by Amit Asaravala – Many developers will be surprised to learn that SOAP isn’t the only game in town for Web services interfacing. REST offers a perfectly good solution for the majority of implementations, with greater flexibility and lower overhead. Developers need to stop reaching immediately for
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IBM Lowballs DB2 Express Pricing
By Barbara Darrow – IBM DB2 Express will be priced as aggressively as some expected. The database, which will cost $499 per server plus $99 per named user, takes aim at small and midsize businesses and is available now, IBM said.
IBM To Trot Out DB2 Express, Domino And Tivoli Brethren
By Barbara Darrow – IBM this week plans to formally unveil an Express version of its DB2 database that’s tailored for midmarket customers and their supporting partners.
IBM’s Bigger, Better DB2 Database
By Kimberly Hill – Enterprises have suffered much in their quest for the elusive “single view of the customer.” Combining all sources of customer information into a single repository has proven painful in some instances and disastrous in others.
XML-Based ASP.NET Page Templates
Templates provide an excellent way to maintain a consistent look and feel across a Website. However, version 1 of ASP.NET doesn’t natively support the concept of templates. This isn’t a major stumbling block since the .NET platform provides a robust object-oriented environment that can be leverage
Script to grant permissions
By Parthasarathy Mandayam – Here’s a simple script that can be customized to quickly grant permissions to various users on all tables or stored procedures. Using this script I was able to reduce the time taken to grant permissions during installation from 30 minutes to 1 second! It is much faster th
Altering Oracle’s SQL*Plus Help Facility
Everyone needs a little help now and then. James Koopmann finds new ways to provide information to users of SQL*Plus through the Help Facility.
Code Futures Launch FireStorm(TM) DAO Code Generator for Java
Code Futures has announced the initial release of FireStorm, an innovative code generation product for Java and J2EE developers.
Improved Web Connectivity in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services
Learn about the installation, implementation, and behavior of HTTP connectivity in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 3.
Data Discovery
By Russ Whitney – When you’re choosing between relational reporting and OLAP for data analysis, remember that the two tools are different. Relational reporting can provide solid data for decision makers, but OLAP addresses the human side of the equation.