(Chris Smith) Database indexes help speed up retrieval of data, they can significantly improve performance – the other great benefit of that is your server doesn’t have to work as hard to get the data. They are much the same as book indexes, providing the database with quick jump points on where to
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List of .NET 2.0 and C# 2.0 new features
(Patrick Smacchia) The list of .NET 2.0 and C# 2.0 new features is extracted from the appendix of the book Practical .NET2 and C#2. All mentioned features are thoroughly covered in the book.
Problem Avoidance for WebSphere Application Server Version 6 for z/OS
(Rica Weller, Per Fremstad, Kiet Nguyen, Suresh Maddukuri and Rajesh Pericherla) This Redpaper is intended for system programmers and administrators working with WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V6. It is targeted towards those who need to identify problems, analyze them and fix them in an effi
Using REST with Ajax
(Nic Ferrier) This article shows how to use Ajax techniques to make webapps with REST APIs.
Connect Flash to a Database Using Sockets
(Razvan Petrescu) For someone coming to ActionScript development from a traditional client-server background, connecting Flash to a database is a bit of a black art. In the .NET or Java world, you simply open a connection to a database and perform database operations by calling the database directly
Surveying Your Application Needs
(Raj Mattamal) As a product manager for Oracle Application Express (formerly Oracle HTML DB), I often want to gather feedback on workshops or training sessions I deliver. Using Oracle Application Express to quickly create surveys has proven to be so useful that I figured I’d write about it. Even tho
Build More Robust Databinding Apps
(Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo) Databinding lies at the heart of many presentation layers in .NET-based applications. It’s easy to see why. It’s a powerful feature, and many demonstrations of .NET showcase databinding techniques to build data-driven applications. The ease at which Visual Studio .NET allows f
SQL Server and .NET Training and Career Development
(Douglas Reilly) A number of years ago, I wrote a blog entry entitled “Who is Responsible for your Career?“. It was perhaps the second most popular post I ever wrote (judging by reads and referrals), and it generated a large number of comments and other blog entries, both pro and con.
FIX: The MSSQLServerOLAPService service restarts unexpectedly when you use the ALTER CUBE statement in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services
When you use the ALTER CUBE statement to insert a new member as a second generation descendant into a writeback-enabled parent-child dimension, the MSSQLServerOLAPService service restarts unexpectedly.