By Jim Giordano – Many times as an Oracle DBA, you need to run a SQL command on all of the databases on a server. For example, you may want to change the sys and system password on all the databases after a DBA leaves your company. The following script automates the change into a simple shell script
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QuickAddress Software Works With Oracle To Enhance End-To-End Business Applications
QuickAddress Software, developed by QAS, the leaders in rapid addressing systems, announced it will support the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite, by offering enterprise-wide solutions that enhance Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
Working out the bugs in XML databases
By John Cox – As network executives begin to experiment with Web services, they're likely to find that they need a new kind of data store: the XML database.These software products are designed to efficiently store and manage the growing numbers of XML documents that users are creating, e
Fat Protocols
by Leigh Dodds – This week the XML-Deviant dips into both the XML-DEV and xml-dist-app mailing lists to examine claims that the weight of web services are about to bring your network to it's knees.
Oracle9i Web Development
Book by Bradley D. Brown – The following excerpt is from Chapter 10 of this publication.This chapter mentions Java, Perl, CGI, and the other application options as they’re relevant. I believe most iAS applications will use Java as their primary development environment.
Oracle, user group play again, but aren’t best buddies
Oracle Corp. and its independent Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) are mending their relationship, but not all differences have been resolved, the group said.
Oracle’s software gets lukewarm reviews
(Alorie Gilbert) Oracle has announced a new version of its 11i e-business software with many new features, but analysts say the company has to offer more than that to woo customers. The software maker says the new version will be released in the next 60 days, offering businesses better access to cus
BizTalk: E-Commerce the Microsoft Way I
While the non-profit sponsors of ebXML, OASIS and the United Nations, aim for the high grounds of world-wide electronic commerce, Microsoft enters the same field with what it does best: delivering a piece of software, in this case BizTalk Server.
Working XML: Compiling XPaths
By Benoit Marchal – The Java-based Handler Compiler (HC) project for SAX parsing nears its alpha release. This month our columnist describes how he implements the DFA construction algorithm, giving the first concrete example of using the compiler to recognize XPath.
Interactive Web Services with XForms
by Micah Dubinko – A form — whether a sheet of paper or a web page — represents a structured exchange of data. Web services, as typified by emerging standards like SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, is an excellent approach to exchanging data in a structured way, although usually the exchange is between machin