(James Holmes) JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology supports application object reuse through includes, which allow other files (including other JSPs) to be sourced into a JSP file either at compile time or dynamically at application runtime. This is great for abstracting common elements of pages such

(Robert Westervelt) Oracle Corp. has signed onto Microsoft’s Visual Studio partner program in a pairing that should make it easier and cheaper for developers to write Windows-based applications for Oracle databases.

(Andrei Cioroianu) Tag files are one of the most important new additions to JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, allowing Web developers to build libraries of custom tags with the JSP syntax. The JSP tag files are translated into Java code automatically by the JSP container through the same process th

(Jim Czuprynski) Oracle 8i offered the CAST function, which allows a PL/SQL collection to be processed as if it was a normal table. When CAST is paired with table functions, it becomes even more powerful as a data manipulation toolset. This article provides a brief technical explanation of CAST

(Cameron O’Rourke) One of the most interesting and yet overlooked features recently added to the Java platform is Java Management Extensions (JMX). The purpose of JMX is to provide a standard interface for monitoring and controlling Java applications. But the JMX architecture is so flexible that it

On May 1, 2004, the Oracle Certification Program announced plans to retire the Oracle8i Database Administrator Certified Professional track. All DBA OCP Candidates following the Oracle8i DBA OCP track will have until December 31, 2004 to complete the required core Oracle8i DBA exams in this track.

(Nord Samuelson) As Oracle Corp. readies for the next release of its E-Business Suite — 11i.10 — due out this summer, those who have not yet invested in the suite are wondering if it’s better to wait, or implement now and upgrade later. Nord Samuelson, SearchOracle.com’s business processes and

(Matthew Hart and Scott Jesse) Organized to provide conceptual understanding of high availability, this book includes a section on “HA Workshops,” step-by-step instructions to get you through certain implementations, plus real-world inspired case studies. While Oracle Database 10g is the main fo

(Dave Aldridge) Materialized views have been available in Oracle for quite a while, under their alter ego “Snapshots,” and OLTP persons will be familiar with them through their Replication abilities. In the world of data warehousing they serve a rather different function, although in an abstract

(George Schlossnagle) Over the past nine years, PHP has evolved from being a niche language for putting together personal Web sites to powering some of the world’s largest and most highly trafficked sites. The three most important design aspects of any high-traffic Web site are scalability, performa