(Bradley L. Jones) In 2005, there were a number of technologies that continued to be important. Several, however, rose to the forefront of the news and to the forefront of what developers were doing. Of these, four technologies were recognized as the most important (and possibly most visible) in 200
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Using SQL Server as the Database for IBM Director V5.10
IBM Director Server supports a variety of different databases running locally on the management server, as well as external databases running on other systems. The management server uses these databases to store inventory information. This Technote describes how to set up Microsoft SQL Server fo
FIX: You receive an ‘Unexpected data length for the fixed-length column ‘[DB2OLEDB] .COLUMN” error message when you use the Host Integration Server 2000 DB2OLEDB driver
When you try to retrieve data by using the Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 DB2OLEDB driver through a linked server from AS/400, you may receive an error that is similar to the following: Server: Msg 7347, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 OLE DB provider ‘DB2OLEDB’ returned an unexpected data len
Code Snippets in Visual Studio 2005
Want to save some time writing code for that next big project? The new code snippets feature in Visual Studio 2005 will enable the developer to have a toolset of commonly used code for performing various functions.
How to Use Partial Classes in Visual Studio 2005
(Paul Kimmel) The partial keyword was introduced in version 2.0 of the .NET framework. Very simply, the partial keyword permits you to split the definition of a single class, structure, or interface into more than one file. This means that if you’re working on large projects, multiple developers can
Oracle’s Patch Dilemma: Balancing Customers, Code and Researchers
(Lisa Vaas) Brace yourself: Another quarterly CPU (Critical Patch Update) is due out from Oracle Corp. on Jan. 17.
Use AJAX for Bright and Shiny Web Apps, Part 2
(Duncan Kenzie) In my previous article, I explained how AJAX is transforming Web applications by providing a much richer and more responsive user experience. We looked at how Google and other major players are effectively using AJAX to provide functionality and ease-of-use not previously found i
A Java EJB SOAP Starter Kit
(Marcus Zarra) Apache’s AXIS has become a — some might say “the” — standard for developing SOAP services in Java and other languages. The normal deployment path is to build either a servlet or POJO (Plain Old Java Object) to receive the SOAP requests, and use the axis servlet to handle all of the ta
Oracle9i’s Auto Segment Space Management Option
(James F. Koopmann) Oracle has done it again. Venture with me down what seems like a small option but in fact has major implications on what we, as DBAs no longer have to manage.
Implement MVC in custom SWT components
(Tejas R Parajia) The MVC architecture (or design pattern) is a graphical user interface (GUI) design style that consists of three parts: model, view, and controller. MVC decouples presentation from data as well as presentation from operations on that data.