(Eric Bruno) Most software applications require a persistence layer, such as a relational database, to store user data for later retrieval. As a Java developer, you have many choices for your application’s persistence layer. You can use entity beans with either container-managed persistence (CMP
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Do You Need a Data Warehouse Layer in Your Business Intelligence Architecture?
(Steven K. Ball) When designing a business intelligence application that includes multidimensional data marts, should you include a data warehouse between the transactional systems and the data mart? This article is intended to provide decision criteria for any organization that plans on impleme
Creating custom events with Visual Basic .NET 2005
(Amirthalingam Prasanna) Visual Basic .NET is well known for its event-driven programming capabilities. VB.NET 2005 adds new functionality for custom events that provides flexibility in handling and controlling events.
Asynchronous Pages in ASP.NET 2.0
(Jeff Prosise) ASP.NET 2.0 is replete with new features ranging from declarative data binding and Master Pages to membership and role management services. But my vote for the coolest new feature goes to asynchronous pages, and here’s why.
Development and Operations: Partners in Success (or Failure)
(Allan McNaughton) How many early software developers had even heard of IT operations? (Aren’t they the guys responsible for running the mainframe and a bunch of arcane business applications?)
How eBay Uses Metadata to Enhance Its Web Services
(Alan Lewis) With a simple web service like a stock price lookup service, you can pass in a string representing the stock symbol and get back a decimal indicating its current price. Web services like these are easy to document and even with slightly more complex services, like an address validation
Oracle Tip: Create linguistic helper functions in SQL
(Scott Stephens) In a globalized environment, many simple tasks become more difficult because of the variety of grammar rules in different languages. You can generalize these tasks by breaking down a particular language into a set of grammar rules and exceptions to those rules (as well as a base voc
Microsoft’s Lineup of SQL Server Related Webcasts for October 2005
Twenty-four new webcasts are scheduled for October, covering such topics as SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, SQL Server 2005: Facts and Features, A Primer to Proper SQL Server Development and more.
An Atlas for Ireland’s Artists
(Daniel McAlister) It practically goes without saying that people develop emotional attachments to place. The Irish are particularly emotive with regards to townland, parish, county, province and country. Years of emigration have produced a diaspora abroad, cut off from the old country. While they
SOA WHAT? What’s the Big Deal About SOA?
(Miko Matsumura) Have you heard about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)? If not, please come out of the cave you have been hiding in.