(Rene Pawlitzek) Servlets are a key component of server-side Java development, but despite a number of attractive traits, servlets do not support or enforce the separation of content and presentation. To master that functionality, the author proposes Hamlets — servlet extensions that provide th
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Migration prep, part 3: Manual migration from MS SQL Server to MySQL
(Jan Stafford) It’s no small feat to manually migrate an enterprise from Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL, but it can be done. In part 3 of our series on migrating to MySQL, Mike Sheffey, CEO of migration tools vendor Versora, gives step-by-step instructions for two manual tasks: moving the data struct
Aggregate Data with XQuery
(Nilesh Junnarkar, Nirav Chanchani, and Julie Basu) Most large organizations have multiple applications in-house, each designed to support a specific set of business functions, and these applications are generally optimized for a particular business function. Unlike its applications, however, the va
The View From Outside
(Lester Knutsen) It’s not hard to find information on using Informix ONSTAT or other database utilities to monitor and tune IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) databases. I’ve written several articles on that topic myself. (You can find them on my Web site, listed in the resources at the end of this c
Step-by-Step Guide: How to patch SQL Server
(Chip Andrews) So you’ve decided to secure your SQL Server infrastructure and you don’t know where to start. This first guide in a two-part series on SQL Server patch deployment will help you track down those pesky servers before getting them properly patched. (R)
Deployment: Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Part 2)
(Lonneke Dikmans) Part 1 of this article showed you how to deploy J2EE applications built using frameworks (Oracle ADF) using JDeveloper10g deployment profiles. Now it’s time to turn to deploying the sample application using Apache Ant. As with Part 1, you’ll see how to deploy to not only Oracle Con
SQL Server Kicks Oracle’s Butt
(Buck Woody) Oracle enthusiasts love to bash SQL Server, and Buck Woody thinks it’s high time that the debate is taken to a professional form. If it’s to be an argument, he wants to involve the discipline of logic to see which is better: SQL Server or Oracle. Care to see who wins?
Larry, You Picked A Nasty Fight
(Steve Hamm) When Oracle Corp. announced it had acquired retail- industry software maker Retek Inc. for $650 million on Mar. 22, it brought to an end a tumultuous, three-week bidding battle with corporate software rival SAP. The operatic contest included a series of frenzied bids and counterbids and
EMC, IBM Beef Up Content Management Foundations
(Barbara Darrow) Within the next week, EMC and IBM plan to roll out updated content management infrastructure. EMC’s Documentum 5.3 will add federated search of diverse unstructured data and improved content integration across its applications. IBM said it has integrated the records management exper
Oracle 10g DataPump, Part 1: Overview
(Jim Czuprynski) Oracle 10g’s new DataPump utility is designed as the eventual replacement for the original Oracle Import and Export utilities. This article – the first in a series – provides an overview of the DataPump’s suite of tools for extracting, transforming, and loading data within an Oracle