By James Koopmann – Oracle’s traditional method of storing parameters in the INIT.ORA file has given way to a more robust method– the server parameter file (SPFILE). Learn what truly works in converting and maintaining your parameters without ever having to use an editor again.
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Quest Software Releases New Version of SharePlex, Delivering Broadest Oracle Database Support Available
Software, Inc. has announced the availability of SharePlex(R) 4.5. The new version of SharePlex is the first available database replication product to support both Oracle9i Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Oracle Parallel Server (OPS), as well as providing enhanced support for the Oracle E-Busine
IBM Builds Bridge for DB2
By Dennis Callaghan – IBM has developed a metadata product that will help enterprises that use a variety of third-party reporting tools access data from its DB2 database.
DB2 V8.1 Database administration certification prep, Part 1 of 6: Server Management
This tutorial introduces skills you must have to properly manage a DB2 server. This is the first tutorial in a series of six that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 701).
Optimal DB2 performance with SQLJ and JDBC
JDBC and SQLJ are used to access databases in your Java programs. This tutorial introduces SQLJ and JDBC and covers some of the ways to take advantage of the features of SQLJ when accessing DB2 to achieve the best overall performance in your Java programs.
Designing a New Schema with XML Design Patterns
by Kyle Downey – In this article we’re going to start a project to design an XML format that could be generated from IDL, TLB, XDT or any other representation of a portable component and then be read by any language that supports XML and further manipulated to generate GUI tools, documentation, and
Scrapping DocBook
Norm Walsh writes, “There comes a point in the life cycle of any system when adding one more patch is the wrong solution to every problem. Eventually, it’s time to rethink, refactor, and rewrite. For DocBook, I think that time has come.”
Designing XML Schema Libraries
Learn about designing schema libraries capable of modeling a wide range of programming language-specific type hierarchies in use today.
XML Transactions for Web Services, Part 1
by Faheem Khan – This first article in three part series describing transactional web services introduces the service oriented architecture, federation of web services, and the need for coordination and transactions.
Extreme XML: EXSLT: Enhancing the Power of XSLT
Dare Obasanjo shows you how to implement an extension library containing over 60 functions that add support for features such as regular expressions, set based operations, and date-time processing to XSLT.