(Alejandro Gervasio) In the final article in our series about using PHP and JavaScript to store data on the client side, we will be building on what we learned about server and client interaction to create a JavaScript-based paginating system.
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Use backup/restore to move or copy databases between instances of SQL Server
(Serdar Yegulalp) At some point, almost every SQL Server administrator faces the prospect of copying or moving a database from one instance of SQL Server to another. Usually this scenario comes about because of an upgrade; for instance, maybe a new installation of SQL Server 2000 has been designed t
FIX: The naming convention that the Partition Aggregation utility and the Partition Manager utility use could allow duplicate aggregations for partitions
When you use either of the following utilities, duplicate aggregations may be created for a partition: • The Partition Aggregation. The Partition Aggregation utility is included with Microsoft SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence (SQL Server Accelerator for BI). • The Partition Manag
Triggers over XML Views of Relational Data
(Feng Shao, Antal Novak and Jayavel Shanmugasundaram)XML has emerged as a dominant standard for information exchange on the Internet. However, a large fraction of data continues to be stored in relational databases. Consequently, there has been a lot of interest in publishing relational data as XM
Google Desktop Search finds a place in Lotus Notes messaging
(Jack Vaughan) Leading search engine Google Inc. released Google Desktop Search for Enterprise, which offers better security, configuration and deployment controls, as well as the ability to search the full text of IBM Lotus Notes messages. (R)
All about JAXP, Part 1
(Brett McLaughlin) The Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) lets you validate, parse, and transform XML using several different APIs. JAXP provides both ease of use and vendor neutrality. This article, the first of a two-part series introducing JAXP, shows you how to take advantage of the API’s parsin
Accessing EJB-WebService from DotNet Platform
(RS Ramaswamy) Corporate desktops and LANs mostly use the Microsoft Windows platform. This has been the reality since 1985, for the past twenty years. It is none too easy for office personnel who have been used to Microsoft productivity software to switch over to another platform, not even to anothe
Connect PHP to DB2 and Cloudscape via PDO
(Wez Furlong) PHP 5.1 is set to ship with a brand-new database connectivity layer known as PHP Data Objects (PDO). While PHP has always had very good database connectivity, PDO takes PHP to the next level. Learn how to obtain, install and use PDO to connect to IBM DB2 Universal Database and IBM
More On Why I Don’t Use DataSets in My ASP.NET Applications
(Scott Mitchell) A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article here on 4Guys titled Why I Don’t Use DataSets in My ASP.NET Applications. At the end of that particular article I provided a link to a blog entry of mine where a small discussion on this topic had already started. As of May 16th, 2005, that b
When and when not to refactor
(Scott Robinson) You’re in the middle of a massive re-write of a system that’s been in production some time. You have issues piled on top of more issues — scalability, lack of robustness, maintenance problems, documentation errors and gaps — and you’re looking for ways to attack this beast. Oh, and