(Baya Pavliashvili) Microsoft Analysis Services (MSAS) is a great tool for enabling business stakeholders to analyze data from various perspectives — and its growing popularity can be primarily attributed to its exceptional performance. (R)
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Handle errors in the data tier with SQL Server
(Tony Patton) Developers work hard to graciously handle exceptions so users don’t have to worry about the arcane system error messages. For this reason, exception handling is a standard part of every .NET application. The try/catch block allows you to catch exceptions and control application executi
Closing the Insight Loop
(Michael L. Gonzales) For years, organizations have invested in data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) environments in search of actionable insight — the promise of any BI system. But for many, this promise remains an illusion. That’s because BI, in and of itself, is never enough.
Microsoft-Specific XML files in Windows (Part I)
(Ed Tittel) You can learn a lot about XML and Windows by executing the following command sequence on any modern Windows (2000 or newer) desktop or server machine: cd c:dir *.xml /s >> xmlfiles.txt (R)
What is ‘RSS’ in Plain English and Do I Need It?
(Barbara White) RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is the talk around the net these days because of its many benefits. However many people are not really clear exactly what RSS is?
Search WebSphere Portal Document Manager using WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition
(Janet Lee) An enterprise search system provides extensive capabilities for searching any number of structured and unstructured data sources with a single point of access. The search components installed with WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition (OmniFind) can collect diverse enterprise
Leverage MySQL skills to learn DB2 Express: DB2 versus MySQL backup and recovery
(Allan W. Tham) This article serves as a skill transfer for existing MySQL database administrators to learn about DB2 Express-C edition for backup and recovery. You may already be familiar with the way databases are backed up and restored in MySQL; this article highlights the features and functions
Using DCSS/XIP with Oracle 10g on Linux for System z
(Lydia Parziale, Bruce Frank, Tom Russell, Barton Robinson and Tony Noto) Linux on IBM System z offers many advantages to customers who rely upon IBM mainframe systems to run their businesses. Linux on IBM System z takes advantage of the qualities of service in the IBM System z hardware and in z/VM
Examining ASP.NET 2.0’s Membership, Roles, and Profile – Part 5
(Scott Mitchell) ASP.NET 2.0 makes it quite easy to accomplish common tasks. Want to display data from a database, allowing the user to sort, edit, delete, and page through that data? Simply add and configure a SqlDataSource on the page, bind it to a GridView, check a few checkboxes in the GridView’
Object-Oriented JavaScript
(Greg Brown) JavaScript is not generally considered a robust programming language, especially when compared to languages such as Java or C#: it is interpreted, rather than compiled; it is dynamically, rather than statically, typed; and it is commonly considered a procedural, rather than an object-or