(Tony Patton) From its beginning, the .NET Framework allowed C# developers to use XML-style comments in their code. This feature was added to VB.NET with version 2.0. The compiler can use these comments to generate basic technical documentation. The end result of using the XML commenting feature is
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DB2 may help fix contention from index hot spots
(Willie Favero) Sometimes stuff just all ends up in one place no matter how hard you try to pick a key that will spread the data around. I worked on a system many years ago where we jumped through all sorts of strange hoops trying to insure some kind of even distribution of our index keys to avoid h
Weaving WebSphere: What’s New in WDSC 7
(Joe Pluta) Thoreau is considered an optimist. That’s why the statement above has a particularly dark tone to me. Of course, Thoreau was something of a Luddite, so I suppose I can understand his distrust of all things invented. Then there’s the other end of the spectrum, where all that glitters is g
Ajax.NET Professional Library
(Wallace B. McClure, Scott Cate, Paul Glavich and Craig Shoemaker) Every once in a while, a technology is extremely simplified with the introduction of new wrapper libraries. These libraries use existing technologies but make the development process easier to use by wrapping the sometimes difficult
How to Delete All the Stored Procedures in a SQL Server 2005 Database
(Peter Bromberg) I’ve been going through the learning curve with CodeSmith and the initial results are pretty interesting, especially with the free NetTiers template set. Man, does that generate a bunch of stored procs, entity and domain objects and controls! If you get used to the model, you are vi
More on My
(Peter Aitken) In an earlier article, we saw how to use My.Settings for an easy way to store and retrieve application settings. The My keyword has a lot more behind it, and any VB programmer needs to know about these features. My is available in any VB application without any effort on the programme
Native XML Support in DB2 Databases [DB2 9 for z/OS]
(Craig Mullins) One of the biggest technological advances in DB2 V9 is the ability to combine the management of structured and unstructured data. Basically, V9 will allow you to store data as native XML. This capability has already been introduced into V9 of DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows.
DRBD and Replication in the real world
(Mordred) It’s often quite tempting to make sweeping statements about the superiority of one approach to a problem over another. While various approaches often have advantages, in the real world often there are many competing criteria which make a black and white assessment of choices seem rather si
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RAC cold backup using RMAN
(José Valerio) Many times, experienced DBAs ask me how to make a cold backup to disk using RMAN, well the procedure is very trivial and explained below, use it at your own risk, its just provided for educational purposes.