(Jay Janssen) I’m really excited about MySQL Cluster. It has a lot of potential to be a good competitor to Oracle RAQ, and not just in a copy-cat kind of way.
Other News
Tips for Optimizing Rails on Oracle
(Luca Mearelli) Using the Ruby on Rails framework it is relatively easy to develop complex systems that are backed by an Oracle database, but this ease doesn’t exempt the developer from the need to optimize the data model and the code that manipulates it.
Use XForms to create an accounting tool, Part 6: Wrapping it up
(Nicholas Chase) This six-part series demonstrates how to leverage the power of XForms in conjunction with MySQL and PHP to create an online accounting tool called X-Trapolate. Every good programming technology possesses a range of problems it excels at solving. This series highlights some of the pr
XML Namespaces and Data Islands
(Raja Kishore Reddy) I was quite surprised when a few of my developer friends pointed out that they were not really aware of some of the XML basics, despite using Java or C# to handle XMLized data for some time. I am thrilled when they tell me that this basic workshop on XML concepts is actually hel
Index on Expressions [DB2 9 for z/OS]
(Craig Mullins) DB2 9 for z/OS offers, for the first time, the ability to create an index on data that is not technically in the table. At this point, you may well be asking “What does that mean?” and “Why would I do that?” I’ll attempt to answer both of those questions.
Rational Data Architect and DB2 9: Using the SQL Editor
(Paul Zikopoulos) In an article called “Rational Data Architect and DB2 9: Building an SQL Statement”, I introduced you to the IBM Rational Database Architect (Rational DA) product and its SQL builder feature. Specifically, I showed you how easy it is to build an SQL statement using the Rational DA
Delivering Next Generation User Interfaces Using AJAX
(Rado Kotorov) By any reckoning, the Internet and the World Wide Web have already remade the way we do business. The ascendance of the Web-based enterprise has come to be seen as inevitable. But anyone who takes a hard look at the serious limitations of first-generation Web applications is likely to
Understanding roles in Oracle stored procedures
(Bob Watkins) One of the trickiest parts of Oracle’s security model is the way that roles (collections of database privileges) interact with stored procedures, functions, and packages. Object privileges in Oracle can be granted directly to the user or indirectly via a role.
Implementing Real-World Data Input Validation using Regular Expressions
(Francis Norton) This article explains how to use .NET regular expressions to enforce the kind of logically complex input validation requirements that we sometimes confront in real specifications. This will allow us to start with basics and go on to exploit some fairly advanced features.
Frequently Asked Questions in .NET 2.0
(Uday Denduluri) The questions and answers discussed in this article are the common questions programmers encounter in interviews. Most of the questions are basic questions of .NET and some of them are from ASP.NET 2.0.