throughput will reach a plateau.
MERGE command in SQL Server 2008
MERGE command (also known as UPSERT in Oracle circles) is nothing new to Oracle. It has existed since quite some time. We have also blogged about it on our site – including the enhancements to that command that were made in Oracle 10g. It gets introduced in SQL Server 2008 as well which is a welcome
Using user-defined variables in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services packages
(Tim Chapman) You can use system variables throughout SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) packages. However, system variables reveal very useful package-related data, but they do not provide enough programming flexibility. Find out how you can define your own custom variables inside of SSIS
Are You Open to Version 1.00?
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Mock Interview, Part II. The Technical Interview
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Movable XML Image Gallery
This gallery can load pictures from a xml file and you can rotate, resize and move the pictures.
Parsing XML Files with PowerShell
(James McCaffrey) In the context of using Windows PowerShell for lightweight software test automation, one of the most common tasks you need to perform is parsing data from XML files. For example, you may want to extract test case input and expected result data from an XML test cases file, or you mi
Database Vendors Improve XML Handling
(Kurt Mackie) The latest enterprise relational database management systems (RDBMSes) from market leaders IBM Corp., Microsoft and Oracle Corp. all boast improved XML-handling capabilities.
Introducing ASP.NET Page Modules
(Paulo Morgado) This article introduces the concept of Page Modules, which are similar to HTTP Modules but related to Page Life Cycle, and the need for them.