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KXML: A Great Find for XML Parsing in J2ME
by Robert Cadena – Enhydra’s kXML is a great little XML parser with a small footprint, making it perfect for J2ME apps. It uses a unique method of DOM manipulation and parsing called pull parsing. Find out whether kXML is must-have for your toolbox.
Adobe supports IBM DB2 and develops XML architecture
Adobe said the integration of IBM’s DB2 manager and Adobe’s Form Solutions software will make it easier for users to automate their existing paper-based processes.
Grady Booch polishes his crystal ball
Grady Booch spends his time pondering how to improve software development. As such, he thinks about how current trends — UML, aspect-oriented programming, Web services, and so on — will evolve into tomorrow’s development environments. Most importantly, Grady believes that we solve the complexity p
Exhausted Tablespace Alert
by Jayant Kulkarni – I have attempted to write a SQL script that takes care of the MAXSIZE feature and avoids generating false-alarms for the “tablespace alert”. Ideally this script can be embedded in a cron’d shell script to email or page the DBA in case a tablespace is going to run out of extents,
Migrating Access 2000 Databases to SQL Server 2000
As your business grows and demands more high-level performance from your database system, you may have to move from the file-server environment of the Microsoft® Access 2000 Jet engine to the client/server environment of Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000.
SQL Server 2000 Active Directory Integration
SQL Server 2000 was designed to operate as an integral part of the Windows 2000 domain environment. Unfortunately, the new features that best exemplify this integration are rarely taken advantage of. Marcin Policht presents an overview of these features.
Rock-Solid MDX
By Russ Whitney – MDX is powerful, but it can be more complex than SQL. You can make MDX’s complex queries easier to handle if you break them into smaller parts. Here’s a two-part method for making complex MDX manageable.
Oracle Deploys Tarantella Enterprise 3 Software for Application Development
Tarantella, Inc., (Nasdaq: TTLA), a leading supplier of secure application access software, today announced that Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) has selected Tarantella Enterprise 3 software as an Oracle development standard. Selected for use in Oracle’s application development organization, Tarantella
Virtuoso Universal Server 3.0 expands the horizons of data access, integration, and delivery
By Jon Udell – OpenLink’s newest iteration of the Virtuoso database engine is geared to take the wild innovation of its predecessor to new heights. Adding to Version 2.7’s support for XML, Web services, and Internet standards — a list longer than your arm (see our Test Center Analysis, “Across the u