(Mehmet Altýnel and Michael J. Franklin) Information Dissemination applications are gaining increasing popularity due to dramatic improvements in communications bandwidth and ubiquity. The sheer volume of data available necessitates the use of selective approaches to dissemination in order to avo
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Asked and Answered (DB2 – Minimize Module Reloads)
(Robert Catterall) I’m trying to figure out how to configure DB2 and z/OS to minimize module reloads in the WLM-managed stored procedures address spaces (SPAS). In your excellent article “Stored Procedures Go Mainstream,” it seems that defining PROGRAM TYPE SUB was the solution. But, before that you
InfoPath 2003 – Part 3
(Dinesh Asanka) Up to now we have discussed Basics of InfoPath 2003 and How to view data from InfoPath 2003 from the previous articles. Now it’s time to discuss the basics of saving data from InfoPath 2003. (R)
Recommended actions for corrupt or suspect databases
(Tibor Karaszi) Encountering a suspect database or corruption in a database is a rare thing. It can happen, however, most often due to faulty hardware or operational mistakes (like deleting a transaction log file).
Creating a Daily Visual SourceSafe (VSS) Label with A SQL Agent Job
(Andrew Novick) As we headed into Maynard to join some of our friends for an evening at a club listening to overly loud music, my wife, Ulli, suggested that we should go with some of these same friends and their kids to one of the local Chinese restaurants that has a buffet. My reply was that I don
Facilitating Teamwork with XML and XSL
(Olexiy & Alexander Prokhorenko) In this article I return to problems of teamwork among Web designers and programmers. On the one hand, the problem looks as though it does not exist at all. On another—in the development of complex and difficult sites, with huge files, and frequently varying data—thi
A Practical Guide to DB2 UDB Data Replication V8
(Lijun (June) Gu, LIoyd Budd, Aysegul Cayci, Colin Hendricks, Micks Purnell and Carol Rigdon) IBM DB2 Replication (called DataPropagator on some platforms) is a powerful, flexible facility for copying DB2 and/or Informix data from one place to another. The IBM replication solution includes transform
UML Modelling with Borland’s Together for .NET
(David McAmis) UML has become a hot topic recently, with developers realising the benefit of modelling as opposed to other methodologies. And one tool designed to take advantage of this interest in UML is Borland Together for Microsoft Visual Studio.NET.
MySQL Tutorial – Introduction
(Gez Lemon) Released in January 1998, MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS). It’s based around the Structured Query Language (SQL), and is best for managing the content of the database as opposed to transactions, as MySQL does not support COMMIT or ROLLBACK. One of th
A Guide to High Availability Clustering How MySQL Supports 99.999% Availability
To maximize revenues and satisfy customer expectations, organizations must deliver ‘always on’ availability to company and customer information. This white paper describes how MySQL Cluster is able to cost-effectively meet the need for high availability database requirements. In this white paper you