(John Peterson) While some of you have been playing with Visual Studio 2005 for a while now, many of you probably either haven’t found the time or are a little worried about messing up your current development environment. This article will give you a quick look at Microsoft’s latest development env
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Space that a table uses is not completely released after you use a DELETE statement to delete data from the table in SQL Server
After you use a DELETE statement in Microsoft SQL Server to delete data from a table, you may notice that the space that the table uses is not completely released. When you then try to insert data in the database, you may receive the following error message: Could not allocate space for object ‘T
Create and Manage Multiple J2EE Deployment Descriptors During your Build Cycle
(Steve Taylor) J2EE developers working in a standard lifecycle model often face challenges in managing deployment descriptors for the different lifecycle stages. In larger J2EE development environments where IT governance is an issue, developers follow a strict process of promoting their J2EE applic
TGIF: .Net framework and its design goals
(george.p.alexander) “George! You’re giving a .Net framework presentation for the team….next Friday.” So busy and hooked up on my project at work last Friday, I almost missed that one liner from my boss. I gave a “yeah…sure boss!” and went back to work forgetting about the whole thing in the mids
RACing ahead with Oracle on VMware Series – Part 7
(Tarry Singh) I have gotten many e-mails from professionals and novices alike, and can fully understand the sentiment of taking all the pains of getting ready to install the Oracle installer (Clusterware is more sensitive to this), and then it just won’t budge beyond an error. In one sense, it is go
Obtain important file information with these PHP file functions
(Mellonfire) As a Web developer, it’s common to have to interact with files on disk: check disk usage, read file permissions, find file modification times, and read file contents. Fortunately PHP comes with a full-fledged set of file functions for just this purpose and this document lists them all,
Cursor In, Cursor Out
(Mark A. Williams) A ref cursor is a reference to a result set that resides in server memory. When a ref cursor is opened, no data is initially returned to the client. Instead, the address where the data resides is passed to the client and the client can choose how and when to process the data repre
Partners Plant Ecosystem Around Freebie DB2
(Lisa Vaas) Coinciding with IBM’s release of its freebie DB2 version— DB2 Universal Database Express-C (Community Edition)—on Jan. 30, partners rolled out an ecosystem to support it, with news coming from ActiveGrid, Mandriva, Zend Technologies and Net Integration Technologies.
Comparing IBM DB2 Content Manager family products, Part 2: DB2 CommonStore
(Allan Tham, Cengiz Satir and Edward Huang) IBM offers many information management products, solutions, and services. Deciding which fits your need best can be overwhelming. This series of articles introduces the IBM Content Management family products for a better understanding and positioning of ea
Using Regular Expressions in PostgreSQL
(Robert Bernier) You know what I love about open source? The tricks you learn in one activity can effectively transfer over to another one. It’s like using the skills learned from mathematics on the dance floor. Take regular expressions, for example. Did you know that becoming an expert in using reg