(Demir Barlas) Analyst believes that Microsoft’s R&D spending could make SQL Server 2005 more attractive to enterprise marketplace dominated by Oracle and IBM.
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SOA momentum building
(Michael Liebow) The enormous amount of activity surrounding service-oriented architecture over the past few weeks has moved the adoption needle more than any previous comparable amount of time. The ecosystem for SOA is rapidly growing with each passing day, as application providers deliver SOA-
Working with DB2 UDB objects
(Hana Curtis) This tutorial discusses data types, tables, views, and indexes as defined by DB2 Universal Database. It explains the features of these objects, how to create and manipulate them using Structured Query Language (SQL), and how they can be used in an application. (pdf)
Virtual Private Database
(Howard J. Rogers) I have a table I want a number of users to access, but I want each user to be able to see only the rows they’re authorised to see. Can I do that easily in Oracle?
Effective Data Paging Using SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft’s Enterprise Library
(Gal Ratner) Displaying records from a table in a tabular way became very easy in ASP.NET. All you have to do is set a DataSource property on a DataGrid component to a DataSet containing records (or any object implementing the IList or IListSource interface). If the number of records in your data so
Object Interaction in PHP: Introduction to Aggregation, part 3
(Alejandro Gervasio) In the third part of his series, the author digs a bit further into object-oriented PHP. He explains the barebones of a paging class and techniques used to aggregate a new “MySQLConnector” class.
Use .NET to develop and implement a Web service solution from start to finish
(Tony Patton) Microsoft quickly recognized the power of the Web services concept and fully embraced the technology with its many products. This is the first in a series of articles that focuses on developing a Web service from start to finish and consuming it with various clients.
MySQL 5.0 Architecture Director Preps for FCS
(Vance McCarthy) In this interview, Aker shares his views with OET on what early adopters are saying about MySQL 5.0, his thoughts on the impact MySQL 5.0’s stored procedures and triggers will have on the enterprise, and how the new upgrade might affect ISVs, as well as long-time end user DBAs and d
Oracle on the Web – Part 3 – Using Applications in HTML DB
(Steve Callan) In the first two parts of this series, we looked at the basic HTTP Server behind HTML DB (and Application Server) and the basic installation and setup of HTML DB itself. In this article, we will look at a simple example of adding a page to an existing application and detail some o
Using SQL*Loader to load objects
(Scott Stephens) SQL*Loader is a fast way to get data into a database without writing complicated scripts. However, when it comes to Oracle objects that are related to each other, the documentation is a little vague. Here are two examples that will help you understand how to use SQL*Loader to load o