(Vawn Himmelsbach) Governments are considering open-source technologies as an alternative to costly proprietary software . But while they’re past the science project stage and starting to get real benefits from open source , there’s still some confusion and fear surrounding the low-cost software al
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Integrate COM Component Functionality into Your PL/SQL Codebase
(Natalka Roshak) Oracle’s COM automation feature lets Oracle PL/SQL or Java developers leverage any of the thousands of pre-existing COM components, as well as any pre-built, in-house COM components (See Sidebar 1: A Primer on COM). This article first demonstrates an install of the COM option, and t
Using TRY/CATCH to Resolve a Deadlock in SQL Server 2005
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10 things you should know about Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0
The November 7, 2005 release of Visual Studio 2005 arguably marks Microsoft’s most serious attempt to leverage the .NET Framework as a vital part of application development. And in many ways, the latest version of the venerable IDE accomplishes what it sets out to do. This download lists 10 things y
DBA Checklist Part 5 – Weekly Procedures
(Dwaine R. Snow) It is important to know if people are creating new tables, indexes, stored procedures, etc. in your production database. New objects typically indicate that a new application has been installed on the server and any new applications and/or objects will impact the operational charact
List of all open connections on SQL 2005 SERVER :: (Script Library)
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Open Source Business Models Examined
(Paul Sterne and Nicholas Herring) As a businessman, the Advertising and Conversion Models are more interesting, but from a raw power standpoint the Membership Model may be more important. So in the spirit of journalistic integrity, I have adjusted the Open Source Business Models graphic to correct
FIX: Physical memory usage increases for multithreaded applications in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services
When you use the OLE DB for OLAP provider in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, physical memory usage increases for multithreaded applications. Physical memory usage increases as the number of threads that are using the provider increases.
Configure IBM WebSphere Information Integrator to access a Lotus Notes database
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