(Mary Jo Foley and Darryl K. Taft) Microsoft Corp. plans to add new Reporting Services capabilities to the next version of its SQL Server database, known as SQL Server 2005, according to company officials at VSLive, the Visual Studio developers conference here.
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DB2 V8.1 Video Online Tutorial – Technical Discussion
(Abdul H. Al-Azzawe) DB2 Version 8 ships with a great data access layer tutorial specifically designed to introduce the DB2 Development Add-In for Visual Basic 6.0 tooling and its automated ADO code generation features that will greatly simplify your multi-tier project development.
Understanding the New Features of TLD Caching in JSPs
This tutorial focuses on the usage and benefits of TLD Caching. TLD Caching improves the performance during Application Startup and JSP Page Translation.
Tunneling Variables
(Bob DuCharme) While coding for a large, complex stylesheet project at work last year, I wanted to reuse code that I had already written elsewhere in the same template rule. Like a good little programmer, I resisted the temptation to copy the old code and paste it in the location I was working on; i
What You Don’t Know
(Andy Warren) Sometimes it’s what you don’t know that hurts. Sometimes it hurts a lot! Recently one of our developers was just about to pound his head on the desk in frustration, trying to figure out why some TSQL was not working correctly. It looked something like this: set @SomeVariable = @Some
Getting Connected: DB2 Universal Database V8 Database Administration Certification
(George Baklarz, Bill Wong) DB2 databases can be accessed by applications that run on the same machine as the database or from a remote machine by using a distributed connection. In addition to providing client access to a centralized database running on a server, distributed connections can also be
Issuing SQL statements in DB2 utilities
As of Version 7, the EXEC SQL utility control statement can be used to declare cursors and execute dynamic SQL statements during the execution of a DB2 utility. The EXEC SQL control statement produces a result table when you specify a cursor. The EXEC SQL control statement executes entire
An Access Control Architecture for XML documents in workflow environments
(Reinhardt Botha and Jan Eloff) In the computing world every once in a while a new buzzword comes along, with the promise of making dramatic changes to our computing tasks. The eXtensible Markup Language (XML)has been heralded as such. It promises to change the way that information is shared. Howev
Using XML Digital Signatures for Application Licensing
(Heath Stewart) At some point in most developers’ lives, application licensing becomes a problem. Many solutions exist but are often expensive and difficult to implement. Few offer seamless integration with an existing code base. In such a case, writing an in-house licensing mechanism may be desired
XML and Strongly Typed Datasets
(Paul Glavich) XML and the schemas associated with describing the XML, play an important role within .Net and Microsofts vision overall. This article will detail the usage, with some tips and tricks for using Strongly Typed datasets from an XML Schema that can be utilised by a .Net developer.