by Kevin Kline and Baya Pavliashvili – Many people can write computer code; few can write software that’s scalable. This article provides some of the general guidelines for application performance tuning. The rest of the articles in this series will go into details of tuning the database portion of
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Davis signs bill targeting conflicts on tech contracts
By Mark Gladstone – In the wake of the botched Oracle contract, Gov. Gray Davis on Monday approved legislation cracking down on conflicts of interest in state technology purchases.
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,
JAXB or W3C XML Schema “a la carte”?
Sun has released version 0.7 of their JAXB (Java Architecture for XML Binding) specification introducing a partial -and controversial- support for W3C XML Schema.
Introduction to Xindice
By Arun Gaikwad – This article is an introduction to an Open Source Native XML Database System, called Xindice (pronounced zeen-dea-chay). It is also an introduction to Native XML Database concepts.
Transform data into Web applications with Cocoon
By Lajos Moczar – If you’ve read about Apache Cocoon or started dabbling with it, you might be wondering about the best approach for implementing your custom Java logic into it. This article will get you coding with XSPs (Extensible Server Pages) and actions. Lajos Moczar walks you through a few exa
Oracle 8i Row Chaining and Migration
Though a number of factors can contribute to performance degradation in your databases, many performance issues can be prevented by properly designing and/or diagnosing the databases. As Gaurav Sharan Gupta discusses in his first article for DBAsupport, proper diagnosis of Row Migration (RM) and Row
JDOM and XML Parsing, Part 1
By Jason Hunter – Chances are, you’ve probably used one of a number of Java libraries to manipulate XML data structures in the past. So what’s the point of JDOM (Java Document Object Model), and why do developers need it?
Simplify Mobile Development with CE
By Brian Moran – Last week, Microsoft announced availability of SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition 2.0. The new release includes several upgrades, but the most important change will make building applications for mibile devices easier.
SQL Server Achieves World Record Benchmarks
Read about record-breaking performance results for SQL Server 7.0 Enterprise Edition and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. Benchmark records include Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), TPC-H, SAP R/3 Sales and Distribution, SAP Retail, and PeopleSoft HRMS.