Analyst firm Gartner Group has warned users that Oracle’s new All In One programme may not guarantee cost reduction despite the company’s promise that it will enable enterprises to predict cost of ownership for applications.
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Determine the number of rows in a table without a table scan
By Andrew Novick – If you don’t require an exact answer, it isn’t necessary use a SELECT count(*) query on the rows in a table to get the row count. SQL Server keeps the row count in sysindexes and it can be retrieved there. The key is to select the correct record from sysindexes.
BEA sweetens XML tool for Java
By Martin LaMonica – The free service, available from BEA’s developer Web site, is based on XML Beans, software that the company is testing. The software converts Extensible Markup Language (XML) document definitions into Java code. By generating much of the Java needed to process an XML document wi
Tip: SAX and document order
By Howard Katz – This tip focuses on document order, SAX, and something I call document order indices, or DOIs for short. I’ll start with a short discussion of document order, explaining what it is, where it’s useful in an XML context, and why it’s important. I’ll then present some simple SAX code t
Apache release Web Services Invocation Framework 2.0
The Apache Web Services Invocation Framework team announced the first open release of their Apache WSIF API.
XML Pipelining with Ant
by Michael Fitzgerald – In this article, I’ll discuss the XML structures in an Ant build file, named build.xml by default, talk about some common XML-related tasks that Ant can perform, and then finish up with an example of XML pipelining.
Feature Story: Securing the E-Vote
By David Kelly – Governments around the world have viewed online voting with a mixture of awe and trepidation. The benefits are obvious and immediate, but risks of fraud and security are great. Find out how one city built a secure solution using Oracle9iAS.
Book Excerpt: SQL: The Complete Reference, Second Edition
Covering emerging standards and new related technologies including XML, Web services, EJB, J2EE, and JDBC, this book will help you gain the knowledge and essential skills you need to effectively work with SQL. Comprehensive, organized, and practical, this is the ultimate guide to understanding and u
Slammer Source Code Provides Clues
By Dennis Fisher – Although still unclear on who unleashed the worm onto the Internet, security experts say signatures in the worm’s code indicate a Chinese cracking group may be responsible for writing the code.
BEA Service Aims to Ease XML-Java Fusion
Angling for the convergence of application integration and application development, BEA looks to make life easier for Java developers with XMLBeans.