The Weekly SQL Server Show – Watch Now The current show is an interview with Kim Tripp and Paul Randal. We got together at DevConnections in Las Vegas and talked about everything from the famous board game to SQL Server 2008. > Watch Here Browser-Based Compare, Synchronize and Audit Tool This is pretty cool – this tool will compare and […]
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XML Random Image Slideshow
This tutorial will show you how to create random images that are loaded from external sources, XML file. This tutorial is based on “Retrieve Data from XML file”. You will need to have basic understanding about XML and how to load it into Flash document before start this tutorial.
System i Web interface could boost the platform
(Brian W. Kelly) Bravo, G.T. That’s a well-said two cents! Couldn’t have said it better myself. Clearly, IBM needs to provide a natural Web interface for System i and then leverage that interface to the system’s compilers. (R)
MySQL: Data Storage or Data Processing
(Peter Zaitsev) I was thinking today of how people tend to use MySQL in modern applications and it stroke me in many cases MySQL is not used to process the data, at least not on the large scale – instead it is used for data storage and light duty data retrieval. Even in this case however the cache (
Preparing for a FISMA Security Audit
(Randy Nash) Audits and auditors—no one really likes to see them coming, but they’re a fact of life. Believe it or not, they are the good guys. That’s difficult to remember when they announce their annual Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) grades. The FISMA reports have become the d
Enforcing PL/SQL naming conventions through a simple SQL query (using Oracle 11g PL/Scope)
(Lucas Jellema) Yesterday I wrote a blog article on how to use the Oracle 11g PL/Scope compiler setting to derive compiler warnings about potential incorrect usage of variables. This incorrect usage consists of variables being declared but never used, variables being referenced before they have been
SQL Server 2005 Bug Alert: Merge Replication Could Mean Data Loss
(Lizet Pena de Sola) With the proliferation of mobile devices such as BlackBerrys, Tablet PCs, and regular laptops, some critical applications need to store a cache of their data locally at all times. Whether or not the application has a good connection to the corporate network should be transparent
Hello World: WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
(Jane Fung) Manage, govern, and share services across your organization by using WebSphere Service Registry and Repository. Follow the hands-on exercises to learn how to navigate the Web interface to publish, find, reuse, and update services. (R)
Using XML and Jar Utility API to Build a Rule-Based Java EE Auto-Deployer
(Colin (Chun) Lu) Today’s Java EE application deployment is a common task, but not an easy job. If you have ever been involved in deploying a Java EE application to a large enterprise environment, no doubt you have faced a number of challenges before you click the deploy button. For instance, you ha
Building a SharePoint 2007 Web Part using Web User Controls
(Steven Barden) The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to develop a SharePoint 2007 Web Part from scratch that dynamically loads users’ web user controls, rather than using the HTML render method. This method allows the developer to use the full power of Visual Studio 2005 in the rapid de