(scott) In a previous article, we looked at Master Pages in ASP.NET 2.0. Master pages allow you to dictate the layout and common content for the pages in your application using template files with a .master extension. The Themes feature in ASP.NET 2.0 allows you to dictate the appearance of controls
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Working with the SQL Server 2000 Maintenance Plan Wizard
(Steven Warren) Managing a database server is like owning a piece of machinery. You need a maintenance plan to keep the machinery running smooth. Just as your machinery required maintenance, your databases need attention to ensure great performance. To help keep your databases in tiptop shape, I am
Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft.NET Solution Architectures, Part IX
(Chris Sully) The aim of this series of articles is to provide an overview of issues surrounding the architecture of .NET Solutions. In doing so it is following Microsoft’s recommended approach and, in particular, looking at the requirements of the related Microsoft certification exam (70-300), whic
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Using the DB2 V8.2 Design Advisor, Part 1: Expert help for designing OLTP databases
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FIX: Event ID 20 ‘Volume Shadow Copy Service error’ is logged when you back up the System State on a Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition-based computer that is running SQL Server 2000
When you perform a System State backup operation on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server 2000, both of the following events are logged: • Event ID 20 Event Type: Error Event Source: VSS Event Category: None Event ID: 20 Date: date Time: tim
UPA in plain English
(Priya Lakshminarayanan) Unique Particle Attribution or UPA as it is known among schema savvy XML geeks, is one among many rules in the XML Schema spec that confounds most schema authors. If you ever see the following error message while compiling a schema, then you have hit a UPA problem.
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Open Source Database Conference 2005
Registrations are now open to the first Open Source Database Conference 2005 to be held at Frankfurt on November 8th and 9th, 2005. Held in parallel to the International PHP Conference 2005 (Fall Edition), this conference promises to be a treat for database developers, database administrators, IT Ar