(Willie Favero) I know you all know that DB2 Visual Explain (VE) Version 8 (with Statistics Advisor) is extremely cool. You probably have used VE or have at least seen a presentation about it at one of the conferences. If you are a fan, I have news for you.
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Using SQL Server 2005 Web Services with InfoPath
(Travis Rhodes) Here’s your problem: You want to use a stored procedure in a database to access your data through InfoPath, but you don’t really want to have to write script for every query to change the stored procedure’s query parameters. We’ve all been there.
Optimize Your Resource Management with Brew and XML
Why, oh why, should you use yet another file to house string, image, and binary resources? With Brew there are several good reasons. As every experienced developer knows, each handset has its own quirks, differences, and eccentricities. You also know that no project has the same specification for mo
Build Ajax into your Web apps with Rails
(Jack D. Herrington) Ruby on Rails provides an excellent platform for building Web applications. Discover how to use the built-in Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) features of the platform to give your application the Web 2.0 rich user interface experience.
Real-world Apache Derby: Who needs Ajax, anyway?
(Dave Warner) Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) is a dynamite technique for greatly enhancing the user experience on the Web. But it pays to remember that it’s only necessary because of the distance between the information source and the browser. Shorten that distance, and much of the need for Aj
The Two Biggest Database Performance ‘Things’
(Craig S. Mullins) Database performance is one of those perennial topics that people just can’t seem to get enough of. I guess this is so because the performance of database applications is one of the bigger issues that end users complain about. And DBAs can be heroes if they can resolve performance
Looking back and ahead at .NET
(Tony Patton) This year, many new tools and products were released that greatly simplify developers’ lives. Before we dive into a new year with new products and projects, I want to take a moment to reflect on this year by highlighting the major platform and product releases. Then, I will look ahead
Mike Gunderloy’s top .NET development tools of 2006
(Mike Gunderloy) It’s been another fun year in software. As always, there have been thousands of programs released, free and otherwise, to compete for space on your computer. Nobody has time to try them all, of course, but here are some of the ones that have caught my eye this year and that have had
The evolution of Web Services and .NET 2.0
(John Charles) Web services standardization started with the submission of the SOAP 1.1 specification to the W3C. Later, SOAP with Attachments, and WSDL were submitted to W3C. The adoption and use of the Web services specifications (SOAP and WSDL) have grown for the addition of extended specificatio
Generate Permutations for Characters or Numbers
(Frank Zhou) This query generates permutations for X number of unique characters or numbers.