(Ed Tittel) In a tip I wrote almost one year ago entitled Relax NG, the XML Schema Alternative, I explained why companies or individuals might want to mess with this powerful schema language, even in the face of a set of formal W3C XML Schema recommendations. (R)
Other News
Building Interactive User Interfaces with Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX: Part 1
(Scott Mitchell) Over the past several years web developers have started using JavaScript to make asynchronous postbacks to the web server that only transmit and receive the necessary data; these techniques are commonly referred to as AJAX. When properly implemented, AJAX-enabled web applications of
XML and Java technology: A return to basics
(Brett D. McLaughlin, Sr.) I’ve written numerous articles and books on XML and XML-related topics by now, and as I spent a little time looking back over them, I was surprised at what I found. Even though I’m a programmer, and have always preferred to get into the bits and bytes (I took assembly in c
Trick 2: Object Tables of Sdo_Geometry
(Simon Greener) This little tutorial shows what can be done using object tables with Sdo_Geometry.
Speed Up Your Site! 8 ASP.NET Performance Tips
(Jeff Atwood and Jon Galloway) Now that you’ve added the finishing touches to your web site and unleashed it onto the world, fame, fortune, and success will surely follow — won’t it?
Using a Text Editor to Develop and Deploy an ASP.NET Web Application
(Andrew Mooney) Have you ever developed a web application without an IDE, syntax highlighting and IntelliSense? If so, then you were probably using a text editor like notepad to create these applications. And you might be happy to know that this is still possible even with Microsoft’s .NET framework
LOCATE function in DB2 LUW
We had discussed the CHARINDEX() function in the previous post. Similar to the INSTR (Oracle) and CHARINDEX (MS SQL Server) functions, DB2 has a LOCATE function to search for a string within another string. It returns the starting position of the search string if it finds it within the string, else
LOAD and UNLOAD Enhancements [DB2 9 for z/OS]
(Craig Mullins) This week we continue our exploration of the features and functionality of DB2 9 for z/OS with a look at what’s new in the IBM LOAD and UNLOAD utilities. The first question people seem to ask with regard to LOAD is “Has performance been improved?” And the answer is yes, due mostly to
Handle the long data entries in GridView
(Andrew Golik) This article presents how the GridView control can be implemented in case of dynamic creation. In this article, I have implemented it with TemplateFiled columns that are being added to GridView dynamically. The point is columns are being added dynamically to grid and all what is neede
Constraint Naming
(Howard Rogers) I work with a wonderful bunch of developers of whom I think very highly. Unfortunately, none of them seem to remember to name their constraints properly! I therefore have about 160 primary key constraints with names of the ‘SYS_C002553’ type -which is a right pain when trying to inte