(Craig Mullins) Here is another quick post in my series on new features in DB2 9 for z/OS.
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Distinct values of more than one column
(Rudy Limeback) How do I see distinct values of more than one column in a single SQL command? (R)
Shaping the future of secure Ajax mashups
(Brent Ashley) Current Web browsers weren’t designed to easily and securely get content from multiple sources into one page. Discover how developers have stretched the available tools to fit the task and how doing so has put strain on the resulting applications with respect to security and scalabili
Rails, Stored Procedures, Migrations, Mysql 5+ and … Trouble!
(Morten M. Christensen) This is a tale about Ruby On Rails, custom stored procedures for MySql 5 and how Rails 1.2.3 is not only opinionated against stored procedures but also actually incompatible with creating and sometimes calling (mysql) stored procedures. The tales does not end with a truly hap
How to trace a java application through a connection pool using DBMS_MONITOR
(Harm Verschuren) Much has been written on how to trace database sessions through a java application in all sort of different techniques. Since Oracle 10g a new technique is added to the tracing stack: DBMS_MONITOR. This blog briefly describes with code examples how you could use DBMS_MONITOR to tr
nXSLTC – an experimental XSLT compiler for .NET 3.5
(Oleg Tkachenko) So here is nXSLTC.exe v1.0b – an experimental XSLT compiler for .NET 3.5 (Visual Studio “Orcas”). Get it here (free open-source). I probably shouldn’t be building this tool, but I have my reasons.
Building Full-Text Search Applications with Oracle Text
(Marko Asplund) Oracle Text is a powerful search technology built into all Oracle Database editions, including the free Express Edition (XE). The development APIs provided by Oracle Text allow software developers to easily implement full-featured content search applications.
What’s Your Poison? XML, JSON, or HTML?
(Jeremy Keith) Ajax is language agnostic, at least on the server. It doesn’t matter what server-side language you use for your business logic. However, when you are requesting data from the server, the data that’s sent from the server must be formatted in a way that the browser can understand. Your
IBM Encourages Customers to Bring BI Back Home — to the Mainframe
(Stephen Swoyer) As many a grey-haired IT pro will tell you, the mainframe isn’t dead. In fact—and if recent market research is a reliable indicator—the mainframe has experienced a comeback of sorts: Big Time. Mainframe revenues are up, mainframe processing capacity (measured in MIPS) is at an all-t
TIP: Masked Textbox
(saifi hasan) When working with Web forms, you have to put in validation. Some validations are very common—such as Integer only, string only, web address, email address, SSN number, Date, and so forth. For pages that contain such type of validation, you have to do the repeated task of adding a textb