Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for an agglomerated welding flux that can comprise, as expressed in % by weight of flux: 25 to 35% MgO, 20 to 28% CaF2, 15 to 22% Al2O3, 12 to 17% SiO2, and 0,2 to 0,4% carbon (% by weight). The carbon can be introduced using at least one metallic compound contained in the flux. Further disclosed is a process for submerged-arc welding of at least one workpiece made of austenitic stainless steel, using the described flux. Additionally disclosed is a welded joint that can comprise 17 to 20% Cr, 5 to 8,5% Mn, and 14 to 18% Ni, which can be obtained using the described process.

Abstract: Various mechanisms are presented that allow for the coordination of transactions in a managed runtime environment. In one aspect, a runtime environment that is hosted in a database system, includes an application programming interface (API). The API can surface the database transactions as ambient transactions, and present them to some user code. When the user code connects to some remote resource, the ambient transaction can be implicitly propagated to the remoter resource, resulting in coordination of the database transaction with any given transaction running in the remote resource.

Abstract: Various mechanisms are presented that allow for the coordination of transactions in a managed runtime environment. In one aspect, a runtime environment that is hosted in a database system, includes an application programming interface (API). The API can surface the database transactions as ambient transactions, and present them to some user code. When the user code connects to some remote resource, the ambient transaction can be implicitly propagated to the remoter resource, resulting in coordination of the database transaction with any given transaction running in the remote resource.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improved exposure of database schema information are disclosed. Generally, a database driver may retrieve and provide database schema information according to one of two default methods or, also, a third override method. The first default method is to execute a query on the database. The second default method is to retrieve information from a hard-coded collection stored locally at the driver. The third override method is to retrieve information from a designated file that may be updated at any time without having to update the database and/or driver binaries.