(Brian Goldfarb) With ASP.NET 2.0 we have provided an incredibly powerful and flexible platform for Web developers. The breadth and scope of the features and opportunity are simply incredible — to think System.Web.dll is now four times bigger than it was with ASP.NET 1.1. With this ton of new code I
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Introduction to MSSQL Server Analysis Services: Named Sets Revisited
(William Pearson) In this lesson, we revisit Named Sets, a subject that we undertook in my article MDX in Analysis Services: Named Sets in MDX: An Introduction, in March of 2004. There, we introduced Named Sets from the perspective of the MDX query language, having obtained brief exposure to the con
What we can Learn from Two Linux vs. Microsoft Studies
(Terri Wells) The question of which platform is better for running a business, Windows or Linux, has inspired debates that are nearly religious in their vehemence. Two studies came out this year that purport to settle the question, at least when it comes to issues of security and reliability. Do the
10 CPAN modules that will increase your XML Perl development
(Mellonfire) The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), is a wonderful place, packed to the brim with all manner of goodies for Perl programmers. A little rummaging around, and you’ll uncover ready-made widgets for everything from text processing to socket programming. And one category CPAN is p
It’s time to examine Version 8 Enable New Function Mode (ENFM)
(Willie Favero) We have discussed pre-migration planning in a number of my earlier blogs and looked at compatibility mode (CM) in a few of my more recent blog entries. Now it is time to examine some of the things that happen in enable new function mode (ENFM).
DB2 UDB for Visual Studio 2005 developers, Part 1: Overview of IBM Database Add-ins for Visual Studio 2005
(Sonali Surange) IBM has announced and introduced DB2 tools for Visual Studio 2005 to allow rapid application development, database schema development, and debugging, along with numerous other new features. The functionality allows you to build applications for the IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UD
Data Mining Tools & Services – PHP Functions
Today SOAP API’s, XML, RSS feeds and even remote database access have given companies the ability to cooperatively exchange data easily and efficiently. These content exchange services make it easy to share information, but have not always been available to small businesses. In the past, some compan
Referential Integrity Is Important For Databases
(Michael Blaha) Referential integrity is a database constraint that ensures that references between data are indeed valid and intact. Referential integrity is a fundamental principle of database theory and arises from the notion that a database should not only store data, but should actively seek
Intermediaries and XML
(Mark Nottingham) One of the oft-repeated requirements stated for XML Protocol is the ability to interpose intermediaries into the message chain. This document discusses the motivations for this requirement, explores the nature of intermediaries in XML Protocol, and relates it to the requirements st
Client For SQL Server Databases in C# .NET
(Siddhartha Batra) Connecting to atabases on the SQL Server is an elementary task often repeated needlessly by developers. The SQLServerClient is an assembly which provides a very easy to use and organized mechanism to access databases on the SQL Server. It comes with a demo windows forms applicatio