(Lan Lewis-Beven) We want to upgrade a SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services cluster to a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services cluster. In this article, we will cover the following topics: • Plan the upgrade • Perform the upgrade • Verify the upgrade
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Extending Enterprise Applications with Microsoft Outlook: Architectural Design Guide
Many organizations have made multi-million dollar investments in customer relationship management (CRM) systems and other line of business (LOB) applications over the last decade. Although many of these applications have delivered significant business benefits, some organizations have found that
The SQL Site Map Provider You’ve Been Waiting For
(Jeff Prosise) Now that ASP.NET 2.0 is a shipping product, it seems appropriate to revisit an issue that tops the new features wish lists of many developers: a SQL Server site map provider.
Oracle Upgrades Financial Modules
(Renee Boucher Ferguson) Beefing up the financial modules that complement its E-Business Suite, Oracle Corp. announced upgrades to its namesake Internal Controls Manager and Financial Consolidation Hub.
DB2 Optimized for SAP – Set it and forget it.
(Chris Eaton) You may have read that the last release of DB2 (8.2.2) was specifically Optimized for SAP. What exactly does that mean? Well in this and the next few postings I’ll describe exactly what new features were in 8.2.2 and how, if you are using SAP (and even if you are not), you can take adv
GoXML Simplifies File Transformations: A Functional Product Review
(Michael Sanchez) A few years ago Kurt Cagle wrote an article discussing how to convert fixed-width text records to XML, a more malleable format, making it possible to use XSL and XSLT to further transform those records into almost any format needed. Kurt’s article was educational, an excellent
How To Receive Data from a Single Table, continued
(Bryan Sylverson) Figure 3-7 introduces you to functions and illustrates how you use them in column specifications. A function performs an operation and returns a value. For now, don’t worry about the details of how the functions shown here work. You’ll learn more about all of these functions in cha
Build Providers for Windows Forms
(Dino Esposito) In ASP.NET and Windows Forms projects, some file types are treated differently than others. For example, ASPX and ASCX files are dynamically parsed and compiled to an assembly on the fly. The contents of an XML Schema Definition (XSD) file are used to create a new, strongly typed Dat
Bind Flash Movie to an MS SQL Server Database and a Webservice
(fastpro) I was looking for a simple solution to bind a MS SQL Server database to an older Flash movie (Flash 5 without DataGrid). I found a few examples but nothing really satisfying. So I decided to combine two scripts to get a new useful application handling Flash movies and databinding. This
LXer Feature: Interview with IBM: DB2 in the Mid-Range Market
The standard methods with which we conduct interviews broke down unexpectedly in our haste to arrange contacts for database vendor interviews. Late in December when contact was made with IBM the confirming letter outlining the structure and content of possible questions were instead taken as the lis