(Stefan Goessner) More and more web service providers seem to be interested in offering JSON APIs beneath their XML APIs. One considerable advantage of using a JSON API is its ability to provide cross-domain requests while bypassing the restrictive same domain policy of the XmlHttpRequest object. On
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Send e-mail from Oracle via the UTL_MAIL package
(Bob Watkins) Since Oracle 8i, the database has had the capability to send Internet e-mail via the UTL_SMTP package. This supplied PL/SQL package implements the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) as defined by Internet Request for Comments (RFCs).
Programs that use other instances of SQL Server 2000, MSDE 2000, or SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) may fail
Consider the following scenario. You remove an instance of one of the following products: • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (also known as MSDE 2000) Service Pack 4 (SP4) • SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) SP4 • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4
Build an Online Reporting Application Using Oracle XML Publisher
(Mark Rittman) Part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware family of products, Oracle XML Publisher 5.6.2 is a Java-based product that gives you the ability to define, publish, secure and schedule reports built using SQL and XML data sources. Originally developed as a technology within E-Business Suite, Or
Mainsoft enables .Net applications to run on WebSphere Portal
(Mark Fontecchio) Mainsoft Corp. has released extensions that allow IBM customers to run Microsoft’s ASP.Net applications natively on the WebSphere Portal server.
Upgrading stored procedures in SQL Server 2005
(Serdar Yugalalp) I recently explained how changes in SQL Server 2005 may break older applications and databases, especially where deprecated functions are used. Now I’m going to discuss how to use stored procedures in your migrated databases to take advantage of newer functionality in SQL Server 20
Comparing IBM DB2 Content Manager family products, Part 3: Document Management Services for IBM DB2 Content Manager
(Cengiz H. Satir, Edward Huang and Allan Tham) DB2 Document Manager (DM) is one of IBM’s strategic applications that leverages the DB2 Content Manager repository for scalability and performance, while surfacing advanced document management capabilities through a Web-based interface and commonly-used
Working XML: Get started with XPath 2.0
(Benoit Marchal) Although still a Candidate Recommendation, XPath 2.0 is moving towards formal approval. The first update to the XPath recommendation since 1999 is eagerly anticipated by the market and, indeed, several tools have already begun to implement the latest drafts. The changes are so funda
Q&A: MySQL CEO on MySQL’s Present and Future
(Vance McCarthy) MySQL CEO Martin Mickos is always looking to the future, and not one to bugged by the past. OET had the chance to speak with Mickos about the immediate and long-term future of MySQL. Among the topics: relations with Oracle, a growing MySQL partner network, the dramatic uptake in MyS
Oracle Buys Demand Planning App Maker Demantra
(Stacy Cowley) Oracle continued its buying streak by acquiring Demantra, a maker of supply-chain management and planning applications for the manufacturing industry