(Jose Fuentes) This book is a wealth of information. The ABC’s of User Interface design and function its a must read for anyone that has to design for the masses or for other developers. There are bits of information in this book that one would ever have expected. Rebecca goes all out to explain thi
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Iterators in C#: Nothing Beats the Foreach Loop
(Jason Whittington) My favorite construct in the C# programming language has to be the foreach loop. I get a little jolt of pleasure every time I use it. I can enumerate rows in SQL Queries, nodes in XML documents, ArrayLists, and Hashtables. You name it, I can enumerate it all without mucking aroun
MySQL Subqueries
(Ian Gilfillan) MYSQL 4.1 has been released as a production version, and with all the new features it is likely a new generation of developers will soon be using MySQL. This month I revisit an old area of contention – subqueries. Until now, MySQL has not supported subqueries, and this lack cause
Build Web-based analytic applications with DB2 Alphablox and DB2 Information Integrator
(C. M. Saracco) IBM DB2 Information Integrator and DB2 Alphablox enable Web application developers to quickly build components that integrate data from a wide variety of sources into a single report or chart. This article shows how it’s done.
XML, the Web, and Beyond
(Edd Dumbill) Welcome to this week’s column, in which I’m excited to be able to tell you about changes in prospect for next year’s XML Europe conference, and report on a discussion about when multiple schemas for XML documents should be used.
Beyond the White Pages
(Michael S. Dougherty) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a specialized database configuration designed for the quick storage and retrieval of identity information for authentication and authorization. LDAP, often called Directory Services, has a close analog in the physical world: the
New Features for OCPs
(Aradhana Puri) The Oracle Database 10g: New Features for Administrators exam enables Oracle Certified Professionals (OCPs) certified on Oracle9i Database to upgrade their certifications to Oracle Database 10g. This is the only exam that OCPs certified on Oracle9i Database need to take to upgrade th
DB2 Programming Features and Strategies (Sample Chapter)
Database applications provide programmers with the challenge of utilizing DBMS resources efficiently. DB2 provides rich features such as UDFs, stored procedures, concurrency, and transaction management. Using these features properly make the difference between well-tuned applications and headaches
Installing Oracle Database 10g with Real Application Cluster (RAC) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3
The following procedure is a step-by-step guide (Cookbook) with tips and information for installing Oracle Database 10g with Real Application Cluster (RAC) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3. This article covers Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS), Oracle’s Automatic Storage Management (ASM
Cannot Control COMMIT or ROLLBACK Commands When You Use ADO with DB2 and Stored Procedures
When you use ADO with the OLE/DB Provider for DB2 and stored procedures, it is not possible to control the COMMIT or ROLLBACK commands in a transaction. For example, the following code does not work to commit or rollback a transaction.