(Ken Cox) Visual XSLT 2.0 is a multifunctional add-in to VS.NET for developing XML transformations and XPath queries. It integrates so well into the VS.NET environment that it’s hard to tell where ActiveState’s features start and Microsoft’s leave off. After installation, a new Visual XSLT proje
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (64-bit) Analysis Services: Why Migrate, and What to Expect If You Do
HP has partnered with Microsoft to provide information about running Analysis Services in the 64-bit environment. For users of the online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining component of SQL Server 2000, there are real performance advantages to be gained by using the new 64-bit release of t
Building BI Dashboards with Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Discoverer, and Oracle Portal
(Mark Rittman) If you’ve been following the release of Oracle Business Intelligence 10g or keeping an eye on industry trends, you’re probably aware that everyone is talking about business intelligence (BI) dashboards. BI dashboards bring together reports and graphs from several data sources and pres
Designing Objects and Relationships with IBM DB2 for z/OS (Sample Chapter)
(Susan Sloan) When you design any sort of database, you need to answer many different questions. How will you organize your DB2 data? How will you create relationships between tables? How should you define the columns in your tables? What kind of table space should you use? In this sample chapter, y
XML in localisation: Reuse translations with TM and TMX
(Rodolfo M. Raya) Translation memories are essential pieces of a translation process. This third article in the “XML in localisation” series demystifies TM technology and explains how Translation Memory eXchange (TMX), an XML standard, helps you to achieve independence from translation tool vendors.
A compendium of Cloudscape frequently asked questions
(Stanley Bradbury) IBM Cloudscape is a small-footprint, multiuser, standards-driven, relational database system written entirely in Java™ that is well suited for embedding in Java applications and servers. This technical article answers common questions.
BUG: Recreating a Table Causes sysdepends to Become Invalid
If a stored procedure or view depends on a table that has been dropped, sysdepends will continue referencing the old ID of the table as a dependent, even if this ID does not exist any more. As a result, sp_depends will not show the correct object dependency.
My Feature in Visual Basic 2005
(Thiru Thangarathinam) One of the new features introduced with Visual Basic 2005 is the My namespace. My namespace is aimed at making the common development tasks very easy to perform. Also with the My namespace, the code you write will be much easier to understand and maintain when a new developer
Security Training Falling Through the Education Cracks
(Glen Kunene) “Ninety-nine percent of the people want to write secure code,” said panelist Ira Winkler, at the Secure Software Forum last week, “they just don’t know how.” Winkler, Global Security Strategist for CSC Consulting, was one of 12 panelists at the SPI Dynamics-hosted event, and his commen
Create singleton objects in .NET to improve performance
(Robert L. Bogue) One singleton can be an extremely valuable tool for enhancing performance. This is particularly true when there is always just one physical object. In traditional programming, you would instantiate a class as an object every time you need a specific instance of an object. For insta