Veteran developer Howard Katz shows you how to build a custom parser with JavaCC in the first of a two-part article on this popular parser generator tool.
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XHTML – The next generations MARKUP Language
By Phani R C Chowdary Koganti – The World Wide Web Consortium has issued a series of standards for XHTML, a new version of HTML as a version of XML. Does this mean every Web designer and developer must learn XHTML? What are the benefits? What happens if you don’t? Get answers to these questions fro
W3C Proposes XML Encryption, Decryption Specs
W3C issues proposals to standardize XML encryption and decryption, both vital to Web services security.
Keeping Optimizer statistics up to date
By David Gibbs – In order for Oracle to use the Cost Based Optimizer (CBO) effectively, schema objects must have current statistics. Instead of analyzing all user objects regularly, which is costly, in 8i and above you can have Oracle monitor table usage.
Tapping into the Grid
By Caroline Kvitka – For many businesses and individuals around the globe, computers are just another part of the day—a resource they tap into, just like the electricity they use to brew their coffee, wash their clothes, and light their homes and offices. And, just as electricity is accumulated in p
Databases eager for 64-bit battle
IBM, Oracle and Microsoft are readying supercharged versions of their databases to take advantage of new high-end hardware–but analysts say sheer processing muscle may not be enough to spur demand.
SQL Server, XML, and the DBA
by Daryl Barnes – Find out about SQL Server and XML in this chapter except from SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled from Curlingstone Publishing.
True DBA Blooper #9: Backup plan backfires
By Sara Cushman – Every DBA knows the importance of a good backup and recovery plan, but finding one that actually works isn’t so simple.
SQL Server Backup/Restore Optimization Tips
In his latest article, Alexander Chigrik offers twelve helpful tips to ensure you are performing SQL Server backup/restore operations in the most efficient manner possible.
The Big Business of Storing Big Data
By Lisa Gill – A highly competitive market has emerged in the rapidly growing networked storage industry, ruled by EMC, which claims 30 percent of SAN, or storage area network, market share. Why is data storage such a big business, and what lies ahead for EMC and its rivals?