Join us on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at 11:00 am ET/US for a technical introduction to the low cost, high value DB2 Express database server and why it’s an excellent option for developers, mid-market businesses, and partners. You’ll learn just how easy it is to install DB2 Express, the robust a
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XML Content Authoring For the Rest of Us
(Bill Trippe) XML authoring has long been viewed as difficult and arcane, and best left to specialists using complex thick-client software. Indeed, in some markets and applications, such as developing technical documentation for aircraft or automobiles, today’s preferred XML tools look and act much
Integrate DB2 with Apache Geronimo
(Emilio F Zegarra) The Apache Geronimo project has successfully built an open source, J2EE-compliant application server. What makes this application server particularly powerful and reliable is the reuse of existing open source projects as part of its implementation. In a sense, the Apache Geron
The Open Source Fear Factor
(JT Smith) Ask a group of corporate IT leaders whether they’d rather stick their arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their sleeves.
The .NET 2.0 Action Lists
(Brian Mains) Action Lists are a new feature of .NET controls. Whenever you select a user control, you see a right arrow in the upper-right corner signaling that the control has an action list, which contains a list of shortcuts that the developer can alter. It is a handy tool to setup databinding,
Database Engine Tuning Adviser: How to tune your new SQL Server 2005
(Jeremy Kadlec) Business and IT teams alike are demanding high-speed SQL Server 2005 installations right out of the gate. Getting the DMBS up and running is not usually the greatest challenge; it’s ensuring that the platform performs as expected. This is no small task when you already have little ti
All is gold for the DB2 Express
(Craig Morris) Since 2003, the inexpensive Express version of IBM’s DB2 database has been available for free as DB2 Express-C since the end of January. The software giant claims that its latest offspring, which is to run on 32 and 64-bit machines on Windows and Linux, has “no limitations on the size
Put some style in your Web site with CSS and XHTML
Moving beyond mere HTML into the much more capable world of CSS and XHTML is not as daunting a task as you might think. This chapter from Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, by Elisabeth and Eric Freeman explains CSS tags and XHTML elements in easy to understand language backed by examples and sample
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(Robert Lemos) A security researcher released details of a critical flaw in Oracle’s application and Web software, criticising the company for not cooperating with the security community and taking too long to fix software issues that threaten its customers.
PHP: Easy Dynamic Websites
(Lee Asher) If you’re already a programmer, you’ll be able to learn the basics of PHP in about five minutes, and if you’re not then it probably won’t take much longer.