(Mary Hayes Weier) When banks, retailers, hospitals, and other businesses talk about allowing access to data internally and with partners, they’re often talking about their customers’ personal data: addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, etc. At IBM, distinguished engineer Jeff Jonas has
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Dynamic management function query to view disk I/O pressure
(Louis Davidson) The sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats dynamic management function returns I/O statistics for data and log files [MDF and LDF file], with two parameters, one for database_id and another for the file_id. This function will help you to identify I/O file level.
IDUG is coming, IDUG is coming. Will you be there?
(Willie Favero) I know, you don’t have a clue what this post is going to be about, do you… LOL
Using managed code to detect what .NET Framework versions and service packs are installed
(Scott Dorman) Now that the .NET Framework v3.0 has been released, developers are faced with the possibility of multiple framework versions being installed on the same machine. The .NET architecture was designed to allow multiple versions of a component to be installed and run at the same time on a
DB2 Change Management Expert, Part 1: Integrating DB2 Change Management Expert and Rational Data Architect
(Carolyn Henry, Leila Johannesen, Don Langworthy and Patti Tonello) This article highlights the integration between IBM DB2 Change Management Expert, IBM’s newest tool for database change management, and Rational Data Architect. You’ll learn about the common look and feel, the strengths of each prod
Use XForms to create an accounting tool, Part 3: Developing asset management functionality
(syakovac) This six-part series demonstrates how to leverage the power of XForms in conjunction with MySQL and PHP for support processing to create an online accounting tool called X-Trapolate. Every good programming technology possesses a range of problems it excels at solving. The series highlight
DRBD in the real world
(Eric Bergen) I’ve noticed a few blog posts recently about people saying how great DRBD is as a fail over mechanism for MySQL. My experience with DRBD has been the complete opposite. It offers almost no benefit over binary log replication for typical MySQL setups and prevents a few things that are p
Oracle Application Express 3.0 a credible alternative to Microsoft Access?
(Donal Daly) I hope most people know by now that Oracle Application Express (APEX) 3.0 has gone production, is available for download from OTN and our hosted instance, apex.oracle.com had also been upgraded to 3.0.
Is XML the Future of UI Development?
(Jonathan Allen) Or is it JavaScript? A common trend in the new crop of desktop UI frameworks is that they are XML based with some sort of support for JavaScript. We take a brief look at AJAX, WPF/XAML, Flex/MXML, and Firefox’s Gran Paradiso.
Using Views to Enforce Business Rules
(David Moloney) A view is most commonly thought of as a SELECT statement. Most developers will simply create a view to “group” complex SELECT statements for reuse within another view or stored procedures. It makes typing easier! But the really power of views is their ability to implement business ru