Greg Larsen discusses using the CHARINDEX and PATINDEX functions to search text columns and character strings. Included are how each of these functions operate, and an explaination of the differences between them. Also provided are examples on how you might use these functions to solve a number of d
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How XML can be used
by Jan Egil Refsnes – Some of the different ways XML can be used.
Unit Test Java Web Apps With Cactus
by Kevin Jones – “Test early, test often” is a tenet of extreme programming because testing reduces debugging time. See how to use the Cactus environment to unit test server-side Java components.
IBM utility software on its way
By Stephen Shankland – IBM will release software at month’s end to let customers start sampling some of the promised benefits of Big Blue’s utility computing vision.IBM has begun showing off the new product, called Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator, which IBM acquired when it bought Think Dyna
Data warehousing gets active
By Robert Westervelt – Teradata Warehouse executive Vickie Farrell gives her two cents on the value of the new data warehouse, and the changing role that DBAs play in it.
Microsoft InfoPath 2003 Guided Tours: InfoPath 2003 and Oracle
A step-by-step guided tour on connecting to Oracle database from InfoPath 2003 via .NET Web service.
Court unseals Oracle e-mails
By Dawn Kawamoto – Recently unsealed internal e-mails from Oracle executives outline the company’s strategy and thoughts in its effort to acquire PeopleSoft in a hostile takeover.
Oracle Pushes Its App Server Toward Grid
By Charles Babcock – Application Server 10G will deviate from the academic approach to grid computing, where a central server “scavenges for unused processing cycles” from computers on the network.
Instant logging: Harness the power of log4j with Jabber
Not only is logging an important element in development and testing cycles — providing crucial debugging information — it is also useful for detecting bugs once a system has been deployed in a production environment, providing precise context information to fix them. In this article, Ruth Zamorano
Build a SOAP-based Chat Application with Java Web Services
by Petr Dvorak – This introduction to Web services eschews the canonical “stockQuote” service in favor of a more complex and more informative SOAP-based chat application. Learn how to develop a fully-functional application using the Eclipse IDE and free Web services software from Systinet.