(Ingrid Marson) IBM made its integrated middleware platform for the government, retail and banking sector available on the Linux operating system recently. The platform, which is already available on Windows and Unix, combines industry-specific middleware with its software portfolio including ap
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Improving XML Document Validation with Schematron
(Dare Obasanjo) This article describes how to use the Schematron XML validation language to enforce constraints on XML documents beyond the capabilities of the W3C XML Schema.
Federal Government XML Implementation
(Michael Champion) Should emergency personnel and law enforcement be called to the scene of a suspected chemical warfare attack, the last thing these frontline workers will want to do is wrestle with incompatible IT systems. Therefore, the federal government is in the throes of linking databases sca
Configuring DB2 V8.1 to compile stored procedures with WebSphere Business Integration Server V4.2
(Wolfgang Kulhanek) Using WebSphere Business Integration Server V4.2 to cross-reference business objects requires the use of stored procedures. This brief article provides the steps to configure DB2 V8.1 to enable stored procedure compilation.
Optimized ASP.NET
(John Goodson) Developing performance-oriented .NET applications is not easy. The .NET standard includes only basic guidelines and interface definitions to help programmers develop .NET applications. In addition, .NET data providers do not throw exceptions to say that your code is running too slowly
Speed Up Your Site with the Improved View State in ASP.NET 2.0
(Fritz Onion) f you’re a seasoned ASP.NET developer, the mere mention of view state probably sends shivers down your spine, as you envision kilobytes of base64-encoded data being sucked through a cocktail straw. Unless you take steps to prevent it, most ASP.NET pages will have a significant amount o
Working with ADOX
(Ramesh Balaji and Scott Mitchell) ADO, as you likely know, is used to access databases (or more generic data stores). The work that we normally perform with ADO when working with database can be categorized into the following two activities: 1. Data Definition 2. Data Manipulation
Database Change Management: An Automated Approach
(Darren Fuller) In this first article of a 4 part series, Darren Fuller discusses the need for database change management and problems with current approaches. Future articles in the series will examine an automated methodology, the requirements to implement such an approach and describe the benefit
How To Use Excel with SQL Server Linked Servers and Distributed Queries
SQL Server supports connections to other OLE DB data sources on a persistent or an ad hoc basis. The persistent connection is known as a linked server; an ad hoc connection that is made for the sake of a single query is known as a distributed query. Microsoft Excel workbooks are one type of OLE D
Practical data binding: Who uses this stuff, anyway?
(Brett McLaughlin) While my last several articles have been useful (I hope) from the perspective of a specific implementation, my goal is to make this article down-to-earth and practical. Most of the stuff I read in books and magazines makes me wonder if the authors have actually used the things the