(James Chamberlain and David Quenzler) This IBM Redpaper describes integration scenarios related to WebSphere Everyplace Device Manager and WebSphere Everyplace Subscription Manager. The scenarios are using a WebSphere Everyplace Subscription Manager interface with WebSphere Everyplace Device Manage
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How To Use XML Notepad to Create an XML Document
Microsoft XML Notepad is an application that allows you to create and edit XML documents quickly and easily. With this tool, the structure of your XML data is displayed graphically in a tree structure. The interface presents two panes: one for the structure, and one for the values. You may add eleme
Oracle Docs Firefox Extension
(Eddie Awad) I often find myself searching the Oracle documentation library for a particular term mentioned in the Oracle related blog or technical article that I am reading. Firefox is my favorite browser, so, for my search, I have a couple of options.
How to use Files in place of Real Disk Devices for ASM – (Windows)
(Jeff Hunter) This article provides the steps to create and configure blank files (instead of real disk devices) for use in testing Oracle’s Automatic Storage Manager (ASM) on the Windows platform. This is a handy trick that can be used when the DBA needs to test ASM on a machine that has no free di
The Quick and Easy RMAN Restore
(Marc Fielding) This document is for those who have an RMAN backup and want to restore it without the headaches of setting up a recovery catalog, crosschecking backupset pieces, and all the other hoops RMAN usually puts you through. It is a convenient way to restore a database in a disaster situatio
XML 2005: Tipping Sacred Cows
(Micah Dubinko) If there’s an overarching theme to XML Annoyances, it’s a simple imperative: think! The point isn’t to rant against the system, tempting though that might be. During the expansion phase of XML, early adopters converged on a specific set of practices, conventions, and “common knowledg
XML Queries and Indexing in SQL Server 2005
(Mike Gunderloy) SQL Server 2005 is the first version of Microsoft’s flagship database to truly embrace XML. True, SQL Server 2000 has some bolt-on XML functionality, but in SQL Server 2005 XML is pervasive. In particular, you can use the new XML columns to actually store XML documents as part of a
DB2 Universal Database Support for .NET Development and Concurrent Data Readers
(Paul C. Zikopoulos) Since its Version 8.2.2 release, also known as Fix Pack 9, the IBM DB2 Universal Database product (DB2 UDB) has provided the capability for a concurrent data reader to access more than one result set in the same database connection and query both of those result sets concurrentl
The Rosetta Stone for DB2 Address Spaces
(Chris Eaton) If you are not familiar with it, the Rosetta stone was a huge breakthrough for archeologists. It was a stone carved in 196 B.C. containing religious text written in 3 different languages (greek, hieroglyphic, and a common Egyptian script). By using this stone, archeologists were able t
Learn about the next generation of .NET certification
(Tony Patton) Certification was all the rage when I first embarked on a career in the IT field more than 10 years ago. Employers and clients clamored for the magic paper certificates to verify skills. In those days, the term “paper certification” was used widely to describe an IT pro who had attaine