(Michelle Gutzait) As a DBA, you may need to work in multi-collation environments. You have different development teams, as well as packaged software from different vendors, and you have to satisfy everyone’s needs regarding collation type. (R)
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Log Switch Activity
(Warren Nash) The following tip will calculate both the number of log switches per day and the average per month for the last couple of months.
The Father of AJAX Gives Paternal Advice
Jesse James Garrett is the "notorious" father of AJAX. You may not also realize that he’s also a writer, interface developer and designer, information architect, and experience strategist. He co-founded Adaptive Path in 2001, where he is now Director of User Experience Strategy. Garrett is the autho
Mom and Pop Camping Shop Gets E-Commerce Boost
(Hailey Lynne McKeefry) Nature enthusiasts no longer have to make a major hike to take advantage of the vast array of camping, fishing, rock-climbing and canoeing supplies housed within the walls of outdoor specialty equipment retailer Campmor.
Develop Java applications for DB2 XML data
(Cynthia M. Saracco) The DB2 Viper release, now in beta, features significant new support for storing, managing, and querying XML data. In this article, you’ll learn the basics of how to write Java applications that access the new XML data. You’ll see how to insert, query, update, and delete XML dat
IBM Information On Demand 2006
IBM Information On Demand 2006 global conference is the premier information management event for business and IT executives, managers, professionals, DBA’s and developers. More IBM technical and business solutions content will be in one place than ever before! Select from over 800 sessions: a 2.5
Leveraging the WebRowSet object to deliver Web content
(Kulvir Singh Bhogal and Mark Talbot) Most Web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, can now do XML transformations directly within the browser. XML transformations can also be done on an application server. You explore both approaches in this article. First, use a ser
An introduction to RDF: exploring the standard for Web-based metadata
(Uche Ogbuji) This article introduces Resource Description Framework (RDF), developed by the W3C for Web-based metadata, using XML as an interchange syntax. RDF’s essential aim is to make work easier for autonomous agents, which would refine the Web by improving search engines and service directorie
Why Oracle Works the Way it Does (4) – Data Blocks Part 2
(Dratz) Now it’s time to see data blocks in action. For this example I am just going to consider a normal table with rows and columns and nothing more exotic (once you understand this, the various permutations (clusters, partitions, etc.) should be easy to understand).
Using Advanced Functions to Maintain the State of Applications with PHP Sessions
(Alejandro Gervasio) Here we are again. This is part two of the series “Maintaining the state of applications with PHP sessions." In three parts, this series ranges from the basics of session management in PHP, such as creating, registering session data, and destroying sessions, to exploring advance