(René Nyffenegger) In my last blog entry, I have written a little Excel macro. This macro opens a connection to an Oracle database, issues a select statement and then iterates over each record within the result set. For each record, it also iterates over each attribute within this record.
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Fusion cooking
(Benjamin De Boe) Fusion is hot, not only in many modern kitchens, but also at Oracle, where it means the synergy between our middleware and applications offering. As you might know, the next version of our eBusiness Suite, quite appropriately referred to as Oracle Fusion Applications, is being buil
Using Substitution Variables
You ever had a time when you wanted to run a SQL script, but the values it used had to change dynamically every time you run it? I sure have. Oracle itself (believe it or not) proposes two solutions to this task. One is to use the substitution variable marker & or the &&. What’s the difference b
VB .NET Tip: Assembly Deployment Best Practices
(Bill Hatfield) Deployment issues often get swept aside when deadlines overtake you and getting it out the door is all that matters. But, if maintaining the code is also a consideration, you’d do well to take note of the following assembly deployment best practices.
Juggling Multiple Teams and Languages Is Easier than Ever
(Rikki Kirzner) Software architects or developers—are you developing applications in heterogeneous and/or globally distributed environments? If so, are you getting fed up with using multiple tools and processes to support and synchronize your efforts? Do you need a more productive, agile, and holist
SQL Server 2005 Command Line Tool ‘SQLCMD’ – Part III
(Muthusamy Anantha Kumar) In Part I and part II we saw a few ways of using the SQL Server 2005 SQLCMD command line utility. In Part III of this series, I am going to illustrate how to use scripting variables, startup scripts and variable substitution.
Easily manipulate data with the GridView control in ASP.NET 2.0
(Tony Patton) Last week, I introduced ASP.NET 2.0’s GridView data control and covered the basics of using it. This week, I go a step further by going into the details of working with the data contained in the control. This includes viewing, editing, and deleting data. Thankfully, the GridView contro
Use XForms to create a dynamic Web search
(Stony Yakovac) The tight integration XForms has with XML makes it perfect for viewing the results of XML-based APIs. At the same time, it’s powerful enough to create a dynamic interface that can react to changing conditions. This article explains how to use these capabilities by showing you how to
Introducing MySQL Duplicate Key Checker
(Xaprb) I’ve just released MySQL Duplicate Key Checker on SourceForge. This is a complete rewrite of a tool I initially released under a slightly different name. It is now much more powerful and friendlier to use, especially for scripting, and has many more options.
IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal: Sharing business processes in a team environment using WebSphere Business Modeler and CVS
(Emilio F Zegarra) This article illustrates how to use the team environment capabilities in IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced V6.0.2 to configure and use Concurrent Versioning System (CVS) as a source control tool to enable the sharing of business processes. This article is intended for busine