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DB2 and C++ – True RAD with Borland C++ Builder
Author Bob Swart shows you how to get started using DB2 as a database for applications written with Borland C++Builder 6 Enterprise and dbExpress.
Deciding how to handle in-doubt transactions
(Ofer Harel) There are some situations when a critical data or rollback segment is locked, but you cannot find the blocker session. In those cases you can suspect an in-doubt transaction. When you use the two-phase commit mechanism — such as using a joined query with dblink — there are some situat
Create Versatile Web Services From Stored Procedures
by Roger Jennings – The RTM version of SQLXML 3.0 moves from attribute-centric to element-centric XML rowsets and returns DataSet objects from SQL Server 2000 stored procedures.
Microsoft’s Yukon To Get Reporting Tools, Data Mirroring
By Barbara Darrow – Microsoft’s next-generation database, code-named Yukon, will include integral reporting services, a move that would continue the vendor’s headlong push into the business intelligence arena, sources said.
XML Files: XPath Selections and Custom Functions, and More
In the .NET Framework, XPath evaluation is exposed through the XPathNavigator abstract class. The .NET Framework ships only two implementations of XPathNavigator: one that operates on the standard W3C DOM implementation (XmlNode) and another that operates on an in-memory tree representation called X
Convert Between CLR Types and XML Schema Types
by Dan Wahlin – Converting CLR types to XML Schema data types in .NET can be a painful process if you’re not careful. After all, XML data types defined in the XML Schema specification do not always match up perfectly with their corresponding types in the CLR. However, you can greatly simplify this c
Release Candidate of Sydock Document Processor
Sydock Software have announced the release candidate of Sydock Document Processor, a set of tools for WYSIWYG XML authoring for end-users.
Oracle to expand Oracle Sales
By Joris Evers – Oracle is adding a component for creating sales proposals to a new version of its Oracle Sales software scheduled to be announced next week , the company said. The new component, called Oracle Proposals, is meant to cut down the time a sales representative works on drafting s
Cooling Your Overloaded Database with New DB2 UDB EEE Partitions
Today’s server hardware is so powerful that quite often we find stand-a-lone SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing Machine) servers in different clustered and non-clustered configurations. Learn how to expand this type of system with additional hardware and DB2 UDB EEE database partitions.