Twenty-three new webcasts are scheduled for May, covering such topics as Migrating from Access to SQL Server 2005 Express, Implementing Database Mirroring in SQL Server 2005, Creating Analytical Multidimensional Expression (MDX) Queries and more.
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Business Intelligence Solutions with HP Integrity Servers and Microsoft SQL Server 2005
This HP white paper describes the evolution of data warehousing systems and explains how standards-based, object-oriented programming has improved the newest generation of Business Intelligence (BI) software. The paper outlines key differences between components-based and integrated approaches to BI
Rich Internet Applications: Introduction to Adobe Flex and PHP
(Mike Potter) AJAX is popular for the creation of rich Internet applications, but there are good alternatives. This article will introduce you to Flex applications, rich Internet applications that run inside the Adobe Flash player.
Membership with Windows Accounts
(Brian Mains) The membership provider works really well for intranet and internet applications in how it validates the user and manages roles. But I’ve personally had a need to be able to use windows account that have been assigned application roles, as I don’t have access to the domain and can’t cr
Using Nulls in DB2
(Craig Mullins) A null represents missing or unknown information at the column level. If a column “value” can be null, it can mean one of two things: the attribute is not applicable for certain occurrences of the entity, or the attribute applies to all entity occurrences, but the information may not
Patterns: Building Serial and Parallel Processes for IBM WebSphere Process Server V6
(Martin Keen, Andy Garratt, Ed Grossman, Dennis Stilhoff, Dan Zrobok and Sunita Chacko) IBM WebSphere Process Server, and the accompanying IBM WebSphere Integration Developer development tool, provide a vast array of powerful features for building business process solutions. But how can you use thos
Smart List Box with Formatting and In-Line Buttons
(DougBangkok) The Smart List Box lets you define multiple vertical columns and add font controls to a standard list box facility.
MySQL Data Methods
(Paul Dubois) Virtually everything you do in MySQL involves data in some way or another because the purpose of a database management system is, by definition, to manage data. Even a simple SELECT 1 statement involves expression evaluation to produce an integer data value.
IBM DB2 Content Manager for iSeries
(Jack Boswell) DB2 Content Manager Standard Edition Version 8.3 provides an entry-level content management solution for small and medium-sized businesses. It shares common code with the Enterprise Edition and provides a single, open, comprehensive, and consistent framework to manage, share, reuse, a
FIX: You may receive error messages when you use linked servers in SQL Server 2000 on a 64-bit Itanium processor
When you use linked servers in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, you may receive one or more of the following error messages: Error message 1 SQL Server Assertion File : , Line = 501 Failed Assertion = ‘FALSE’ Invalid switch value