(Andre Tost and Victor Dogaru) In this article you learn how the IBM Rational Spatial Integration Adapter facilitates the development of geospatial portlets. It will demonstrate some of the features of the spatial adapter, from building a simple spatial portlet to customizing one of the samples pack
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Making WS-Reliability reliable
(Daniel Rubio) As the adoption curve for Web services continues to evolve, merely alleviating the distributed communication headaches of heterogeneous platforms will not be enough for many projects. Even though interoperability figures at the top of list for most people considering Web services, dis
Protecting Visual Basic .NET Source Code and Applications
(Hannes du Preez) Obfuscation is the process of scrambling the symbols, code, and data of a program to prevent reverse engineering. Obfuscation tools mangle symbols and rearrange code blocks to foil decompiling. They also may encrypt strings containing sensitive data. It’s important to understand th
Why Oracle Works the Way it Does (2)- Segments and Extents
(Dratz) Ok, now that we have a basic understanding of datafiles and tablespaces, we are one step closer to discussing data blocks and something I haven’t mentioned called “headers”.
DB2 Viper migration roadmap
This roadmap helps you navigate through the available information and resources related to migrating from DB2 Universal Database (UDB) Version 8 to DB2 Viper.
Java EE and .NET Interoperability: Exploring Asynchronous Integration (Sample Chapter)
(Marina Fisher, Ray Lai, Laurence Moroney and Sonu Sharma) This chapter provides a basic introduction to asynchronous integration. Asynchronous integration occurs when a number of processes integrate but do not lock for the time of the transaction on which they are integrated.
Disabling the Postback Button
(Craig Shoemaker) Have you ever been asked to create an ASP.NET page that required you to protect users from themselves? All too often, this need is seen when a page initiates a server side process that takes a significant amount of time to complete. Often, users will fill out a mortgage applicati
Fundamentals of Recursion in PHP
(Alejandro Gervasio) Iteration is a straightforward concept. Recursion is a bit more complicated; it can be defined as a regular function that calls itself. PHP supports recursive functions. This article, the first of three parts, will explain recursive functions and help you see why they are useful
MDX Set Functions: The ToggleDrillState() Function
(William Pearson) In this article, we will continue the examination of “MDX for drilling up and down” that we began in Set Functions: The DrillDownMember() Function. We have discussed the nature of drilling, in general, in previous articles of our subseries, stating that it comprises an analytical t
Researcher: Oracle Needs To Patch 44 More Bugs
(Gregg Keizer) A German security researcher said this weekend that Oracle products, particularly its flagship database, are vulnerable to 44 bugs, the oldest reported to the Redwood Shores, Calif. developer two-and-a-half years ago, the newest submitted 12 days ago.