(Hilary Cotter) On the newsgroups recently I have encountered some posters who are perplexed by the results of their full-text searches.
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Teaching XSLT new tricks with EXSLT
(Michael Day) Following on from Kurt’s detailed reevaluation of XSLT 2.0, I thought that I might share an example of what you can do in XSLT 1.0 with the assistance of EXSLT, a useful set of extension functions that are supported by most XSLT implementations.
Create a Web-based interface for MySQL databases in a flash with phpMyEdit
(Dmitri Popov) If you’ve ever worked with MySQL databases, you are probably familiar with phpMyAdmin, a PHP-based tool that allows you to create and manage MySQL databases via a browser. It is an indispensable tool for anyone building a PHP/MySQL-based Web application. But while phpMyAdmin eases the
TechTip: SQL and i5/OS Record Format Names
(Kent Milligan) When using SQL to create DB2 for i5/OS tables that will be accessed by non-SQL interfaces, such as RPG native interfaces, you need to consider the record format name generated by DB2. By default, the record format name for an SQL created table is identical to the table (or file) name
Introducing Mediator Classes in PHP 5
(Alejandro Gervasio) The mediator design pattern can help you achieve and maintain synchronization between a group of PHP classes. In this first of a two-part series, you’ll be introduced to the mediator pattern, how it functions, and how it can help you with your application development.
Docking Controls – Standard and Custom
(Scott Lysle) Visual Studio 2005 includes the Toolstrip container and Toolstrip controls; used together, these controls allow the end user to drag and drop toolstrips to the edges of the screen such that at run time, the user can reposition the toolbars to the top, bottom, left, or right edges of th
High Availability and Scalability Guide for DB2 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows
(Whei-Jen Chen, Chandramouli Chandrasekaran, Don Gneiting, Gustavo Castro, Paul Descovich and Tomohiro Iwahashi) As organizations strive to do more with less, IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows provides various built-in high availability features. DB2 further provides high availability solutions b
Native XML in Relational Databases – Oracle XMLDB, Part 2
(Edmon Begoli) Continuing on review of the Oracle’s XMLDB native XML features. In this entry I will look at some pros and cons of this product. I am still in a learning phase of Oracle XMLDB therefore my assessment of its pros and cons will be subjective and somehow incomplete. Think of this entry a
Straighten Out Your Strings
(Billy Hollis) The most common type of data to manipulate in most applications is textual data, which developers usually store in strings. String handling has always been a strong point for the Basic family of languages, and the .NET version of Visual Basic gives you quite a few new tricks for manip
So Where Is PureXML for DB2/400?
(Timothy Prickett Morgan) With much fan-fare last week, IBM rolled out its “Viper” database technology into the version of DB2 for its z/OS-based mainframes. Viper is not just a relational database, which can store information in the traditional format that is friendly to SQL and other query methods