(Paul Kimmel) There are few idioms and constructs that Visual Basic .NET cannot touch. Although not especially good at pointers and addresses, VB .NET and C# enable a developer to emulate, contrive, or precisely reproduce almost everything else that even the most complex languages, such as C++, offe
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Why Oracle Works the Way it Does (3) – Data Blocks Part 1
(Dratz) If you could only pick one thing in Oracle to know well, you should pick the DATA BLOCK. It is the key to everything worth doing in Oracle.
Making WS-Reliability reliable
(Daniel Rubio) As the adoption curve for Web services continues to evolve, merely alleviating the distributed communication headaches of heterogeneous platforms will not be enough for many projects. Even though interoperability figures at the top of list for most people considering Web services, dis
Creating Geospatial Portlets Using the IBM Rational Spatial Integration Adapter
(Andre Tost and Victor Dogaru) In this article you learn how the IBM Rational Spatial Integration Adapter facilitates the development of geospatial portlets. It will demonstrate some of the features of the spatial adapter, from building a simple spatial portlet to customizing one of the samples pack
How to serialize a CTreeCtrl in XML
(Andreas Loeffler) A while ago I had to come up with a solution on how to serialize a CTreeCtrl – or a derived class from it – with XML, e.g. loading and saving its content in a XML file without destroying the tree structure of the items.
IBM DB2 ‘Viper’ revs XML engine
(Sean McCown) Code-named “Viper” and due for release in early summer, will be more worthy of its “Universal Database” tagline than previous versions. Not only does Viper contain an extensive list of enhancements that cover everything from security and development to storage and administration, but t
Using SQL Server Profiler with Analysis Services
(Jeremy Kadlec) Analysis Services was originally introduced with SQL Server 7.0 as the core backend technology for Microsoft’s business intelligence offering. Since the original release, the overall business intelligence offering has improved immensely for both the presentation and processing layers
Build and Deploy a .NET COM Assembly
(Phil Wilson) In this article I’ll build a .NET COM assembly following the recommended best practices, and show you how to deploy it with a Visual Studio Setup & Deployment Project. I’ll also show you two types of client for the COM object (early binding and late binding) and discuss the advantages
Working with MagicAJAX
(Mohammad Azam) In this article, we will look at the MagicAJAX Library which helps make the client side postback calls and provides a smoother user experience. The article will cover the development of a small application that is used to add and view user specific tasks.
Working with VARRAYs in Oracle Part I
(James F. Koopmann) This is the first in a three part series that will take you through the process of creating VARRAYs and dealing with them in Oracle tables.