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10 reasons to explicitly convert SQL Server data types

SQL Server converts data types in two ways -- the way it wants to and the way you tell it to. Most implicit conversions work the way you expect. It's those surprise conversions that cause trouble. Unless you know exactly how SQL Server converts a data type, it's a good...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Conversion, Susan Harkins, Data Type, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Download resources 2008-03-13

Microsoft Patent app describes multimedia note-taking for Windows Mobile devices

In a newly published Microsoft Patent application entitled User experience for mobile multimedia notetaking, a way is described that would enable users who are watching video on a Windows Mobile-enabled handset to take notes about that video at the same time. The core...

Tags: Multimedia, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Operating System, Environment, Mobile Computing, Microsoft Windows, Video, Microsoft Corp., Abstract, Mobile Computing Device, Data Type, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Wireless, Operating Systems, Marketing, Hardware, Software, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Taking Web analytics to new data types (Visual Sciences: Web analytics style throughout the enterprise)

Taking Web analytics to new data types (Visual Sciences: Web analytics style throughout the enterprise)interesting..interestinghttp://www.popscreensavers.net3D screensavers

Tags: Financial Planning, Marketing research, Web analytics, analytics, Visual Sciences Inc., data type

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

Explore the building blocks of PHP: Data types, literals, variables, and constants

Even beginners to PHP, MySQL, and Web database development can learn how to build powerful, database-driven, dynamic Web sites using the step-by-step approach taken in PHP and MySQL by Example. In this sample chapter, receive a complete tutorial on the building blocks of PHP, including data...

Tags: MySQL, PHP, Prentice Hall Inc., Data Type, Scripting Languages, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Book chapters 2007-02-06

Achieve better database design by understanding MySQL data types

This document outlines the most important data types supported by MySQL and describes when and how each should be used. All data is not the same—especially when it comes to storing it in a database. Paying attention to data types like alphanumeric, dates, binary strings, and Booleans...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., MySQL, Data Type, Databases, Open Source, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Download resources 2005-12-02

Optimize your databases with the power of PostgreSQL data types

This document outlines the most important data types supported by PostgreSQL, describing when and how each should be used. Data type selection plays an important role in how efficiently your relational database management system functions, and so it is important to be fully aware of the options...

Tags: RDBMS, PostgreSQL, Data Type, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Download resources 2005-10-24

OLAP Option to the Oracle10g Database: Support for Large Multidimensional Data Sets and SQL Access Optimizations

The OLAP option to the Oracle9i Release 2 Database completely changed the multidimensional database market. It is not a stand-alone multidimensional database. Instead, a multidimensional engine and multidimensional data types were quite literally introduced into the kernel of the Oracle Database. The multidimensional technology shares the same platform as the...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Oracle Corp., Optimization, OLAP, SQL, Technology, Oracle Database, Data Type, Data Mining, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-03-03

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Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux

Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...

Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Cast Iron's lifecycle SaaS integration play

A new generation of Cast Iron's SaaS integration appliance adds functionality that now addresses what you might call the SaaS lifecycle: everything from data migration through to cloud-to-cloud integration. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Integration, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-07-25

iPhone gas application roundup

On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP

Last October, roughly one year after the release to manufacturing of Windows Vista, I did a comparison of how well Windows Vista was living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. My data source was the Microsoft Security Bulletin Search page, where I tallied...

Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-07-25

What paper trail?

I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....

Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-25

GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default

Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

iPhone 3G availability tracker mashup

Looking for an iPhone 3G? Apple provides an iPhone 3G availability application on their retail Web page that lists iPhone availability by store location. The app appears to be offline as of press time. The problem is that Apple's availability application forces you to drill down store...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, Mashup, Chris Barnes, 3G, Collaboration, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Who do you trust, me or that gadget?

One of the most fascinating trends in medical computing involves the use of gadgets to extract data people are otherwise reluctant to give, and to offer advice on that data when it's needed. Do you trust the gadget more than the doctor? Will you obey the gadget? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Teen, Gadget, Tablets, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Marketing Research, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame

Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...

Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

This is a purely text based tour of a data processing center - note the acronyms used to distance staff from users and the heavy reliance on secrecy and sharp job boundaries. by Paul Murphy

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Data Center, Data-processing, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Data Centers, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop

Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon

I listened to the Black Hat webcast today to grab as much info as I could on this subject. The biggest thing that I heard from the whole talk is that the patch fixes things to a reasonable point, but that long-term, there will have to be more work...

Tags: CERT, DNS Server, Server, Kaminsky, Dan, Patches, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-24