(Antone Gonsalves) Oracle Corp. unveiled a suite of components that enable large corporations to provide a single sign-on and authentication mechanism for accessing mainframe, client/server and Web applications.
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Loading a SQL Server 2005 DWH faster with partitioned tables
(r.stropek) SQL Server 2005 now offers the possibility to partition tables and indexes. Using this feature can boost you DWH load. It will not necessarily enhance your query performance but it will make the typical tasks of loading the DWH DB easier.
Reporting Hierarchical Recursive Data with MS Reporting Services using C#
(asif.blog) I will start with a question here. How many of you had chance to interact with Employee table from sample database Northwind? There you go… I can imagine countless hands in air, and why not it is one of the standard databases comes with both Access and SQL server. All right, are we
Changing to a shared server
(Gregory Williams) To change your Oracle 9i release 2 database from a dedicated server to a shared server, you must change the number of dispatchers to at least one. (R)
Managing MySQL User Accounts
(Paul Dubois) This section describes how to set up accounts for clients of your MySQL server. It discusses the following topics: –The meaning of account names and passwords as used in MySQL and how that compares to names and passwords used by your operating system –How to set up new accounts a
.NET Tip: Using a Parameter Array in Your Functions
(Eric Smith) Most functions require a set list of parameters to operate. However, you’ll create some functions that need a variable list of parameters. A good example of this is the AppendFormat method of the StringBuilder class. Depending on the format string you specify, you may need zero addition
SharePoint 2007 Forms Authentication
(Nick Swan) It’s easy when you know how! I’ve been playing around with Beta 2 of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for a couple of weeks now trying to get Forms Authentication to work. Together with Dan Winter from Microsoft and Adam Tybor I’ve got an internet presence site working with Forms
Getting Started with WebSphere Enterprise V6
(Bill Moore, Martin Keen, Antonio Carvalho, Michael Hamann, Prasad Imandi, Ron Lotter, Philip Norton, Christian Ringler and Gabriel Telerman) IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus is a flexible connectivity infrastructure for integrating applications and services. It is designed to enable the develop
Analysis: Collaborating With Documents, Managing With XML
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