(Mike Hillyer) No release date has yet been officially announced for the production-ready MySQL 5, but MySQL expert Mike Hillyer has the inside scoop on its new features. In this tip, Hillyer answers users’ questions about MySQL 5 and upgrading to MySQL from Oracle and Microsoft. (R)
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Joins and Aggregates Are Critical for Achieving Faster Data Retrieval in a Dimensional Data Warehouse
(Craig Abramson and Thomas Mascoli) Discover how to improve the performance of your data warehouse with this white paper. It shows you how to use techniques such as maintaining aggregates, separating descriptive data from factual information, and preparing fact and dimensional tables. (R)
New XML Features in .NET Version 2
(Dan Wahlin) The initial release of the .NET framework contained several classes geared toward parsing, validating, and transforming XML data. Version 2 builds upon .NET’s existing support for XML by adding several new and enhanced classes that support working with XML. This session will focus o
The Impact of the DB2 Installation Keyword CONTSTOR
(William Favero) DB2 for OS/390 had the potential for storage issues in the DBM1 address when an excessive number of very long running threads were active concurrently. The longer these thread remained active, the more storage they could use. Adding dynamic SQL processing, binding applications with
XEP integration in Oracle 9i/10g
(Jochen Noy) This document explains how we integrated XEP into an existing Oracle system. The reason was that we needed a possibility to create PDF documents from data stored in the database and send them over the intranet directly without having to store them as files. This required the possibility
Text Programming in XAML
(Mahesh Chand) XAML provides elements such as Paragraph, LineBreak, TextFlow, and Block that are used to create a text document. In this article, I will discuss how to use these XAML elements to generate text document.
Oracle Gets a New Toad from Quest
(Kathleen Ohlson) Quest Software recently introduced its latest version of Toad for Oracle, used to manage database objects, create and debug PL/SQL, and create, execute and optimize SQL queries. The database tool is aimed at Oracle Real Application Clusters, Citrix and terminal server environments.
What’s new in SQL Server 2005
(Mike Gunderloy) You’ve certainly heard the news by now: Microsoft is on the verge of releasing a new version of their flagship enterprise-ready database, SQL Server. In fact, they announced at this year’s Tech Ed that SQL Server 2005 (formerly code-named “Yukon”) would be released to manufacturing
Lawson and Intentia Unite to Seize Mid-Market Leadership
(Lee Kroon) On June 2, Lawson Software and Intentia International agreed to merge their two firms and, in the process, become one of the largest providers of business solutions to users of IBM servers. The merger will give the two vendors increased scale and viability in the rapidly consolidatin
An Introduction to XUL Part 4
(Dan Wellman) Learn about XUL, a subset of XML used to describe user interfaces, that helps you to make rich user interfaces with nothing more complicated than a text editor. In the fourth part of this series you will learn about dialog boxes and wizards.