(Daniel Rubio) With leading internet portals offering extremely detailed mapping services, end users now expect a lot when encountering a digital map—and with it, the bar for developing these types of applications has raised considerably.
Other News
Schema.ini override and bulk upload using SQLXML
(Aravind Rajagopal K) This article shows how to override Schema.ini file on the fly to facilitate bulk uploads and also shows how to use SQLXML feature to do bulk upload into SQL Server 2000 table.
Exploring LINQ, SQLMetal and SqlTac
(Steven R. McCabe) If you’re a .NET developer, working with or without a database on the back-end, your world is about to change. The emergence of LINQ and SQLMetal technologies will mark a fundamental change to your development approach to collections, and provide a simpler, more consistent way of
XML and Java technology: Data binding in 1,000 varieties
(Brett D. McLaughlin, Sr.) Beyond using XML as a simple data format, data binding is one of the most popular uses of XML. It allows even beginner programmers to work with XML in a native programming language, and in many cases doesn’t require any XML expertise at all. This article doesn’t present a
New Library Classes in ‘Orcas’
(Mike Downen, Inbar Gazit and Justin Van Patten) For the next version of the Microsoft .NET Framework (which will ship with the next release of Visual Studio currently code-named “Orcas”), its assemblies have been divided into two groups, internally referred to as “red bits” and “green bits.” The re
Creating, Editing, and Managing Report Models for Reporting Services
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), a component of Microsoft SQL Server, is a comprehensive, server-based platform that enables the creation, management, and delivery of traditional paper-oriented reports, interactive Web-based reports, end-user ad hoc reports, and embedded reports. An i
So, are Database Stored Procedures Good or Bad?
(Roland Bouman) A little less than a week ago, I opened a zoomerang survey about database stored procedures. In this post, I’m presenting the results.
How do I… Enforce domain integrity for SQL Server data using CHECK constraints?
(Susan Hawkins) You might think that simple data errors aren’t terribly important, but even a small error can do a lot of damage. For instance, an incorrect ZIP code doesn’t seem too serious–until a new customer’s order doesn’t show up. Or imagine your best salesperson’s surprise when a commission
Benchmarking node restart time in 5.1
(Johan Andersson) When you have a node failure the best practice is to restart the ndbd node as soon as possible.
DB2 9 Memory Requirements
(Martin Packer) Twice the “128GB” question has come up in newsgroups (the latest in DB2-L). This sort of thing freaks people out – so let me tell you what I know of the matter…