(Benoît Marchal) In the second part of this series on UML and XML, the author introduces the UML metamodel. He proceeds to XMI, the XML-based specification for the exchange of models. He then shows how to map from the metamodel to XML schema. As an illustration, he includes two stylesheets that prov
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(Martin Oberhofer and Joachim Stumpf) This series of three articles comprise a detailed introduction to IBM DB2 Everyplace V8.2. The authors begin with an overview of IBM’s mobile solutions, delve into the details of DB2 Everyplace, and then guide you through the necessary steps to actually create a
Analysis About Analysis Services
(Ramunas Balukonis) In this article I’ll demonstrate how one can learn more about the queries that are sent to analysis services. Every analysis services administrator should know about the table named “QueryLog”. This table contains information about the queries, which are submitted to analysis
Table Partitioning Strategies for DB2 UDB for iSeries
On any platform, good database performance depends on good design. And good design includes a solid understanding of the underlying operating system and database technology, as well as the proper application of specific strategies. (R)
Wrapper Code Generator for MS SQL Server Databases
(Nirosh) Today, application development paradigm has expanded into many areas. Developers/ architects use many different approaches to keep their phase with the fast moving industry by developing applications rapidly. In all cases, the bottom lines are speed, accuracy, scalability and performanc
Taking Open Source to the Bank
(Stacey Quandt) Open source vendors are often asked how they make money if their software is free. Well, believe it or not, open source and profit are not oxymorons. In fact, several open source vendors are making money, growing in size, revenue, installed base, and influence.
NYSE Rings IBM’s Bell
IBM announced it is working with the New York Stock Exchange on a new order management and messaging system in support of its 1.6 billion shares traded daily. The system will be an example of “Extreme Availability,” relying on IBM computers, infrastructure software and engineering expertise for a ne
Unit Testing in .NET
(Dan Jurden) You could create a new Windows Forms application using a default form. Then you could add several controls, a lot of code to instantiate your objects and call methods, and then populate your controls to see what was returned. Oh, but wait: what if you call a method with different parame
Information Patterns Basics, Part 2: Historical Patterns
(Fons Pieters) Part 1 of this series introduced the concept of information patterns and gave a sample set of architectural patterns. Part 2 will focus on historical patterns. Four information patterns will be named and explained by functional information application, dimensional data model desig
Oracle Aims To Tame Out-Of-Control Data
Oracle is moving beyond its focus on selling more databases and applications into an era of listening to customers who say they’ve got too much data and too many databases to manage.