by Hitesh Seth – If you haven’t come across RSS yet, RSS is “Really Simple Syndication.” Simply put, RSS provides a simple way for Web sites to provide syndicated content to downstream applications.
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A Design Pattern for a Rule Engine
by Yuri Boglaev – Use XML data, events, and XSLT for a simple rule engine that helps you separate business rules from application code.
Basic Performance Tuning
By Roger Sanders – DB2 Universal Database (UDB) version 8.1 for Linux, Unix, and Windows can exist in environments ranging from simple, stand-alone systems to complex combinations of servers and clients running on a variety of platforms. Regardless of the environment, users tend to care most about o
Microsoft Releases Analysis Services Fixes
Microsoft has released four Analysis Services-related hotfixes. The supported fixes are intended to correct only the problems described in the following articles. Microsoft recommends applying the fixes only to systems that are experiencing these specific problems.
Oracle Mute About 10G
With the annual Oracle World San Francisco conference just around the corner, the hype over Oracle’s soon-to-be-announced 10G database has reached a crescendo — or so you would expect. But unlike past releases, this one has so far remained a closely guarded secret thanks to Oracle representatives’ e
Use Triggers to Set Limits
Learn how to limit the number of detail rows for an order to a maximum of four.
Make the most of Xerces-C++, Part 1
By Rick Parrish – This two-part article offers an introduction to the Xerces-C++ XML library. Part 1 explains how to link the library into applications written in Linux and Windows. Ample code demonstrates parsing with the SAX API, and a sample application shows you how to create a bar graph in ASCI
libxml2 2.5.10 and libxslt 1.0.32 released
Daniel Veillard has released new versions of libxml2 and libxslt, classifying the libxml2 release as a “major bugfix release”, and writing that libxml2 2.5.9 and 2.5.10 “include a lot of bugfixes spanning the whole library; upgrading is strongly recommended.” The libxslt 1.0.32 release is also signi
Embedded Markup Considered Harmful
by Norman Walsh – XML is pretty simple. There’s plenty of complexity to be found if you go looking for it: if you want, for example, to validate or transform or query it. But elements and attributes in well formed combinations have become the basis for an absolutely astonishing array of projects.
Implementing IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition with Microsoft Cluster Server
This document takes you through a sample configuration utilizing DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition (EE) V7.2. You can use similar steps to configure DB2 UDB Workgroup Edition and DB2 UDB … (R)