(Sreeram Surapaneni) Oracle 10g offers several new features, one of which is Data Pump technology for fast data movement between databases. Most Oracle shops still use their traditional export and import utility scripts rather this new technology. Data Pump technology is entirely different from the
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Expert: Now is the time for Oracle to clear up Fusion confusion
(Mark Brunelli) With Oracle OpenWorld less than two weeks away and Oracle showing signs that it’s going to refrain — at least in the short term — from making any more major acquisitions, now is the time for the database and business applications powerhouse to retrench, digest its many purchases an
Using XML with MySQL
(Paul DuBois) A growing number of applications today use data represented in the form of XML documents. XML use is on the rise because it is a simple ASCII format that has a well-defined yet extensible structure. As a result, many standardized XML processing tools has been written. What is the impac
A formally published white paper on zIIP measurements is available
(Willie Favero) This is just a very short post to let you know that there is a new white paper available from the folks at SVL that discusses bunches of measurements using zIIP. If you have any interest in the zIIP specialty engine at all, or if you just had one installed or are about to have one in
Testing for Security in the Age of Ajax Programming
(Bryan Sullivan) Ajax programming is one of the most exciting new technologies in recent history. Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) allows a web page to refresh a small portion of its data from a web server, rather than being forced to reload and redraw the entire page as in traditional web pro
Advanced AJAX with JSON
(Kris Hadlock) There’s no doubt that AJAX is a powerful and user-enhancing group of technologies, but its many possibilities still aren’t widely known. In this article, we’ll take a look at how easy it can be to create an extremely powerful data transfer between the server and the client-side AJAX e
Developing JDBC Applications with DB2’s pureXML
(Anson Kokkat) The combination of XML features and JDBC has provided Java developers with more powerful choices for manipulating data within their applications. Meanwhile, the evolution of Java has spawned many JDBC drivers—interfaces for connecting with a database and manipulating data within a Jav
Diagnosing Oracle Performance Problems on *nix
(Christo Kutrovsky) Have you ever had a performance problem on your database server? Have you ever received a call to let you know that “the database is slow,” and when you login to the server via SSH it takes forever? (It’s funny that I even ask this, of course you have.) You run top (it also takes
Data Modeling: Understanding and Being Understood
(Graeme Simsion) Imagine you’re in an elevator, and someone asks (as they do in elevators) “what’s the purpose of data modeling?”. My guess, supported by some research, is that your between-floors response will include the theme of communication – and particularly communication with business stakeh
Using Expression Property to create Columns with Dynamic Values
(Jaish Mathews) I noticed in many database designs with columns which will keep some dynamic values. The fact is that those dynamic values may alter at any time and then the user wants to change them in the database also. My opinion is that dynamic values should handle with dynamic columns whenever