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(Deepak Vohra) JBoss 4.0, developer edition, is an open source application server configured to use HypersonicDB by default. However, some Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) developers would like to use databases other than HypersonicDB to develop and deploy applications. In this tutorial, we
2004 IBM DB2 Information Management Technical Conference
The 2004 IBM DB2 Information Management technical conference will give you the opportunity to grow in your knowledge on how to maximize your existing investment in the IBM DB2 information management software product portfolio. DB2 information management software is much more than our award winning d
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(Nakul Goyal) Since the inception of XML, many developers have wondered why we need XML… How is it better than HTML and what does it do? For starters, XML is far more powerful than HTML, and the power resides in the “X” in XML (which stands for extensible). Rather than providing a set of pre-defin
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Creating Collections for Data Binding and Serialization
(Thiru Thangarathinam) Designing an n-tier application means carefully evaluating the different options and paying careful attention to the type of objects being returned from the business logic layer. The client for the business logic layer could be either ASP.NET Web forms or ASP.NET Web services.
Oracle and SQL Server Data Interoperability Issues – Part 1
(Haidong Ji) Most of us work with and specialize in only one RDBMS system, such as MSSQL, Oracle, or IBM DB2. However, increasingly, we find outselves dealing with a heterougeous database environment and are asked to solve data interoperability problems. Although the major RDBMS vendors try to fo
On-Time Data Warehousing with Oracle10g – Information at the Speed of your Business
Data warehouses have become a cornerstone of successful enterprises, and many companies are recognizing that they can further leverage their data warehouse investment by using the information in the warehouse to more effectively drive day-to-day business operations. The traditional role of a dat
Find Nth maximum value in SQL Server
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