<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from bruce.pbdjmagazine.com</title><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 bruce.pbdjmagazine.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:47:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from bruce.pbdjmagazine.com</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/portlet/163/featured-blog-graphic-145.gif</url><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>TechWave goes global…</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/techwave_goes_global.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/techwave_goes_global.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=techwave%5Fgoes%5Fglobal</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From Paul Horan&#8217;s blog.  Not much I can add, just passing it along.  Bit of a bummer, as I was looking forward to the DC event.  Who knows, perhaps one of the other locations will make up for it.
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I&#8217;m]]></description></item><item><title>PowerBuilder Accelerated Development Tour</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/powerbuilder_accelerated_development_tour.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/powerbuilder_accelerated_development_tour.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=powerbuilder%5Faccelerated%5Fdevelopment%5Ftour</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The PowerBuilder Accelerated Development Tour is making it&#8217;s swing through the U.S.  Currently scheduled stops are Dallas and Houston, with more to be announced soon.
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;     Original Entry]]></description></item><item><title>Reading and writing a blob in chunks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/reading_and_writing_a_blob_in_chunks_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/reading_and_writing_a_blob_in_chunks_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reading%5Fand%5Fwriting%5Fa%5Fblob%5Fin%5Fchunks%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At least with Oracle using the DBMS_LOB package.  The issue with using SELECTBLOB and UPDATEBLOB is that you have to store the entire blob in memory.  That could create an issue if you&#8217;re trying to process extremely large amounts of data.  Fort]]></description></item><item><title>Some issues with PBTrace</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/some_issues_with_pbtrace_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/some_issues_with_pbtrace_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=some%5Fissues%5Fwith%5Fpbtrace%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of the new features added beginning with PowerBuilder 10.2 was the ability to toggle database tracing on and off by setting the PBTrace parameter to either 0 or 1 in the DBParm attribute of the transaction object.
Techno-kitten.com reference

You]]></description></item><item><title>Mobile Star Awards 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/mobile_star_awards_2008_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/mobile_star_awards_2008_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mobile%5Fstar%5Fawards%5F2008%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sybase took honors in several categories of the Mobile Star Awards, including a Gold in the Application Development category for PocketBuilder.
  Application Development
    Gold Star - Sybase PocketBuilder
  Database
    Gold Star - Sybase SQL Anywh]]></description></item><item><title>PowerBuilder Advanced Development Tour</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/powerbuilder_advanced_development_tour_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/powerbuilder_advanced_development_tour_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=powerbuilder%5Fadvanced%5Fdevelopment%5Ftour%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PowerBuilder 11.5 just came out and Sybase will share how the new features and capabilities will help accelerate your development, bring aesthetic enhancements to your PowerBuilder applications, and simplify .NET development at the PowerBuilder Advan]]></description></item><item><title>Sprechen Sie Deutsch? - Part 3</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/sprechen_sie_deutsch__part_3_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/sprechen_sie_deutsch__part_3_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sprechen%5Fsie%5Fdeutsch%5F%5Fpart%5F3%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Why &#8220;Sprechen Sie Deutsch?&#8221; again?  Because a majority of the folks in Switzerland speak German (though 3 other primary languages are spoken there as well).
I&#8217;ll be joining John Strano and Steven Dunn of Sybase to do some speaking a]]></description></item><item><title>Save the dates…</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/save_the_dates_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/save_the_dates_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=save%5Fthe%5Fdates%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TechWave 2009 will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C., Aug. 16-20.
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;     Original Entry]]></description></item><item><title>Sprechen Sie Deutsch?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/sprechen_sie_deutsch_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/sprechen_sie_deutsch_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sprechen%5Fsie%5Fdeutsch%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In September I&#8217;m heading to Germany to present to the German PowerBuilder user group.  I&#8217;m also working on arrangements to go back over to Europe in November for other locations as well, including (hopefully), England and Switzerland.  If]]></description></item><item><title>TechWave Conclusions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/techwave_conclusions_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/techwave_conclusions_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=techwave%5Fconclusions%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Once again I thought this was one of the best TechWaves in years.  Better than last years, which was good.  Having my laptop crash on me when I&#8217;m scheduled to do four sessions wasn&#8217;t pleasant, and took the edge off of it for me.  Otherwis]]></description></item><item><title>Friday - Trip home from TechWave</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__trip_home_from_techwave_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__trip_home_from_techwave_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=friday%5F%5Ftrip%5Fhome%5Ffrom%5Ftechwave%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Only thought it was worth mentioning because of the weather.  I&#8217;m driving back because I&#8217;m just going to LA.  It takes a long to drive to Vegas from my house as it does to fly, and driving is (IMHO) more convenient.
