(Niraj Sharma) The purpose of this article is to show how to use the free AutoSuggestBox control to add ‘Google Suggest’ functionality to your ASP.NET application. There are plenty of articles available on the internet that explain how to do it, but there is usually just a lot of theory and not much
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Open Source-Based Portal-Lite
(Scott Nelson) If a picture is worth a thousand words, a live demo is worth a million. The problem is that a live demo takes as much work as the real thing and is frequently a throw away. Quality demos also can often require almost as much hardware and software as the final product, making it diffic
Technical Overview of WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Integration Developer
(Geert Van de Putte and Lee Gavin) This IBM Redpaper is a technical introduction to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Integration Developer. Part of the WebSphere Process Integration family of products, WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Integration Developer provide the core functionality
Accessing Multiple XE Databases from a single machine
(Lewis R Cunningham) I was asked by a friend of mine how he could access the XE databases that he has. There’s one on a server, one on a co-worker PC and one on his desktop. All of them are called XE. He’s Oracle literate but not a DBA or developer and was not comfortable messing with much of his […]
Improve DB2 Connect Performance
(Kondal) In day-to-day activities we run into different issues one of them is Performance issue. As a DBA you have to look into every possible place to improve database performance. One of them is to implement DB2 Connection Pooling and Connection Concentrator to improve database performance of appl
Using generics to manage a collection of objects
(Amirthalingam Prasanna) This article focuses on managing a collection of objects using generics, an important addition to the .NET Framework 2.0, and examines the capabilities provided by the generic list.
Ask Me No Questions: A Developer’s Guide to User Interviews
(Lynn Greiner) If you mention market research to most people, they’ll probably greet the phrase with a snarl. Plenty of people associate market research with the telepests who call at dinnertime, pretending to conduct surveys when they’re actually trying to sell timeshare vacations or vacuum cleaner
The Mainframe DBA Exam
(Howard Fosdick) IBM splits its DB2 Universal Database certifications for DBAs into two paths: one for Linux, Unix, and Windows (LUW) and another for DB2 UDB for z/OS. I covered the LUW path in an earlier column. In this column, I’ll focus on tips for becoming a certified DB2 DBA for z/OS.
Blending Process and Productivity
(David Baum) Oracle Magazine spoke with Mike Gotta, principal analyst at Burton Group, to discuss new levels of organizational productivity.
MySQL and stored procedures
(Edmond Woychowsky) MySQL is “The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database,” at least according to the MySQL Web site. But in spite of this popularity many corporations are resistant to adopting MySQL. There are several reasons for this, from the misguided belief that open source is the software eq