(Double Xia) The PHP Data Objects (PDO) extension provides a lightweight, convenient means for accessing databases in PHP. However, you must use a database-specific PDO driver to access a database server. Currently there is no PDO driver for the IBM U2 data servers, Uni Data and UniVerse. In this ar
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Working with Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0
(Tony Patton) Web Parts are one of the more interesting features in ASP.NET 2.0. They are a new family of controls available for building dynamic Web interfaces that allow users to easily customize or personalize a page. Web Parts are components that users can display, hide, or move. This week, I pr
StAX’ing up XML, Part 3: Using custom events and writing XML
(Peter Nehrer) In addition to a low-level cursor-based API, StAX provides a powerful iterator-based method to process XML that uses event objects to communicate information about the parsed stream. Part 2 explored this API in detail and provided some examples of its use. In this article, you’ll exam
Tip: SQL Express Configuration Issue
(Sushankar layak) You can manually configure SQL Express and the Windows Firewall to allow remote access. Use the following steps to enable remote access to SQL Express.
What’s New in MySQL 5.1
MySQL 5.1 provides more enterprise-caliber enhancements that greatly assist those wanting to use MySQL for data warehousing and business intelligence, applications having extreme high-availability requirements, and systems needing a powerful but autonomous-running database that requires little atten
Oracle updates licensing models
(Mark Brunelli) Oracle is trying to make it easier for customers to license its products. (R)
A Beginner’s Recipe for a Service-Oriented Architecture
(Paul C. Zikopoulos) Every vendor has a service-oriented architecture (SOA) story; they just might not realize it yet, partly because the SOA terminology can be confusing to the uninitiated.
Decoding the Mysteries of .NET 2.0 Configuration
(Jon Rista) One of the wonderful features of .NET has been its XML configuration features. In the days of .NET 1.x, common application settings, database connection strings, ASP.NET web server configuration, and basic custom configuration data could be stored in a .config file. Custom configuration
Oracle RAC Administration – Part 10:The RAC DBA
(Tarry Singh) Since my last article, quite a few developments have taken place. Oracle has not only continued its onslaught on Red Hat but also opened up its own version of Enterprise Linux for download. Larry Ellison did mention in one of his older interviews that buying Red Hat would not add much
Add IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition to your Web site
(Todd Leyba) Learn how you can quickly and easily integrate a freely downloadable search engine into your Web site. This article describes four methods to do this, using IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition search functionality. The methods range from directly linking to the OmniFind search results page, to