(Michael Schwartz) This article explains the various content retrieval options you can use and when to use each one based upon my experience of working with DB2 Content Manager, Version 8. This article first provides a listing of all the content retrieval options with a description of each option, t
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New Features in Visual Studio 2005 Windows Forms
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(Scott Lowe) SQL Server isn’t a product that Microsoft updates very often, so when they do release an upgrade, it has the potential to be significant. As such, there are a number of changes you should understand before you begin planning the leap from SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 7 to the recently
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FIX: You receive an error message when you try to rebuild the master database after you have installed hotfix builds in SQL Server 2000 SP4 64-bit
In SQL Server 2000, you receive an error message when you try to rebuild the master database. This problem occurs when the following conditions are true: • You are running SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) 64-bit, and you have installed hotfix builds. Note This problem does not occur in SQL
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Using XML: A PHP Developer’s Primer
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You may receive an ‘OLE DB provider ‘‘ supplied inconsistent metadata for a column’ error message when you issue an SQL query statement against a DB2 table in Host Integration Server
In Microsoft Host Integration Server, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following when you issue an SQL query statement: Server: Msg 7356,Level 16,State 1,Line 1 OLE DB provider ‘Provider Name’ supplied inconsistent metadata for a column. Metadata information was changed at