(ahk2chan) In order to use the DB2 explain tool, which shows you the access plan of a query, you need to setup the tables used by the tool.
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XQuery, libferris, and Virtual Filesystems
(Ben Martin) By bringing together an XQuery engine and a virtual filesystem you can use a familiar query language to access relational databases, Berkeley db4 databases, kernel filesystems, and network files as well as XML. libferris, at its, core is a virtual filesystem allowing many different data
XML Driven Validation
(Subal Mishra) Input validation ensures a user not only enters or selects values when required but also enters appropriate and correctly formatted values. Any user input form/window that support insert, update, delete or any calculated functions are all common scenarios where input validation should
An Introduction to VoiceXML
(Frank Coyle) Welcome to the first of a series of articles on VoiceXML, an XML technology that is driving many of the phone based services that you may well be already using. If you’ve ever called the airlines to check the status of your flight, dialed 1.800.FANDANGO for a movie location or ordered
Creating Objects in JavaScript
(Jeff Cogswell) If you’re coming from another language knowing what objects and classes are, JavaScript’s own version of objects and classes can be a little frustrating at first. The object architecture in JavaScript is quite different from other languages. But that’s not to say it isn’t useful or p
ASP.NET Charting with NPlot
(Olav Lerflaten) Three years ago I wrote an article here on 4Guys titled ASP.NET Charting Using Office Web Components (OWC) that examined how to use OWC as a charting engine in ASP.NET applications. OWC is still a very powerful charting engine, but unfortunately it carries with it some serious drawb
.NET 3.5 Language Enhancements
(John Papa) While Visual Studio 2008, the several variations of LINQ, and the ADO.NET Entity Framework are getting a lot of attention in the upcoming .NET Framework 3.5, there are also several key language enhancements on the near horizon. Many of the language enhancements (which will be found in VB
VS 2008 Web Designer and CSS Support
(Scott Guthrie) One of the big features that web developers will quickly discover with VS 2008 is its dramatically improved HTML designer, and the rich CSS support it brings.
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition – Part 3 – Installation
(Marcin Policht) In the first two installments of our series dedicated to SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, we have presented an overview of its most basic characteristics, focusing on those that distinguish it from its predecessor, Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 as well its contemporaries (oth
Partition switching in SQL Server 2005
(Tim Chapman) Last week, I showed how you can use the new table and index partitioning features in SQL Server 2005 to split your table data across one or more filegroups. In this article, I demonstrate how you can modify those defined partitions so that you can easily and efficiently add new data.