(Marco Gralike) If you like it or not, but XMLDB will be an important component of your new Oracle 11g database. I didn’t really looked into the new dependencies regarding other features of the database. I tested mainly on Oracle 11g XMLDB storage functionality, but today, fiddling around with the n
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Develop Web services to integrate SAP with DB2 and Oracle using IBM WebSphere MQ
(Judith Myerson) Explore how to develop Web services that get SAP to talk to IBM DB2 (or DB2 9) and Oracle without resulting in system overloads. This article includes examples of how you can use IBM WebSphere MQ in the development process.
ASP.NET Memory Issue: High memory usage in a 64bit w3wp.exe process
(Tess Fernandez) By default when you run IIS on a 64-bit machine you will still be running a 32-bit w3wp.exe, so apart from a few differences, like being able to use 4 GB virtual bytes instead of 2 GB virtual bytes the difference in debugging an issue on 32-bit vs. 64-bit is not that big. You will
Interoperability and Migration from Java to .NET
(John Paul Mueller) Many organizations have a mix of .NET and Java code today. Unfortunately, it appears that the two language platforms are incompatible, causing considerable woe for users and developers alike; or are they? The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that you can interact with Ja
Learning Oracle ADF: Creating Java objects from database tables
(Rex Baldazo) If you’re like me, trying to learn a new programming technology in your spare time can be difficult. Unless it’s part of your immediate responsibilities at work there’s little real motivation pushing you to learn. That’s how it has been with me and Oracle ADF (Application Development F
Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET 2.0: Customizing the Editing Interface
(Scott Mitchell) In the last installment of this article series, Updating Basics, we looked at how to configure the SqlDataSource control to issue UPDATE statements to a database. We then saw how the GridView control can work in tandem with the SqlDataSource control to provide a simple web-based edi
Understanding Custom Events using Visual Basic.NET 2005
(Jagadish Chaterjee) This article teaches you how to declare and handle events using Visual Basic.NET 2005. It assumes the reader is familiar with object-oriented programming in Visual Basic.NET.
Reporting Services Crib Sheet
(Robyn Page and Phil Factor) SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) aims to provide a more intuitive way of viewing data. It allows business users to create, adapt and share reports based on an abstraction or ‘model’, of the actual data , so that they can create reports without having to understand th
Logical Functions: IsGeneration(): Conditional Logic within Filter Expressions
(William Pearson) In this article, we will examine IsGeneration(), once again as a conditional logic modifier, but within the context of a filter. Combining IsGeneration() with the MDX Filter() function is another way we commonly see it in action in the business environment, and our exposure to the
Introduction to Parameterization in SQL Server
(Bill Graziano) In a previous article I showed how to look at what query plans are in SQL Server’s memory. In this article I’ll look at how they got there and how and when they get reused. This is commonly called compiling a query plan. More specifically I’ll look at how and when SQL Server can p