(Mike Lehmann) In my previous column, I provided a quick tour of the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), using a complex sample business process. Now, let’s look under the covers of BPEL and get a sense of what it takes to wire an existing Web service into a BPEL process. Rather than foc
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Review: NGSSquirrel
(Dale Elizabeth Corey) NGSSquirrel for SQL Server is a vulnerability assessment scanner. It allows system administrators and security professionals to quickly and easily assess SQL Servers (7 & 2000) for a variety of security vulnerabilities and deficits. The NGSSquirrel security scanner comprehensi
Working with ADOX
(Ramesh Balaji and Scott Mitchell) ADO, as you likely know, is used to access databases (or more generic data stores). The work that we normally perform with ADO when working with database can be categorized into the following two activities: 1. Data Definition 2. Data Manipulation
Speed Up Your Site with the Improved View State in ASP.NET 2.0
(Fritz Onion) f you’re a seasoned ASP.NET developer, the mere mention of view state probably sends shivers down your spine, as you envision kilobytes of base64-encoded data being sucked through a cocktail straw. Unless you take steps to prevent it, most ASP.NET pages will have a significant amount o
Optimized ASP.NET
(John Goodson) Developing performance-oriented .NET applications is not easy. The .NET standard includes only basic guidelines and interface definitions to help programmers develop .NET applications. In addition, .NET data providers do not throw exceptions to say that your code is running too slowly
Configuring DB2 V8.1 to compile stored procedures with WebSphere Business Integration Server V4.2
(Wolfgang Kulhanek) Using WebSphere Business Integration Server V4.2 to cross-reference business objects requires the use of stored procedures. This brief article provides the steps to configure DB2 V8.1 to enable stored procedure compilation.
Federal Government XML Implementation
(Michael Champion) Should emergency personnel and law enforcement be called to the scene of a suspected chemical warfare attack, the last thing these frontline workers will want to do is wrestle with incompatible IT systems. Therefore, the federal government is in the throes of linking databases sca
Improving XML Document Validation with Schematron
(Dare Obasanjo) This article describes how to use the Schematron XML validation language to enforce constraints on XML documents beyond the capabilities of the W3C XML Schema.
IBM brings its middleware to Linux
(Ingrid Marson) IBM made its integrated middleware platform for the government, retail and banking sector available on the Linux operating system recently. The platform, which is already available on Windows and Unix, combines industry-specific middleware with its software portfolio including ap
Migrating your Oracle Unix environment to Linux with HP
Join HP experts for an informative UNIX to Linux webcast that examines the compelling reasons so many customers like you are considering making the move to Linux. This webcast will focus on the significant savings on IT operating costs and ROI which can be achieved by moving to Oracle on Linux.