It&#8217;s 106 degrees]]></description></item><item><title>Friday - My 4th (and last) session</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__my_4th_and_last_session_1.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__my_4th_and_last_session_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=friday%5F%5Fmy%5F4th%5Fand%5Flast%5Fsession%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A repeat of my session from Wednesday on using .net assemblies from PowerBuilder.  At this point, my laptop won&#8217;t boot at all without crashing, even in Safe Mode.  I have to borrow Terry Voth&#8217;s computer and do my presentation based off th]]></description></item><item><title>Reading and writing a blob in chunks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/reading_and_writing_a_blob_in_chunks.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/reading_and_writing_a_blob_in_chunks.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reading%5Fand%5Fwriting%5Fa%5Fblob%5Fin%5Fchunks</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At least with Oracle using the DBMS_LOB package.  The issue with using SELECTBLOB and UPDATEBLOB is that you have to store the entire blob in memory.  That could create an issue if you&#8217;re trying to process extremely large amounts of data.  Fort]]></description></item><item><title>Some issues with PBTrace</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/some_issues_with_pbtrace.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/some_issues_with_pbtrace.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=some%5Fissues%5Fwith%5Fpbtrace</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of the new features added beginning with PowerBuilder 10.2 was the ability to toggle database tracing on and off by setting the PBTrace parameter to either 0 or 1 in the DBParm attribute of the transaction object.
Techno-kitten.com referenceOrigi]]></description></item><item><title>Mobile Star Awards 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/mobile_star_awards_2008.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/mobile_star_awards_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mobile%5Fstar%5Fawards%5F2008</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sybase took honors in several categories of the Mobile Star Awards, including a Gold in the Application Development category for PowerBuilder.
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    Gold Star - Sybase PowerBuilder
  Database
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I&#8217;ll be joining John Strano and Steven Dunn of Sybase to do some speaking a]]></description></item><item><title>Save the dates…</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/save_the_dates.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/save_the_dates.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=save%5Fthe%5Fdates</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TechWave 2009 will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C., Aug. 16-20.Original Entry]]></description></item><item><title>Sprechen Sie Deutsch?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/sprechen_sie_deutsch.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/sprechen_sie_deutsch.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sprechen%5Fsie%5Fdeutsch</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In September I&#8217;m heading to Germany to present to the German PowerBuilder user group.  I&#8217;m also working on arrangements to go back over to Europe in November for other locations as well, including (hopefully), England and Switzerland.  If]]></description></item><item><title>TechWave Conclusions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/techwave_conclusions.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/techwave_conclusions.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=techwave%5Fconclusions</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Once again I thought this was one of the best TechWaves in years.  Better than last years, which was good.  Having my laptop crash on me when I&#8217;m scheduled to do four sessions wasn&#8217;t pleasant, and took the edge off of it for me.  Otherwis]]></description></item><item><title>Friday - Trip home from TechWave</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__trip_home_from_techwave.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__trip_home_from_techwave.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=friday%5F%5Ftrip%5Fhome%5Ffrom%5Ftechwave</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Only thought it was worth mentioning because of the weather.  I&#8217;m driving back because I&#8217;m just going to LA.  It takes a long to drive to Vegas from my house as it does to fly, and driving is (IMHO) more convenient.
It&#8217;s 106 degrees]]></description></item><item><title>Friday - My 4th (and last) session</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__my_4th_and_last_session.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__my_4th_and_last_session.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=friday%5F%5Fmy%5F4th%5Fand%5Flast%5Fsession</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A repeat of my session from Wednesday on using .net assemblies from PowerBuilder.  At this point, my laptop won&#8217;t boot at all without crashing, even in Safe Mode.  I have to borrow Terry Voth&#8217;s computer and do my presentation based off th]]></description></item><item><title>Friday - ISUG Members Meeting</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__isug_members_meeting.htm</guid><link>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/friday__isug_members_meeting.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bruce.pbdjmagazine.com/console/comments/popup/?f=friday%5F%5Fisug%5Fmembers%5Fmeeting</comments><dc:creator>Bruce Armstrong</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Interesting.  They got a fairly small room and filled it with round tables so that everybody could eat their box lunch.  The result is that more people showed up than we had spaces for.  There was a short presentation and then a raffle than included]]></description></item></channel></rss>