In a significant step to protect the freedom to implement Web standards the W3C has announced the publication of its patent policy. After long debate, the royalty-free policy has been implemented as a result of widespread consensus.
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Kickstart XML Tutorial
In this tutorial you will learn what XML is about. You’ll understand the basic XML syntax. An you will know what’s needed to make XML usable. You won’t be an XML expert after following this kickstart tutorial. But you’ll understand the basics of XML. And you’ll be able to understand XML Documents
Oracle Concepts: The Instance and the Database
The complexity of how information is stored and where it is retrieved from is hidden from the casual user who queries a database. But if you plan on administering Oracle, you need to become familiar with how Oracle handles both resources. In this article, Joe Lax discusses two basic, but important,
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By Roger Smith – Is the real world of application development closer to every developer’s dream? Industry gurus and developers talk about how Oracle9i JDeveloper is keeping pace with new standards and techniques.
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Report: SQL Server Experiences Growth in Database Market
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IBM, Oracle Wrangle Over RDBMS Manageability Claims
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IBM targets user base with DB2 enhancements
IBM announced a range of enhancements to its DB2 relational database product family at the International DB2 Users Group IDUG 2003 conference in Las Vegas last week.
Migrating an application from SQL Server
If an application is developed in SQL Server and is going to be migrated to DB2, what are some of the problems to look out for?<br><Br>The primary problem will be converting Transact-SQL to the equivalent DB2 SQL. There are certain Transact-SQL constructs that are either not available or are coded d
The Architecture of Service
by Kendall Grant Clark – I confess: when it comes to XML and web services, I am a Big Picture person. There are hundreds of angle-bracket jockeys in the XML development community, to whom we can all look for the ins and outs of particular XML technologies. But the job of the XML-Deviant column, as I