By Dan Becker – As publishing information on the Internet becomes more prevalent, it makes sense to discover and query this information. This article explains how to use Java programming to get Web-based XML data, parse the data, filter out the elements and attributes you need, and to perform work w
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Databases wrestle XML
By Ed Scannell and Paul Krill – AS XML WORKS its way deeper into the enterprise, the database war heats up, with IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle wrestling over emerging query standards and database architectures.<Br><Br>Despite agreement that XML has become the lingua franca of the Internet, a lack of ti
How to install and configure Oracle9i on Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
This white paper will help you install and configure Oracle9i Database Rel. 2 on Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. Also includes tips on various kernel parameters that will eventually help in tuning the database server, as well as various debugging tools and techniques. (PDF)
XML Security Library 0.0.9
Aleksey Sanin has released version 0.0.9 of the XML Security Library (xmlsec), an open-source libxml- and OpenSSL-based implementation of the joint IETF/W3C XML Signature (dsig) and W3C XML Encryption (xenc) specifications. This release fixes some major bugs found in the 0.0.8 release.
Destination ORACLEWORLD
It’s just around the corner; the largest Oracle event of the year, this November 10-14 in San Francisco. OracleWorld is your chance to hear the latest on Oracle product strategy and enhancements, get the inside scoop from Oracle partners, mingle with your peers, and receive valuable training directl
Encrypt your database? You bet
By Wayne Rash – When the team from Protegrity, Inc. called the ZDNet offices last week to tell us about its database content encryption software, Secure.Data, my initial reaction was, “Who needs it?” After all, your databases should be inaccessible to the outside world. If they’re inaccessible, why
Re-framing content with XFrames
While whole countries go on vacation in August, the W3C churns out one candidate specification after the next. Determined to fix the problems that HTML accumulated over its ten years of development, the frameset feature is under review.
Q&A: VeriSign’s Phillip Hallam-Baker on Web services security
By CAROL SLIWA – IT professionals should wait for the Web Services Security specification to be finalized and implemented before they start building sophisticated Web services that extend beyond their company’s firewalls, according to the specification’s co-author.
Structural Patterns in XML
by Will Provost – Pattern recognition is fundamental to the human intellect. In pursuits as varied as art appreciation, home repair, and software engineering, patterns naturally inform our thinking and help us to mature. The practice of pattern recognition and use was first formalized with respect t
Real-time Messaging in Oracle: Send E-mails Programmatically from the Database
By Boris Milrud – In this 10-Minute Solution, I will demonstrate how you can send e-mails directly from an Oracle8i database as a real-time messaging solution. Besides no longer needing to wait for stored procedures to complete in order to monitor them, such a feature offers the developer a few othe