(Chris Eaton) In this series of blog postings on DB2 Optimized for SAP, I thought I should start right at the beginning which for most people is the installation step. In most cases the person performing the installation of the SAP application probably has no idea what would be the right answers to
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Introducing ASP.NET Web Part Connections
(Ted Pattison) When you begin to work with the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and ASP.NET, you discover that the new Web Parts infrastructure adds some very powerful functionality to the underlying platform. In the September 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine, Fritz Onion and I have an article on programming
What’s Up with XSL Formatting Objects?
(Ed Tittel) The eXtensible Stylesheet Language, aka XSLT, is actually a collection of specifications for ways to transform and render XML based documents. XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) is designed specifically to take XML content and format it for hard copy printing or other forms of fixed-size pa
How to Install 32-bit Oracle on an x86-64 Platform
(Marc Fielding) I couldn’t find this install documented anywhere on Metalink or the Internet, so here are some instructions on how to do it. It’s written for Oracle 9 and RHEL3, but should apply to Oracle 10 and RHEL4 as well.
New Event Feature
(Trudy Pelzer) In this article, I’ll give a preliminary description of a new MySQL feature for scheduling and executing tasks. In version 5.1.6, MySQL has added support for events. That is, you can now say: “I want the MySQL server to execute this SQL statement every day at 9:30am, until the end of
SQL Server 2005 Introduction to SQL Server Management Studio
This article will explain how to use the new SQL Server Management Studio to perform basic SQL Server administration task. In particular, it introduces you to SQL Server Workbench, a tool which can help you administer one or more SQL Servers. It can be used for certain other functions as well.
Mainsoft, IBM Pair Up To Bring .Net Apps To Linux, WebSphere
(Paula Rooney) Mainsoft’s partnership with IBM will help ISVs, partners and customers move .Net applications to Linux and IBM WebSphere.
Proxy Settings Can Lead to Performance Problems
(Don Kiely) It is critical to write applications that don’t require full trust and that use lesser-privileged host accounts — NETWORK SERVICE on Windows Server 2003 or ASPNET in earlier versions of Windows. That simple step gives you a lot of security, but sometimes it makes things harder than they
AJAX Is No Overnight Success
(Peter Coffee) It’s almost time to send first-birthday-party invitations for AJAX, a catchy label (though not a novel idea) that has quickly become the banner buzzword of standards-based interactive applications for the Web. The benefits of AJAX are far more obvious than its burdens on developers, a
Oracle Starts To Cut And Paste From PeopleSoft Apps
(Tony Kontzer and Charles Babcock) Oracle has come a long way from the take-no-prisoners approach it took during its pursuit of PeopleSoft before acquiring the company last year. Since then Oracle executives have worked hard to keep PeopleSoft customers in the fold, but the company has never been al