(Aradhana Puri) Oracle Database 10g introduced Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM), which enables the database to self-analyze its performance. The database can identify potential bottlenecks and fix them automatically or recommend a solution to an administrator. To make solutions or re
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Developing with .NET
(Anil Mahadev) Microsoft products and software are everywhere. So, it’s only natural for application developers to consider the .Net development environment as an option. If you’ve ever wondered what’s involved in developing DB2 Universal Database (UDB) applications with .Net, wonder no more. In thi
IBM DB2 Thread Expert for z/OS
A phone rings in the middle of the night. A database administrator (DBA) is awakened to come to the aid of a failed DB2 utility or a mission-critical application. It’s a problem you’d like to eliminate—and now you can. (pdf)
DataDirect Release Embeds XQuery In Applications
(David Utter) DataDirect’s XQuery mimics one proposed standard, but as an embedded component instead. That should allow for faster XML queries from applications. The DataDirect XQuery is based on the Java XQuery API and the W3C’s XQuery standard.
ASP.NET Spiced: AJAX
(Karl Seguin) Learn how AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) can be used to make your Microsoft ASP.NET applications more dynamic and responsive.
Quick Xml Read and Write Adapters for C#
(ColinBashBash) Simple stuff. These are just adapters to help separate xml document from the business logic. The Reader allows you to grab a child’s value or a child’s attribute. Also allows you to check to see if child exists. Lets you grab a node subset –> basically, if you sent it “childList” it
Oracle Extends Vertical Push With Retail Brand
(Renee Boucher Ferguson) In its quest to become the dominant enterprise software maker, Oracle Corp. acquired two retail-based software developers this summer—Retek Inc. and ProfitLogic. At its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, the company took the next step in its vertical plan by announci
Page Cleaners and Prefetchers
(Chris Eaton) Here are a few scripts to check on the health of your page cleaners and prefetchers. Prefetchers are processes in DB2 that read data pages from disk into the bufferpool in advance of the DB2 agents with the hope that it prevents an agent from having to wait on I/O. There are many forms
Oracle Database Interaction Using ODP.NET and ASP.NET: All Possible Ways To Get Connected
(Jagadish Chaterjee) This article mainly concentrates on connecting to an Oracle database using ASP.NET in several possible ways, and finally focuses on ODP.NET and its advantages.
ClickOnce Deployment: Customizing SQL Server Express
(Terry Voss) ClickOnce Deployment is a setup capability that is built into your Windows Forms project. In Visual Studio 2005, select Project Properties from the Project menu, and click on the Publish tab. From there, after specifying a few things, you can publish to a web site or other location that