(Bipin Joshi) If you’ve ever traveled to unfamiliar destinations, you know the importance of maps. They help you to travel easily, making your journey more pleasurable. The same holds true for Web sites. A Web site should present visitors with a simple yet flexible navigation structure so that they
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Trace the evolution of rows with Oracle 10g’s Flashback Versions Query
(Bob Watkins) One of the trickiest problems to troubleshoot is the interaction between multiple applications that access the same data. Although each application in itself may be well-behaved, each app may make assumptions about the data that another doesn’t. As a result, rows can appear, get change
Smaller businesses take another look at open source apps
(Jack Loftus) A surge in IT spending among small and medium-sized businesses is raising hopes among freeware advocates that a flurry of new open source products will spur the corporate use of Linux. (R)
Get a Clear Picture of Your Database
(Paul Tuohy) Once upon a time, life was simple when it came to determining dependencies in a database: You simply ran a Display Database Relationships ( DSPDBR) command to see all of the logical files that were built over a physical file. Of course, you had to run the DSPDBR command for all the
OpenAJAX Alliance Sets Road Map
(Darryl K. Taft) The semiformal effort to set a direction for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML-style development got off to a sound start, setting the tone for the group’s goals and establishing a name for itself: the OpenAJAX Alliance.
Oracle Bid For Portal Software Delayed
(David A. Utter) Portal CEO Dave Labuda announced the sale of his company to Oracle in April. The $220 million deal appeared to be a fait accompli given the company’s shaky history according to a Mercury News report.
Reporting Services tool set in Management Studio goes real-time
(Jeremy Kadlec) In SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager, the Task Pad view was really the only native-reporting interface available and it was limited to database and object-related information. In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft integrates Management Studio and Reporting Services to provide snapshots of r
First Look at the Class Designer
(Bradley Jones) In Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft has added a new tool called the Class Designer. This now workspace and toolbox can be found in most of the editions of non-free versions Visual Studio 2005.
IBM To Ship Tivoli Change/Configuration Management Software
(Dan Neel) IBM said it plans to ship its much-anticipated Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) software on June 30.
Converting a List of Data to XML using Microsoft Excel 2003
(Mike Ellison) Microsoft Excel 2003 supports XML in a variety of ways. One application of this XML functionality is the ability to export a list of data to an XML format. This is particularly useful when working with data originally in comma-separated value files (.csv files) or fixed-width data fil