(Munir Shaikh) Data Access Application Block(DAAB) simplifies development tasks that implement common data access functionality. Developer can use this application block in a variety of situations, such as reading data for display, passing data through application layers, and submitting changed data
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Saxon, NET and XInclude
(Oleg Tkachenko) Saxon, famous XSLT 2.0 and XQuery processor, supports XInclude since version 8.9. But in Java version only! When I first heard about it I thought “I have good XInclude implementation for .NET in Mvp.Xml library, let’s check out if Saxon on .NET works with XInclude.NET”. I did some t
Using WebSphere Developer for System z version 7 to connect to CICS
(Reginaldo Barosa) This tutorial teaches you how to use WebSphere Developer for System z to create and test Java code accessing CICS (TXSeries) that runs in the workstation, without having to deploy to the mainframe. (R)
Use XForms and Ajax to create an autosuggest form field
(Michael Galpin) Web application development has been revolutionized by Ajax. What was once a new and flashy technology is now becoming ubiquitous. End users are coming to expect that certain interactions with a Web application will be done “with no refresh,” in other words, using Ajax. The ubiquity
SQL Assistant 2.0
(Don Schlichting) SQL Assistant is an intellisense tool designed to increase DBA coding accuracy and productivity. It does this by injecting code snippets, automatic word completion, and attribute browsing into the SQL coding window. In addition, the product also includes syntax validation and code
Error message when you commit a distributed transaction that contains a query that retrieves data from a linked server in SQL Server 2005
Consider the following scenario. You use the SQL Native Client OLE DB provider (SQLNCLI) in SQL Server 2005 to create a linked server. You create a distributed transaction. The distributed transaction contains a query that uses the linked server to retrieve data from a table. When you commit the dis
ORA-02266: unique/primary keys in table referenced by enabled foreign keys
(Flavio Casetta) This error is easily explained with the help of a picture, courtesy of Oracle Application Express Model View.
All about .NET Framework 3.0
(himabindu vejella) I have been come across many people thinking that WinFx is not related to .NET Framework. The funniest answer I have gotten is that it is a fix related to Windows PC protection similar to WinFix. It is good decision from Microsoft for changing its name from .NET Framework 3.0.
Temporarily Changing an Unknown Password of the sa Account
(Rodney Landrum) I have been working with SQL Server since version 6.5. In the early days, SQL Authentication was a given and I understood most of its nuances. Eventually, SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 surfaced along with Active Directory and the promise of Windows Authentication, which was a godsend. Ver
The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Learning Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
(Kevin S. Goff) WCF is one of the exciting new capabilities in the .NET 3.0 Framework. It provides a unified and uniform programming model for building distributed applications. Those who previously built multiple code bases to deal with Web services and .NET remoting will surely come to appreciate