(Fred Sobotka) Yeah, I know…IDUG wrapped up its 2007 conference a while ago, but I took a bit of a vacation afterward, so I’m just starting to dig myself out of the pile of notes, business cards, and action items that I maneuvered my self into back in San Jose. I’m sharing my observations so those
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LOB Enhancements [DB2 9 for z/OS]
(Craig Mullins) IBM focused their attention on improving DB2’s ability to store and manage LOB data in Version 9. As anyone who has tried to use LOBs in a previous version of DB2 knows, the usability limitations were troublesome. But with Version 9, IBM chips away at some of the more annoying LOB li
What’s new in IDS Cheetah (IDS 11)?
(Mohan Saraswatipura, Radhika Gadde and Priyambada Behera) IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) is a fast and scalable database server that manages traditional relational, object-relational, and web-based databases. IDS supports alphanumeric and rich data, such as graphics, multimedia, geospatial, HTML
Code Access Security in .NET 2.0
(Uday Denduluri) Code access security is a concept of .NET Framework that restricts the execution privileges of the code on the resources and its operations. Usually administrators configure security policy of the code. This is done by sets of permissions with groups of code called as Code Groups. I
XSD Tutorial: XML Schemas For Beginners
(Simon Sprott) First, look at what an XML schema is. A schema formally describes what a given XML document contains, in the same way a database schema describes the data that can be contained in a database (table structure, data types). An XML schema describes the coarse shape of the XML document, w
Improving Productivity and Code Quality Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank
(Shari L. Gould) While increasing productivity and efficiency in the editor is important, developers now have a choice to also add an extensive set of user interface controls and frameworks at a remarkable price point that seems to be striking a resonant chord with the Visual Studio .NET community.
The running total self-join
(Rudy Limeback) How to find the cumulative sum without using an analytical function? (R)
Signing, encrypting, and decrypting Atom
(Nicholas Chase) Atom is a great format for relaying information, but what about security concerns? XML Digital Signatures can ensure that data comes from a trusted party and that it is unaltered, and XML Encryption can obscure sensitive information from prying eyes. But how can you use these techno
Serving up Server Alerts
(Steve Callan) How and when do alerts or informational messages about what’s taking place inside your database make their way out to you, the DBA par excellence? There are several ways, some free and some hand-crafted, to expose alerts and messages. Let’s face it, as the Oracle RDBMS engine becomes
plan_table changes
(Andrew Fraser) In versions 10g, plan_table exists as a public synonym of the global temporary table sys.plan_table$. That is all created automatically at database create time and when a database is upgraded to 10g (creation is in catplan.sql, which is called from catproc.sql and u*.sql scripts in $