(Tim Chapman) Last week, I wrote an introduction to message-based applications in SQL Server 2005. In the article, I briefly mentioned Service Broker, the new component in SQL Server 2005 for building asynchronous message-based applications. A Service Broker application is a collection of one or mor
Other News
MySQL’s FEDERATED storage engine: Part 1
(Xaprb) MySQL’s FEDERATED storage engine is a fascinating example of the flexibility gained by abstracting the storage engine layer away from the rest of the server. FEDERATED tables allow you to access a table on another server as though it exists on the local server. However, the manual doesn’t sa
Rman Admin and Backup Script for RAC on ASM
(Alejandro Vargas) This script does a couple of Admin activities, then make a backup ‘as copy’ to File System.
DB2 security: The starting point
(Rebecca Bond, Kevin Yeung-Kuen See, Carmen Ka Man Wong and Yuk-Kuen Henry Chan) When thinking about organizational information security, your mind might jump to the technical details such as firewalls, access control lists, certificates, auditing, cryption, and all those wellknown electronic trappi
Oracle SQL Developer vs. Toad: Users speak out, part two
(Mark Brunelli) Oracle developers are still speaking out about their favorite PL/SQL editing and debugging tools, and their opinions truly run the gamut. (R)
Oracle RAC Administration – Part 14: Services Architecture in Workload Management
(Tarry Singh) There is a lot of hype on Virtualization. It is a $20 Billion market and although heavy transaction intensive applications and Oracle RAC may not find its place in your Virtual Infrastructure today, someday they surely will. Disk Virtualization, Network Virtualization, not only address
XML Programming using VB.NET: Part 1
(Mahesh Chand) XML has been an integral part of programming these days since the world of programming is moving towards the web. XML is one of the most useful easier ways to store and transfer data. Microsoft .NET framework utilizes XML to store data and transfer data between applications and remote
Passing Information Between Content and Master Pages
(Scott Mitchell) When graphic designers create a layout for a Web site, they typically break down page layout into distinct regions, such as a common header that includes the logo and various navigation links, a left navigation menu perhaps, the main content area, and perhaps some sort of site map o
Creating AJAX Requester Objects with Abstract Factory Classes in PHP 5
(Alejandro Gervasio) The abstract factory pattern can be useful if you’re developing a PHP application that needs to create diverse objects in multiple contexts. If you’re interested in learning the basics of this design pattern, this set of articles might be what you’re looking for. Welcome to the
Learn Ruby on Rails: the Ultimate Beginner’s Guide
(Patrick Lenz) While it certainly makes no attempt to constitute a complete guide to the Ruby language, this tutorial will introduce you to some of the basics of Ruby. We’ll power through a crash-course in object oriented programming, covering the more common features of the language along the way,