(Ronald Bourret) This paper is designed to introduce the reader to the grammar used in XML DTDs to declare elements and attributes. It does not rigorously define this grammar, nor does it define the entire grammar used in DTDs. Among other things, the grammar for notations and entities is omitted. F
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Out-Moding Modular Presentation with XML
(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.
Installing and Configuring DB2 Server
(Susan Visser and Bill Wong) Although the DB2 documentation covers the installation and configuration of DB2 servers and clients, today provides more detailed instructions on installing the server. (Day 6, “Installing and Configuring DB2 Clients,” shows how to install the DB2 clients.) I also explai
Second Generation Legacy to Web Strategies Via XML
(Don Estes) Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce via the Internet is a disruptive technology. It turns many classic rules of the old economy upside down, where yesterday’s winners may be tomorrow’s losers. In many markets, tomorrow’s winners are now preparing to undercut the incumbent. Targeted
Installation Cookbooks: Installing Oracle9i Developer Suite
(Steve Callan) Previous articles in this series covered installing a database product (Oracle9i) and a development tool (Forms & Reports 6i). For the most part, those installations – just using what Oracle provides in its hundreds of pages long installation guide – are fairly straightforward. With a
Optimize Your Applications
(Dinesh Priyankara) The application you have written, either web-based or windows-based, need to be run fast without making end-user annoyed. I have seen many applications that have very low-level performance but can be easily optimized for some extent. For example, we need to load all shippers to d
Microsoft Locks Up XML Patent
(Alexander Wolfe) The speculation as to whether Microsoft intends to patent XML technology is over. Microsoft has been granted United States patent 6,687,897 for “XML script automation.” The patent, award by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on February 3, appears to deal with basic XML f
Beyond Processing Power
(Peter Coffee) When technologies move from the laboratory to the enterprise IT stack, they must make the transition from dancing bear to chorus line. Research projects can claim success if they dance at all, whether or not they dance well, but an enterprise solution must dance consistently—and well
Buffer Overflows Patched in Oracle 9i Database
(Ryan Naraine) British security research firm NGSSoftware has discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in Oracle’s database server software. The firm is warning that the most serious flaw could lead to system takeover. The vulnerabilities affect the Oracle9i Database (both enterprise and stan
Uses For Derived Tables
(Robert Marda) A derived table is a select statement inside parenthesis, with an alias, used as a table in a join. A simple example is: SELECT a.LastName, b.State FROM UserTable a INNER JOIN (SELECT UserID, State FROM AddressTable) b ON a.UserID = b.UserID