(Stuart Litel) In my role as president of the International Informix Users Group (IIUG), I answer a lot of questions from Informix users. Three questions in particular arise again and again: Are there any administrative tools to help me with Informix? Where can I get help with Informix performance?
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Using Bind Variables
(Steve Muench) A bind variable is a placeholder in a SQL command for a value that will be supplied at runtime by the application. Because you can change the value of the bind variable as many times as needed without changing the actual text of the SQL command, the database can reuse the same stateme
SQL Server 2005: The Good, the Bad, and the Lovely
(Stephen Swoyer) SQL Server 2005 doesn’t so much constitute an overhaul as a rebirth of Microsoft Corp.’s business intelligence (BI) stack entire. Thanks to five years and more of gestation, many of the BI facilities Microsoft ships with SQL Server 2005 bear only a facile resemblance to their predec
XML Basics and Benefits
XML stands for Extensible Markup Language and it grew organically from the need to improve the functionality of Web technologies through the use of a more flexible and adaptable means to identify information.
Types and Objects in Python
(David M. Beazley) All the data stored in a Python program is built around the concept of an object. Objects include fundamental data types such as numbers, strings, lists, and dictionaries. It’s also possible to create user-defined objects in the form of classes or extension types. This chapter des
How to create columns dynamically in a grid view
(SaidevKumar) This article describes about how to create columns dynamically in a grid view. Many times we have the requirement where we have to create columns dynamically. This article describes you about the dynamic loading of data using the DataTable as the datasource.
Using the Enterprise Library Data Access Block for .NET 2.0
(Thiru Thangarathinam) ADO.NET provides many rich features that can be used to retrieve and display data in a number of ways, but even given such flexibility, sometimes developers find themselves repeating the same code again and again. For example, every data-driven application requires access to a
Service Oriented Architecture
(Joydip Kanjilal) Service Oriented Architecture is one of the most popular architectural paradigms today, but without any standardized reference model. It is an architecture that provides seamless Enterprise Information Integration between loosely coupled distributed applications or services over th
A Step-by-Step Guide To Using MySQL with ASP.NET – Part 3
(Ziran Sun) When it was written, part two was designed to be the end of the article. However, since then I’ve received a number of email messages requesting additional information. Therefore this part will attempt to address the questions raised in those messages and share what I’ve found while rese
FIX: The MSDE writer is not included when you try to use the Vssadmin.exe tool to list subscribed volume shadow copy writers
Consider the following scenario. On a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64-based computer that is running Microsoft SharePoint Team Services, you try to use the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) administrative command-line tool (Vssadmin.exe) to list subscribed volume shadow copy writers. You may notice