Introduction to databases for programmers
Kenneth Downs from Secure Data Software will take us back to basics with his “Introduction to Databases for Programmers” at Tuesday night’s NYPHP meeting: This May, New York PHP takes a look at a...
View ArticleElliotte Rusty Harold on native XML data servers
Soon after a New York PHP mailing list exchange debating the merits of storing information in hierarchical XML format versus traditional relational tables, XML guru Elliotte Rusty Harold posted a...
View ArticleNative XML Databases at NYPHP next week
Elliotte Rusty Harold will offer his take on Native XML Databases at New York PHP next Tuesday night in Manhattan. The presentation follows a mailing list thread and resulting blog post that generated...
View ArticleInstant XML feeds via the JSTL SQL tags
A dusty old Java tag library can help conjure up siloed Web site data for new uses. Some background I’ve developed a number of server-side Java Web applications over the years, first with scriplets...
View ArticleLog Buffer #78: A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Happy new year everyone! This week I’m honored to host the 78th edition of Log Buffer, the weekly roundup of database blogs. A special thanks goes to Dave Edwards of the Pythian Group for the...
View ArticleBegun, the data server proxy wars have
Sun & MySQL: A New Hope. IBM & EnterpriseDB: The Empire Strikes Back.
View ArticleSpring and Grails apps on the Cloud
Some very interesting news from SpringSource this morning. They just continue to fire on all cylinders. SpringSource has acquired Cloud Foundry, which enables you to set up the hosting environment for...
View ArticleTechnology of the day: Zend Server
A few months back, Ed Kietlinski introduced us to the new Zend Server at a New York PHP meeting. I’ve since installed it on two of my department’s servers and put together some notes on my experience....
View ArticleUpdated draft MySQL to DB2 migration guide
Update: The final Redbook has now been published. Whei-Jen Chen and Angela Carlson have prepared an updated and more comprehensive draft of the venerable MySQL to DB2 Conversion Guide to cover...
View ArticleMigrating PHP applications to DB2
IBM developerWorks has just published the final part in our series on migrating a PHP application from MySQL to DB2. Learn why to move a PHP application to DB2, how to plan the migration, how to...
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