SSEUtil.exe is a tool that lets you easily interact with SQL Server. Among other things, it allows you to: • Connect to the main instance or user-instance of SQL Server. • Create, attach, detach, and list databases on the server. • Upgrade database files to match the version of the server. • E
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Working with Analysis Services Cubes in SQL Server
(Baya Pavliashvili) After you have populated your dimensional database (as discussed in the previous article in this series), you’re ready to build Analysis Services cubes (Analysis Services is free when you purchase SQL Server 2000). The tool that lets you build and manage cubes with Analysis Servi
Configuring and using XA transactions with WebSphere MQ V6 Classes for Java
(Ben Ritchie) This article shows you how to configure and use XA distributed transactions with WebSphere MQ Classes for Java, and how to resolve common problems you may encounter.
Using More Perl in PostgreSQL
(Andrew Dunstan) The first article in this series examined the use of PL/Perl to create triggers. The trigger inserted a row into a database table for audit purposes using a new PL/Perl method called spi_exec_query(). This article looks in more detail at uses of that function and its new cousin, as
Book Excerpt: Practical .NET 2 and C# 2
(Patrick Smacchia) In this book Microsoft MVP Patrick Smacchia gives a detailed overview of the .NET Framework and the C#2 language with these chapter excerpts covering the important topics of multithreading and security. In chapter 5 of “Practical .NET,” the author describes the process and thr
My Feature in VS 2005: Storing Application and User Settings
(Paul Kimmel) The My feature in Visual Studio 2005 provides abbreviated access to many commonly used features in .NET. For example, My in Visual Basic .NET makes the common task of accessing settings in an application configuration (App.config) file easier. It does this by using the CodeDOM to gener
Custom List Controls
(Brian Mains) Many are familiar with the DropDownList control, which inherits from ListControl. This control contains an Items collection property, which each item is rendered as a child item of the control, as the default property. How is this done? The following article will discuss this in detail
Decoding Oracle’s Latest Fusion Update
(Joshua Greenbaum) I got a call on the way to a recent Oracle Fusion briefing from Oracle analyst relations. SAP had apparently put out a bulletin in advance of the Oracle event that, in addition to offering pre-emptive rebuttals of what Oracle was going to say, offered me up as an independent analy
Oracle Fusion Middleware for Developers
Now a visible leader in the middleware market and Java developer community, Oracle demonstrated major momentum during 2005 with its Oracle Fusion Middleware product family. One of the primary forces behind that momentum is Thomas Kurian, Oracle’s Senior Vice President for Oracle Fusion Middleware. R
Know Your UML with XML
(Robert Wigetman and Jurgen Moortgat) Software technology has evolved to the point where big systems have become so complex that they are no longer simply specified in human language and programmed in computer language. Indeed, using UML (Unified Modeling Language) to model new software has become a