(Martin Hubel) As a mainframe DB2 person who moved onto DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows, I regularly compare the differences between the DB2 products that run on the z/OS platform and wide range of platforms supported by DB2 for LUW.
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Portable Sequence Generation with MySQL
(Kevin Burton) Today I needed the ability to create a Oracle-style sequence generator outside of the normal MySQL auto-increment functionality.
Call the Key Master! (Encryptions keys that is)
Featured Article(s) Risk Management — Prevention is better than cure [Part I] No risk no gain – an old proverb but not an obsolete one. You can have gains attained at the cost of risks taken; this is true and a universal reality. Whatever your venture is, you have to face many risks on your path. Sometimes it is anticipated […]
SQL Server Versions: Faster! Slower! Wait! Go!
Watch the Latest SelectViews SQL Server Weekly Show We posted the show to the site on Friday – watch it online here. SQL Server Versions I’ve had a number of you mention that you’re concerned about the versioning with SQL Server. Specifically, with the shorter version cycles, new updates, service packs and such coming at a faster rate, how will […]
Oracle Plans To Patch 46 Vulnerabilities Next Week
(Sharon Gaudin) Oracle announced that next Tuesday it will release patches for 46 vulnerabilities across its product lines.
Introduction to XML Elements
An element in an XML document is an object that starts with a start-tag, may contain a value, and may end with an end-tag. Based on this, the combination of a start-tag, the value, and the end-tag is called an element. An element can be more than that but for now, we will consider that an element is
New Built-in Functions [DB2 9 for z/OS]
(Craig Mullins) DB2 9 for z/OS introduces a bevy of new built-in functions (BIFs) for programmers to use in their SQL statements. It is important to keep track of the BIFs available in DB2 because BIFs simplify your coding and development. Invoking a function is always easier than trying to write th
XBRL – Breaking Into the Equity Analysis Bastion
(Raghuvir Mukherji) After giving traders and order routers a bad scare in the form of algorithmic trading, technology is now in a position to threaten equity analysts, or make their job simpler, depending on where one is in the equity analysis ‘value chain’. The advent of the internet and the use of
Checkbox Grids in ASP.NET
(Jon Galloway) A simple checkbox grid is often the best user interface for mapping multiple selections in multiple categories.
New Features in Enterprise Library 3.0: Validation Block
(Thiru Thangarathinam) Almost any application you write that accepts input requires some sort of validation to meet the business requirements. One example is when you need to validate user-entered or externally acquired data before persisting it in the database. .NET provides a rich set of features