(Dan Green) This article explores the internals of the ASP.NET data binding process. We use a simple example to delve into the interaction between the .NET framework classes and ASP.NET generated code. In the process, the mystery of how the syntax works and why it is so n
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Extreme Performance Tuning and Scalability
(Brian Moran) Extreme performance is a term that a colleague and I coined 5 years ago to define the SQL Server performance-tuning approach that we recommended to our consulting customers. Understanding and implementing the extreme-performance philosophy might help you avoid performance-tuning mistak
A generic bulk insert using DataSets and OpenXML
(poodull76) The article explains how to prepare a table as XML using its DataSet’s schema, then sending it to a stored procedure to execute an Update and Insert. The problem I saw for my needs was that the MSDN solution requires a function and a stored procedure for each table.
IBM DB2 Content Manager for Multiplatforms V8.2 Security Target
Content Manager is a data management system (content management system) that provides a foundation for managing, accessing, and integrating critical business information on demand. Content Manager is able to integrate all forms of data — document, Web, image, rich media — across diverse business
Review: Oracle Application Server 10g
(Brian Barbash) The 10g version of the application server from Oracle provides a highly flexible and scalable Java-based Web services capability. The tools provided by the system allow for almost any Java object or PL/SQL function to be exposed as a Web service.
Creating an Oracle 10g database from the command line only
(René Nyffenegger) There are basically three ways to create an Oracle database: Using the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) With the SQL create database statement Through upgrading an existing database.
Analyzing Query Rewrites of Materialized Views
Prior to Oracle Database 10g, external tables were read-only. In Oracle Database 10g, external tables can also be written to. Although neither data manipulation language (DML) operations nor index creation is allowed on an external table, you can use the CREATE TABLE AS SELECT command to populate an
Codejockeys Assess the Risks and Rewards of Next-gen SQL Server
(Stephen Swoyer) Time after time, in market after market, Microsoft has used a similar recipe for success: Make it easy to use, abstract the underlying complexity of what’s involved, and customers will come—in truckloads most of the time.
ASP.NET 2.0 Themes
(Andrew Flick and Devin Rader) A common problem amongst Web developers is finding ways to make it easy to change the look and feel of their applications without touching the application code. While more developers have moved toward developing Web sites that take advantage of Cascading Style Sheets (
Walkthrough: Creating Stored Procedures in DB2
(Justin Whitney) IBM’s DB2 Universal Database gives developers fabulous new superpowers for building high performance database functionality. If you’ve used other databases, then you’re probably familiar with the basic SQL stored procedure, which can add power and performance to your app. DB2 goes e