(Clint Boulton) Once thought of as two separate worlds, applications and database software are converging due to the increasingly distributed nature of modern computing.
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XML Is Taking Over the World
XML is taking over the world as we know it, having become the foundation of almost all of today’s Web services and most service-oriented architectures.
Reusability in Web Applications
(Andrei Cioroianu) Code reuse is a very good way to increase developer productivity and application maintainability. Instead of reinventing the wheel, you should always look for well-designed frameworks and customizable components. Application-specific code can also be reused across modules and
Generic Architecture for Caching Table Data: Supercharge Your PL/SQL Applications
(Mark Vilrokx) In this series I am going to introduce you to a generic PL/SQL caching architecture. The goal is to give you an understanding of how you can store Table data in PL/SQL collections (“the cache”) and how to retrieve data from those same PL/SQL collections. The proposed architecture
Siebel 7.8 With IBM DB2 UDB V8.2 Handbook
(Whei-Jen Chen, Priti Desai, Ujwala Devi, Sreeman Kancherla, Venkatram Menakuru, Raghu Ramaswamy, Scott Saunders and Arjun Sirohi) This IBM Redbook delivers details about DB2 UDB V8.2 on Siebel 7.8. It outlines the partnership between Siebel Systems and IBM and the benefits of using DB2 UDB to suppo
The German Direct Marketing Association finds a winning combination with ARS, IBM and Linux
The German Direct Marketing Association is a non-profit trade association that acts as a point of liaison between the marketing industry and consumers. Each year, it organises an annual competition for its member agencies, aimed at showcasing successful and innovative campaigns.
Oracle Collections: A Definition in Plain English Part 3
(Lewis R Cunningham) In part 1 of this series I covered Associative Arrays and Record types. In Part 2, I covered Varrays and Nested Tables. Today I will be covering Sparse Arrays, Bulk Collect and the FORALL command.
Alter every table in a SQL database
(Arthur Fuller) All developers make mistakes from time to time; sometimes this happens because we fail to build in obvious but unstated requirements.
Table Spaces And Locking Levels, Part 1
(Bonnie Baker) While I was talking with a programmer about locking contention and overhead one day, I mentioned table and table space locking. She looked at me and in all innocence said, “Oh, we don’t ever use table space or table locking here. We only use page locking.”
MySQL Storage Engines
(Martin C. Brown) Data in MySQL is stored in files (or memory) using a variety of different techniques. Each of these techniques employ different storage mechanisms, indexing facilities, locking levels and ultimately provide a range of different functions and capabilities. By choosing a differen