(Mosha Pasumansky) In this article we will discuss some of the best practices around writing efficient Analysis Services stored procedures using server ADOMD.NET. These days there is plenty of information about writing efficient MDX – in books, whitepapers, blogs, forums etc. Just recently Microsoft
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Changing Dimensions in Parent Child Hierarchies
(Richard Tkachuk) A changing dimension is a common issue in many OLAP applications. The problem is pretty broad: – Members moving around. For example, after a company reorganization a sales region can be moved from one area to another. – Characteristics of a dimension member change, For example,
How can you tell if an index is being used?
(Paul Randal) Whenever I’m discussing index maintenance, and specifically fragmentation, I always make a point of saying ‘Make sure the index is being used before doing anything about fragmentation’.
Making XML/XSLT driven site using PHP
XML and XSLT technologies provides standard ways of separation of presentation and data. This article contains an example of simple php “xslt engine” for XML driven web-sites which implements caching techniques and Apache-based XML file processing.
Oracle Debuts Application Integration Architecture
(Erika Morphy) Oracle’s new integration architecture is not a substitute or even an interim step leading to Fusion’s introduction. Rather, it is a process-centric tool, allowing customers to extend the platform to their legacy applications and otherwise manage processes that rely on several differen
HOW TO: Pipeline XSLT Transformations in .NET 2.0 Applications
(Oleg Tkachenko) I mean pre-XProc XSLT pipeline – just when you need to transform an XML document by a sequence of XSLT stylesheets – output from the first transformation goes as input to the second one and so on. This is useful technique helping dramatically simplify your complex multi-stage XSLT s
Atlas Client Controls
(Christian Wenz) In this first article of a three-part series, you’ll learn about the client-side controls that ship with Atlas. These behave very similar to ASP.NET web controls.
Spatial and DB2 9 for z/OS
(Willie Favero) DB2 9 for z/OS is getting very close to giving you the ability to store and manage spatial information in a DB2 mainframe database. Just about every company I can think of probably has a use for spatial data. If you can describe where “something” is and have a need for the piece of i
Using Localized Resources with Enterprise Library 3 Validation
(Brian Mains) Localization and Globalization are key terms in web development these days. Companies are pushing their sites into global markets, creating a need to develop diverse web sites and client applications. This requires the developer of an application to plan appropriately in the design a
Use IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition REST APIs
(Arthur Choi) Learn how you can easily access a freely downloadable search engine, IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition (referred to simply as OmniFind in this article), from your custom applications. OmniFind provides a Representational State Transfer (REST) Web service to expose its search and document pus