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AJAX: Making the HTML User Experience Almost As Pleasant as Flash
(Rob Gonda) In my previous article, “What’s AJAX?”, I covered the basics of AJAX – everything from setting it up, all the way to having it running in an MVC design with basic functionality. Thus far, we have only sent and received simple objects, which is good way to understand the principle, but f
Creating a Searchable Inventory System: Setting Up Your Database and User Interface
(Brian Vaughn) In this second part of an article about setting up a searchable inventory system, we will cover our helper Search class, and some of the things this class will need to be able to do.
Working with XML Documents and Python
(Peyton McCullough) XML can be used for describing data without needing a database. However, this leaves us with the problem of interpreting the data embedded within the XML. This is where Python comes to the rescue, as the author explains.
Using Visual Studio .NET Wizards to Create an N-Tiered Application – Part 2
(David Catherman) Microsoft is known for providing good tools for Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools for developers. MS Access, Visual Studio 6, Visual Interdev and others have provided an environment to visually combine controls, properties, and generated code for quick applications. Visual
Upgrading DTS packages to SQL Server Integration Services
(Allan Mitchell and Darren Green) Determining how you will upgrade your DTS packages to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the first step in creating a DTS-to-SSIS migration strategy.
Driving Clusters for High Availability and High Performance
Best-practices architecture and operational techniques can help IT administrators respond to emerging business opportunities with speed and agility while helping to reduce data center complexity and cost. This special clustering section explores a wide range of high-availability and high-performance
Application development with DB2 UDB
(Dirk deRoos, Gwyneth Evans, Grant Hutchison and Paul Zikopoulos) The field of application development is very broad and all-encompassing. While relational databases play a key role in most applications that need a persistent data store, they are not the driving force behind the development and sel
How To Copy Database Data Using JDBC
(Jeff Heaton) If you work with databases, you’ll often need to copy data from one database to another. While that sounds like a straightforward task, it often involves more than just a straightforward copy. For example, you may need to move only part of the data, or to modify the data as it is copie
Tip: Map between XML and databases
(Hany Saleeb) A common issue for XML users is how to map XML to databases. This tip discusses both table-based and object-relational mappings. Both mappings are commonly used as the basis for software that transfers data between XML documents and databases, especially relational databases. An import