(Gregory A. Larsen) How can you monitor changes to your Database Schema? Why would you want to track changes to your database structure? You might want to track changes to your database data definitions for a number of different reasons. With the introduction of SQL Server 2005, Microsoft now allows
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SQL Server Session Management Mode in .NET
(Sandeep Acharya) In a web application the role of session management is very critical. Most of the languages available today do not really support different modes of session management. They used to follow the traditional way of maintaining the session that is through web servers.
Cool things you can do with XPath in XForms
(Nicholas Chase) If you’ve done any work in XML, you’re probably familiar with XPath, the expression language that enables you to select portions of an XML document. If you’ve worked with XForms, you’re definitely familiar with it; you can’t build an XForms form without it! But XPath enables you to
Add stability to your ASP.NET applications with AppDomains
(Tony Patton) A colleague recently approached me about the concept of an application domain within ASP.NET. It took a minute to jog my memory about this security feature in the .NET Framework. If you could use a refresher on application domains, here’s a quick overview of the concept.
Hooking in Microsoft .NET
(Sudeesh.P) The Win32 hook is a mechanism by which user-defined functions can be intercepted before an event reaches the target application. Hooks decreases system performance due to the additional processing required for each message. So, they should be installed only when necessary and uninstalled
Opening the package
(Tim Anderson) The idea of making XML the default document format in Microsoft Office 2007 is to enable universal access. Since XML is mainly plain text, applications can read, write and create the new formats without resorting to COM automation. Even Web applications written in PHP and running on L
Viper 2 : We’re going AUTOMATIC
(Philip Nelson) Try these two commands on a V9.1 DB2 for LUW (UNIX or Linux) server – db2 “get dbm cfg”|grep AUTO db2 “get db cfg for dbname”|grep AUTO
DB2 for z/OS Administration Tools for Enhanced Change Management
(Paolo Bruni, Lucy Krantz, Frank Nikodem, Guenter Pfann and Marc White) A database administrator (DBA) has a challenging job trying to maintain databases in today’s nonstop 24×7 environments. This challenge is compounded by the complexity of database structures and the time pressure of trying to be
Working with the Tidy Library in PHP 5
(Alejandro Gervasio) As a PHP developer, you’ve probably developed database-driven applications that deliver their contents in (X)HTML format to the end user. If so, you know that when you work directly with hard-coded (X)HTML files, you risk forgetting to close tags and DTD headers, making the proc
Oracle 11g – XMLType Storage Options
(Marco Gralike) Though also a recap on presentations of Oracle Open World 2006, where I pinpointed on XML and XMLDB sessions, now it is time to go a little bit further into these great new features that will be available in Oracle 11g regarding XMLDB functionality. One of the big steps forward to fu