(Elliotte Rusty Harold) This article explains the problems XForms are intended to solve, including internationalization, accessibility, and device independence. If those problems are your problems too, then XForms is worth further investigation. If those aren’t your problems, then you may be better
Author: SSWUG Research
Using Apache Derby databases, Part 1: Managed objects in a converged provider environment
(Stephen B. Morris) This two-part series addresses the importance of the automated management of Apache Derby databases using (as an example) IBM autonomic computing touchpoint technology and Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM). This article, Part 1, introduces the growing need for automated
DB2 Recovery Expert for z/OS User Scenarios
(Nagraj Alur, Hennie Mynhardt, Gregg Palmer and Alicia Wangelien) This redbook documents the main features of Recovery Expert for z/OS, and describes its architecture and processing flow. Using typical user scenarios, this redbook provides a step-by-step approach to recover database objects safely,
The VB.NET-MySQL Tutorial – Part 5
This article is fifth in a series of articles describing how to create a simple Windows application that queries and updates a MySQL database. So far we have designed our application and our database, installed MySQL and VB.NET, created our database, and created a basic application. This application
Updating a Secondary Data Source in InfoPath Using AJAX
(S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton) Secondary data sources in Microsoft Office InfoPath are XML files, databases, SharePoint lists, or web services that have been linked to an InfoPath form, but for which no data is persisted in the form itself. Therefore, any changes made to the data of a secondary data source ar
Sometimes Microsoft does things very well
(David Norris) As I sit here writing this on my Apple Mac I have to report that, having looked at the data mining services in Microsoft SQL Server, I am very impressed! Not always an easy thing for those of us who try to avoid Microsoft like to admit. Currently data mining is very much the preserve
Data Partitioning in SQL Server 2005 – Part II
(Muthusamy Anantha Kumar) In the part I of the article we did a simple partition by dividing the table into two. This article illustrates how to create a table partition by dividing the table into four parts.
Duplicating an SPFILE from an ASM Diskgroup to the Local File System
(Jeff Hunter) Suppose your database is stored using ASM including all physical database files and the SPFILE. You already know and understand how to duplicate database files and even the control file from ASM to the local file system using RMAN (See Migrating Databases from non-ASM to ASM and Vice-V
Oracle’s Next-Gen Database in Works
(John Pallatto) While most customers are still contending with the intricacies of Oracle Database 10g, Oracle officials here told attendees of the company’s OpenWorld show Oct. 23 that it was ready to launch the beta test version of its next-generation Database 11g.
Migrating to XForms
(Paul Sobocinski) In 2001, the W3C set out to create an XML standard for implementing user forms in XHTML by publishing the XForms 1.0 Working Draft. The purpose of XForms is to eventually replace existing HTML forms, which are limited in capability and notoriously difficult to develop in. If you a