The cluster database market is rife with competing marketing claims, with each vendor touting the benefits of its own architecture. The buyer has to make the choice of a mission-critical software platform while sifting through a mass of rapidly evolving benchmark results, conflicting analyst reviews
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Recommended index not used
(Kent Milligan) Using SQL performance monitor of Operation Navigator, an index was recommended. I created the recommended index, but it looks like the system doesn’t use it. I find it strange that the index is recommended and then not used. Is this normal? (R)
Remote Scripting with AJAX, Part 1
(Cameron Adams) This two-part series of articles covers remote scripting using the AJAX XMLHttpRequest protocol. Part one walks through an example application that demonstrates how to implement the protocol, while part two will show how to create a usable interface.
The Eclipse Voice Tools Project
(Brent Metz) The Eclipse Voice Tools Project is a new effort that brings together companies and individuals from the voice industry to create a common set of standards-based, open source, voice-development tools. But how do you go about extending or contributing to the project’s tools? This article
Oracle 10G Collaboration Suite Finding Its Niche
(Shelley Solheim) As Oracle Corp. prepares to launch the long-delayed update to its Collaboration Suite, early testers of the 10g version say that the package could find a strong support base in a market still dominated by IBM Lotus Software and Microsoft Corp.
Oracle Eyes Open Source Add-ons for Linux
(Vance McCarthy) Oracle is taking the lid off a list of new technologies which engineers at the company say will boost the appeal of Linux for mission-critical enterprise applications.
Boosting Your .NET Application Performance – Introduction
(James Yang) I often ask other developers which phase of the development process is the most difficult and most important. 90% of the time the answer is the planning and design phase, not the building/programming phase. Then I ask them another question. “Which part of the development phase do you en
SQL Server 2005 – SQL Server Integration Services – Part 7
(Marcin Policht) In this article, we are continuing the overview of various enumerator types within the Foreach Loop Container of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services. So far we have covered such enumerators as Foreach File (iterating over files selected according to arbitrarily assigned criteri
Open Standards in Business Intelligence
(Garrett Smith) So if Business Intelligence in not something you buy in box (is it?), how can we gather intelligence about our business on our own? Can we even do this without paying a toll to one of the BI vendors? Well, I say- Yes!
A Crash Course on Custom ASP.NET Data-bound Controls
(Dino Esposito) Data-bound controls make ASP.NET programming much easier. They expose a bunch of properties and methods to link their properties to a valid data source and they know how to build their user interface to reflect the contents of the data source. Data-bound controls work by repeatin