(Susan Visser) Did you know that Viper 2 brings new capabilities to you as a developer, whether you’re using SQL, XML, PHP, Ruby, .NET, or Java?
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Scaling and Maintaining Ajax
(Shawn M. Lauriat) You need to take into account the scalability and maintainability of your Ajax application starting with the design phase. This chapter covers general best practices and the use of simple vs. rich interfaces.
Custom Pipeline Component for the DB2 Adapter
(Drew Block) One of the things that I find most enjoyable about BizTalk is the ability to interface with so many different types of systems. With this ability, there always hurdles in getting these systems to work well with each other.
Sign and verify XML documents using Apache WSS4J and WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
(Bob Callaway) With the increasing adoption of Web services and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs), ensuring the authenticity, integrity, and nonrepudiability of XML messages has become an essential component of secure and robust messaging infrastructures. Using a sample scenario, this article wa
Overview of new DB2 Version 9.5 pureXML enhancements
(Manoj Sardana) This article describes IBM DB2 version V9.5 pureXML enhancements and new features for Linux, Unix and Windows. DB2 Version 9 supports XML as a native data type and has the support for SQL/XML and XQuery language along with other features like schema support, publishing functions, XML
Compiling PL/SQL Code for an Oracle Database
(Steven Feuerstein and Bill Pribyl) In this third part of a nine-part series on managing PL/SQL code, you’ll learn how to compile PL/SQL source code, how to use the optimizing compiler, and more.
MySQL Failover Strategy using State Management, introducing MPP – Part 1
(Russell E Glaue) Having a strategy for failover has become almost standard in the business world. Whether it is a total site failover from a NOC in one city to another, or just a simple redundant server. Over the years many technology solutions have been created for or adopted to MySQL to provide t
Silverlight doesn’t require any JavaScript
(Jon Galloway) It’s easier to understand Silverlight when you understand that, at its heart, it’s a simple browser plug-in. JavaScript is extremely useful for browser detection, and it’s the only way to interact with Silverlight 1.0, but JavaScript not at all required to display a Silverlight contro
Programming the ASP.NET 2.0 SqlDataSource Control
(Michael Youssef) Many of us think that Data-Source controls, like the SqlDataSource control, have been developed to work with Data-Bound controls. Yes this is correct and this is exactly the way we should be using it. But in this article, I’m going to show you that you can use the SqlDataSource con
Fade out a form in C#
(Scott Lysle) This article describes a simple approach to fading out a form. The approach used permits the user to define the number of incremental steps used to fade out the form; the form is faded by decreasing the forms opacity from 100% down to 0% using the number of steps defined and by an equi