(Willie Favero) I once asked my wife where my glasses were. Her reply: “You’re wearing them”. Am I trying to demonstrate that I’m not all that bright, or perhaps extremely absentminded? No, not exactly. So, why start an entry this way? To illustrate the point that there is so much information out th
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Understanding IBM U2 XML Features
(LeRoy F. Dreyfuss) This article reviews the XML capabilities within IBM UniData and IBM UniVerse. Learn the various functions within the databases to develop robust applications that can communicate with any system using XML. Explore the U2 XDOM and XMAP APIs and how to produce XML documents from t
Scenarios, Patterns, and Implementation Guidance for Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0
To design, develop, and deploy secure Web services, architects and developers must learn new technologies, and consider new threats associated with exposing functionality on potentially hostile networks. To prepare you to meet these challenges (both now on Web Service Enhancements 3.0 and in the fut
XML Attributes
(Jan Egil Refsnes) XML attributes are normally used to describe XML elements, or to provide additional information about elements. From HTML you can remember this construct: . In this HTML example SRC is an attribute to the IMG element. The SRC attribute provides additional i
Simplifying Application Maintenance with Visual Basic 2005
(Brad McCabe) Learn to use some of the new features of Visual Basic 2005 such as compiler warnings and refactoring support to simplify the process of maintaining your existing applications.
Oracle ‘Worm’ Exploit Gets Ominous Tweak
(Ryan Naraine) Exploit code for a malicious worm capable of wreaking havoc through Oracle databases has been tweaked and published, prompting a new round of warnings that an actual attack is inevitable.
MySQL 5.0 Certification Exams
(Carsten Pedersen) The following is the foreword of the MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide. It outlines the changes that are being made in the MySQL certification program, and provides the reasons why those changes were made.
Automate routine tasks with .NET’s Windows Services
(Tony Patton) I know very few application developers who spend 100 percent of their time with actual programming work. We often have to devote a portion of our time to system maintenance, as well as the usual array of meetings. Find out how the .NET Framework’s Windows Services (formerly known as NT
DB2 Universal Database and the .NET Developer? Absolutely! Part 3 – Information and Other Goodies
(Paul C. Zikopoulos) In Part 1 of this series, I covered the IBM Explorer and its unique features that help .NET application developers write applications for the IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) product family. In Part 2, I introduced you to a set of schema creation wizards that let you point-a
Best Practices for Data Migration
Data migration, though routine, can cause problems for IT managers. To minimize business impacts of migration – downtime, data loss, and cost – you need a reliable methodology to help you plan, design, migrate and validate data migration projects. (R)