(Arup Nanda) Oracle Database 11g includes a ton of features that not only make jobs simpler—but in some cases, some common time-consuming operations have also been reduced to virtually one line. In this installment you will learn about some of those features.
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DB2 LUW Performance: Tuning LOGBUFSZ
(Scott Hayes) The database configuration parameter LOGBUFSZ controls the amount of memory that DB2 uses to buffer I/O to its recovery log files. The default size of 8 4K pages is grossly to small for most databases. This blog post introduces a new metric “Buffer Log Read hit Ratio” and offers tuning
SQL Server Ongoing Maintenance Best Practices
Last Day to Catch SQLonCall Tomorrow we’ll be posting the next SQLonCall show – now’s the time to catch the current show, all about things to think about when you’re considering and buying "black-box software" – those packaged solutions that work with your SQL Servers. > Watch the show here Work With Standards… Cross-Platform Part of the battle with teams […]
MySQL and VS 2005, New Webcasts Coming Up
Have You Seen the Latest SQL Server Weekly Show? Check out SelectViews – from SSWUG.ORG. The show is posted now and available for watching online. We cover a lot of different things in this episode – from working with management to our minicast about variables and stored procedures to updated software and much more. Check it out here. > Watch […]
pureQuery: IBM’s new paradigm for writing Java database applications
(Azadeh Ahadian) The project code named pureQuery gives database application developers an easy, GUI-based means to significantly increase productivity in both the design and implementation phases. This is accomplished through user-initiated automatic transformation of relational data into Java™ obj
Easily find tags and values in a large xml document using XmlTextReader in c#
(Liju Gopalan) In this article you will learn how to find tags and values in a large xml document using XmlTextReader in C#.
Tuning an Oracle Procedure
(JP Vijaykumar) I received mail from one of our developers to tune a procedure that is taking about eight hours to complete. Before, I start tuning the procedure, I want to understand the procedure and its background.
Box Clever – The WPF ListBox (2)
(Ged Mead) In the previous item on Listboxes I looked at some ways of tweaking a WPF ListBox which contained only strings. As the range of what can be included in a ListBox is far greater than simple strings, I want now to move on to more complex displays.
What a perfect match: DB2 9 for z/OS, pureXML, and the IOD Conference
(Willie Favero) There just seems to a lot of talk and al to of interest around pureXML right now. It may be one of the big reasons many customers are kicking the tires on DB2 9 for z/OS. After all, pureXML does come with the base DB2 for z/OS product. It’s cool and it’s no-charge. What else could on
Displaying Random Images in an ASP.NET Web Page
(Scott Mitchell) As web developers, we most often focus on backend web developer, buring our noses in defining and implementing the business logic, building CRUDs, and designing reports. Rarely are we concerned about maintaining the appearance and style of the website. For developers working in medi