(Dick Wall) Originally, I was planning to use this article to cover use of Java Studio Creator for simple Web apps that could be used on a mobile phone, but I realized that this and other articles I was planning to write about would require data in something a little more complete than the pointbase
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Oracle Database 10g Release 2: A Revolution in Database Technology
Oracle Database 10g is revolutionary. It is Oracle’s largest introduction of new functionality ever, beginning with Release 1 of Oracle Database 10g in January 2004 and now Release 2 in 2005. It is Oracle’s most innovative release, leading the database industry into entirely new ground in clustering
Creating the Insight-Driven Customer Experience
(Sajid Usman and Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo) While many businesses recently had to make cost containment a priority, many also continued spending a considerable amount on developing customer relationships – often, to protect the value of the existing customer base at a time when growth opportunities
Not So Simple Error Log
(dnh) This article is a remake of Simple XML based Error Log. However in this release, I’ve made lot of changes so I rather come up with a new article instead of an update. Basic idea is the same, to log exceptions which have occurred in your application into an XML file.
AJAX: A Fresh Look at Web Development
(Edmon Begoli) Wouldn’t it be nice if you could turn your plain old Web pages into something more exciting? Isn’t it time to inject some life into your decade-old Web technologies? If you feel the need for the fresher, richer, and more interactive Web experience, get to know AJAX.
SQL Server XML Statistics and Execution Plans
(Joe Chang) One of SQL Server’s deficiencies when using XML queries is the lack of statistics capability in the XML driver. This is surprising because the ODBC API contains a function for providing statistics on remote data sources. SQL Server defaults to the fixed assumed row count values for r
DB2 Universal Database and the .NET Developer? Absolutely! Part 2 – The Schema Creation Wizards
(Paul C. Zikopoulos) In this article, I will show you how easy it is to create database objects for your DB2 UDB databases with the assistance of the IBM Explorer and a few wizards. I will not cover every step, but I will highlight key features and productivity enhancements. When features are co
New Automatic Storage in 8.2.2
(Chris Eaton) In my last posting I described the differences between SMS and DMS tablespaces. From a function benefit perspective you can summarize the differences in that SMS gives you the best manageability but there is a small (few %) performance hit because you are going through the OS filesyste
FIX: The subquery in a CASE function is evaluated even if the condition in the WHEN expression is false in SQL Server 2000
In Microsoft SQL Server 2000, when you use a CASE function that contains a subquery for the THEN expression, the subquery is evaluated even if the condition in the WHEN expression is false.
Dynamic Default Date Parameters in SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
(Paul Whitaker) SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services offers a robust report parameter interface that is exposed through the report designer, its Web service interface, the report manager, and via scheduled reports. The fact that this interface supports dynamic default parameters is essential to pr