(Isaac Dealey) In my experience, the majority of client change requests for any given application have to do with the presentation layer. This makes sense if you’re a client, because the presentation layer is the only part of the application you see.
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XQuery on SQL Hosts
(Torsten Grust, Sherif Sakr and Jens Teubner) Relational database systems may be turned into efficient XML and XPath processors if the system is provided with a suitable relational tree encoding. This paper extends this relational XML processing stack and shows that an RDBMS can also serve as a high
Increase Your App’s Reach Using WSDL to Combine Multiple Web Services
(Gerrard Lindsay) Enterprise solutions typically aggregate information from myriad internal applications and external sources. Web services have gained rapid adoption as a method to easily and reliably consume the varied data required by these solutions. Situations inevitably arise in which a single
Troubleshooting triggers in SQL Server
(Barrie Sosinsky) A trigger is code that is executed when there is a specific data change in a table. Triggers are one way of controlling how your database responds to INSERTs, DELETEs, and UPDATEs and can be used to maintain data integrity. Triggers are used whenever a constraint placed on data
Generating INSERT statements in SQL Server
(Sumit Amar) The stored procedure InsertGenerator generates the INSERT..VALUES statements for the specified table name.
Install ADAM, the Secure Windows LDAP Service
(Rob Hawthorne) Just about everyone implements a roll-your-own security mechanism for his or her software applications. I’ve done it, many software companies have done it, and I am sure you have as well. But guess what: you don’t have to! With the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft introduced
What does .NET really mean? – Understanding .NET
(Saradha Gnanavel) New to .NET, wondering what this buzz word .NET is today’s happening in the development of enterprise applications and Web Services on Windows platforms! Here is a precise introduction for you. Come on let’s party!
Introduction to WebSphere Administration: Exploring The Differences In Versions (Sample Chapter)
(Shawn Lauzon, Lavena Chan, Roger Cundiff, Christopher Mitchell and Leigh Williamson) IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 5 provides enhancements to scalability, reliability, Web services, J2EETM 1.3 certification, and many other areas. This chapter explores the various differences between Vers
Writing Apache’s Logs to MySQL
(Chris Josephes) In Profiling LAMP Applications with Apache’s Blackbox Logs, I discussed using Apache’s built-in logging directives to record server performance metrics. By recording performance metrics, web server administrators can have a historical record of how the server handled incoming HTTP r
Building Open-Standard Portlets for Location Information
(Justin Lokitz) In business, information is king. With the advent of enterprise portals, getting pertinent information has become as easy as logging onto a single Web site and using a single password. The enterprise portal has moved beyond the custom-built executive dashboard to become an indisp