(Gerald Leung and Lin Sun) New features in the latest version of the IBM DB2 database make it possible to access and manipulate XML data just as you would data in a standard relational database. In this tutorial, you’ll learn to set up a DB2 9 database and WebSphere Application Server Community Edit
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PHP and IDS
(Jean Georges Perrin) PHP (a recursive acronym for “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor”) has been around since 1995, but is often disregarded in favor of Java and .Net. However, its ease of use, natural integration with Linux, Apache, and the rest of the LAMP platform, and low price tag (free) make it a mu
Quick and Dirty Settings Persistence with XML
(circumpunct) Yes, I’m afraid it’s yet ANOTHER class to save application settings in an XML file. Why, when there are so many similar articles here? Well most of them use classes that are big, and some are HUGE! Great when you need them, but do we really need to use a DLL built from tens of files an
Building control derived from Windows Forms control in Visual Studio 2005: Part II
(Michael Livshitz) In the first part of this article we have defined our task and have prepared a basis for creation and testing the ComboBox_C control derived from an Windows Forms ComboBox control. In this part we are going to build and test the control.
Make the Right Decision with Our Side-by-Side Comparison of Spring and EJB 3.0
(Rod Coffin) Software development professionals today are faced with a bewildering array of technology choices. It is not always easy to decide which technologies are most appropriate to employ in solving any particular business problem. In the area of enterprise Java development, there has recently
Building an ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part for Deployment to WSS V3.0 and MOSS 2007 – Part 1
(Gayan Peiris) In this article, you will be looking at how to create an ASP.NET 2.0 web part using Visual Studio 2005 and C# language. You will create a simple ASP.NET 2.0 web part that will display the logged in user’s name. You will learn how to upload the web part to the web part gallery and, fin
Replicating Code Modules with SQL Server 2005
(Baya Pavliashvili) Previous articles in this series taught you how to replicate table articles using SQL Server 2005. As with previous releases of the software, SQL Server 2005 enables you to also replicate code modules: stored procedures, views (including indexed views), and user-defined functions
Using CodeDOM in .NET 2.0
(Uday Denduluri) CodeDOM is a very powerful Application Programming Interface (API) that is available with Microsoft .NET 2.0. This API can do wonders for you by generating code on the fly. This article takes a look at this technology and explains it with code examples wherever appropriate.
Part 1: Building a Portfolio of Services
(Dan Hynes and Salil Pradhan) Although Service Oriented Architecture, or SOA, is still somewhat new, many companies are recognizing the need to adopt an SOA approach as a method of implementing solutions that are aligned with business needs. A key step in this approach is building out a portfolio of
Tuning parallel processing
Much of the information in this topic applies also to Sysplex query parallelism. See DB2 Data Sharing: Planning and Administration for more information.