(Joaquim Zuzarte and Tom Houston) This article describes a new feature of IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.00 that extends support for opaque data types to distributed operations on multiple databases of the same server instance. Cross-database operations such as SELECT queries, CREATE VIEW statements
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Custom Assemblies in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
(Krishna Prasad V.R.) In SQL Server reporting services you can use custom assemblies, which gives your report a feature to add more functionality using any language of your choice. This can be done by referring the custom assembly in the Report properties-> References window in the Report Designer.
Performance Monitoring in SharePoint Portal Server 2003
(Gayan Peiris) Performance monitoring helps organizations identify performance bottlenecks of the current environment and identify the right time to scale out the SharePoint server farm. I will be looking at what are the critical performance counters in a SharePoint Portal environment and how to mon
Building a Logic Layer for the Description of Wizards
(Michael-K) While writing a program for the step-by-step editing and keeping of a complex document, I had an idea that allowed me to solve this problem in a simple and efficient way.
Microsoft Enterprise Library 2005
(Gary Blatt) The Enterprise Library is a collection of Application Blocks released by the Patterns and Practices group within Microsoft. (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/practices/default.mspx). It is an update to the previous Application Blocks for .NET that includes complete architectural chang
Oracle Database 10g Just Got Better
(Kelli Wiseth) Two years ago, when Oracle introduced Oracle Database 10g, the first database for grid computing, the concept of enterprise grid computing was in its infancy. Today enterprise grid computing is maturing, evidenced by developments such as the 60-member (and counting) Enterprise Grid Al
Major Changes for Visual Web Developer 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 from Whidbey Beta 2 to RTM
This document contains a list of changes from Whidbey Beta 2 to RTM.
FIX: The PKM Search Filter Daemon (Mssdmn.exe) may unexpectedly crash when you parse Office Word documents in SQL Server 2000
Consider the following scenario: • You run Microsoft SQL Server 2000 together with the full-text search component. • You start the Microsoft PKM Search Filter Daemon (Mssdmn.exe) to parse Microsoft Office Word documents.
Firing Up The Hybrid Engine
(Anjul Bhambhri) IBM’s new hybrid DB2 puts the full power of a relational engine to work on a truly native XML store that sits side by side with DB2’s relational data repository.
Rivalry building in open source
(Barbara Gengler) Three vendors intend to shake up the corporate database market, competing in what is quickly turning into an open source arena.