(Keith Brown) Version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework has been released. A year ago, when I first got my hands on the Beta 2 bits, I hacked together a little program to dump all of the public members of all public types in the entire Framework and ran it on version 1.1 in addition to version 2.0
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ASP.NET 2.0 (III) Architecture and Tools
(Chris Sully) In this third article we’ll take a look at the changes to the architecture of ASP.NET v2.0. In particular we’ll look at the changes to the compilation and deployment model. We’ll also take a quick look at the tool support provided by Visual Studio .NET 2005. In subsequent articles we’l
New Features for Oracle8i OCPs
(Aradhana Puri) The Oracle Database 10g DBA New Features for Oracle8i Oracle Certified Professionals (OCPs) exam (exam number: 1Z0-045) enables those certified on Oracle8i Database to upgrade their certification to Oracle Database 10g by passing only this exam.
The Open Source Fear Factor
(JT Smith) Ask a group of corporate IT leaders whether they’d rather stick their arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their sleeves.
Integrate DB2 with Apache Geronimo
(Emilio F Zegarra) The Apache Geronimo project has successfully built an open source, J2EE-compliant application server. What makes this application server particularly powerful and reliable is the reuse of existing open source projects as part of its implementation. In a sense, the Apache Geron
XML Content Authoring For the Rest of Us
(Bill Trippe) XML authoring has long been viewed as difficult and arcane, and best left to specialists using complex thick-client software. Indeed, in some markets and applications, such as developing technical documentation for aircraft or automobiles, today’s preferred XML tools look and act much
Power solutions with DB2 Express to deliver information on Demand
Join us on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at 11:00 am ET/US for a technical introduction to the low cost, high value DB2 Express database server and why it’s an excellent option for developers, mid-market businesses, and partners. You’ll learn just how easy it is to install DB2 Express, the robust a
Boosting Performance with Indexes
This chapter covers Microsoft-specified objectives for the Indexing section of the Database Development SQL Server 2000 exam. (R, pdf)
Database Impact of Collecting Statistics in Oracle
(James F. Koopmann) Oracle has given us a new parameter STATISTICS_LEVEL for collecting database statistics. Lets take a deeper look at what you can expect from your database system when this parameter is set and statistics are being gathered.
The SQL Server service cannot start when you change a protocol parameter for a clustered instance of SQL Server 2000 or of SQL Server 2005 to a value that is not valid
In a clustered environment, when you change a protocol parameter for a clustered instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to a value that is not valid, the SQL Server service cannot start. Additionally, you cannot change the protocol parameter back to the original value.