(Eric Rogge) IBM’s acquisition of Ascential strengthens IBM’s ability to deliver a comprehensive data integration technology suite. While adding more corporate muscle behind the Ascential brand, IBM’s acquisition leaves Informatica as the leading independent provider of data integration technology,
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Things to Look at in ASP.NET 2.0
(Jinath Premaratne) The goal of this article is to illustrate some of the new feature in ASP.NET 2. This article is base on beta 1 release of asp.net 2.
Install OpenBSD to Secure Your Web Server
(Gregory L. Magnusson) Designed to be “secure by default”, the OpenBSD server operating system offers comprehensive security features. Learn how to perform a network install of this OS—along with PHP4 and MySQL—to keep sensitive data protected.
Common Table Expressions (CTE) on SQL 2005
(Don Schlichting) This article will introduce Common Table Expressions (CTE) on SQL 2005, and compare them with related SQL 2000 methods such as Derived and Temporary Tables.
Working XML: Safe coding practices, Part 1
(Benoît Marchal) For the last seven years, I have been fortunate enough to watch XML develop and mature from a special point of view thanks to my work as a consultant, trainer, and writer. When XML was first introduced, organizations and developers were politely suspicious of this new “markup lan
An interview with Euan Garden
(Douglas Reilly) Euan Garden is clearly a database geek. He is a Microsoft group program manager for SQL Server, and is responsible for cross SQL Server projects relating to consistency and readiness. Prior to that he spent four years as the manager of Microsoft’s SQL Server Tools development team.
Devs Not Waiting for Formal XQuery Standards
(Vance McCarthy) More than half of all XML developers are working with XQuery, and another sizeable group expects to start before the end of the year.
Using CROSS APPLY in SQL Server 2005
(graz) My interest in writing this article was started by an MSDN article titled SQL Server 2005: The CLR Enters the Relational Stage. The article shows how to write a function that returns the top three countries per category. That’s always been something that was difficult to do in SQL so I wa
Create and Edit Office Documents with .NET
(Dino Esposito) Microsoft Office documents not only offer an easy and effective way for users to communicate and collaborate, but they also get smarter with each new release and increase connectivity with the remainder of the software universe. In some cases, though, Office applications can’t re
DB2 Content Manager for z/OS V8.3 Installation, Implementation, and Migration Guide
(Wei-Dong Zhu, Claus Heisterberg-Andersen, Marcelo Takashi Souza, Jaco van Straaten and Rob Weaver) This IBM Redbook covers IBM DB2 Content Manager for z/OS Version 8.3 implementation, installation, and migration. It is intended to be used in conjunction with the product publications. In many areas,