(Doug Henschen) XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) is fast moving from the vision phase to a practiced global standard, and it’s no longer a question of if but when it will be mandated by agencies including the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). This much was clear at the 11th
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MySQL vs. PostgreSQL
MySQL is simplier than PostgreSQL but much faster. MySQL doesn’t support many advanced features that may be important in huge relational and complicated databases. But for JRA1 measurement architecture MySQL should be adequate (we probably wouldn’t use the most advanced features).
Append Commit After Each DML
(Xiang Gao) When generating a script to perform data maintenance, especially DML, one common problem is that the user is required to make multiple commits between the DML operations to reduce the UNDO/rollback segment size. Typically, the script is edited manually after it has been generated.
The Uniform Page Size in IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 8.2.2
(Paul C. Zikopoulos) The Version 8.2.2 update of the IBM DB2 Universal Database product (DB2 UDB) includes a new capability that allows database administrators (DBAs) to use a single page size for their entire database.
Database Migration from Pocket Access to SQL Server CE
(Christian Forsberg) This article is about migrating Pocket PC applications that are written in eMbedded Visual Basic to the .NET Compact Framework. The migration includes a change from using ADO CE for accessing data in a Pocket Access database to using ADO.NET for accessing data in SQL Server CE.
Client Clones and Server Sessions
(Tony Marston) The session handling functions in PHP are designed to save state between different requests from the same client. This works well if the client device is accessing the application via a single browser window, but what happens if the user decides to open up several browser windows and
Deploying ADO.Net Applications
(Faraz Rasheed) Databases are an inevitable part of most of the real world applications. Deploying such database centric applications has always been tricky in all the platforms, be it Microsoft Visual Basic 6, Microsoft Visual C++ 6, Java or Dot Net. In this article, we have addressed a number
String Manipulation
(Peyton McCullough) Programmers need to know how to manipulate strings for a variety of purposes, regardless of the programming language they are working in. This article will explain the various methods used to manipulate strings in Python.
Managing XML Data
(Thom Robbins) Last week I had lunch with the application manager of a local customer that just completed their enterprise rollout of Office 2003. We had decided to meet and discuss possible ways his team could begin to utilize this deployment. As we sat down he explained that he had been talking to
Hacking a SQL Server
(Joel Scambray and Stuart McClure) Hacking into Web servers and replacing home pages with pictures of scantily clad females and clever, self-ingratiating quips is all fine and dandy, but what can we do about hackers intent on doing more than defacing a few pages? Sooner or later you’ll be up aga