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Author Michael Fitzgerald
Developers and system administrators alike are uncovering the true power of XML, the Extensible Markup Language that enables data to be sent over the Internet from one computer platform to another or one application to another and retain its original format. Flexib....
Release Date 2004/07 -
Author M. David Allen , Peter Aiken
XML in Data Management is for IT managers and technical staff involved in the creation, administration, or maintenance of a data management infrastructure that includes XML. For most IT staff, XML is either just a buzzword that is ignored or a silver bullet to be us....
Release Date 2004/07 -
mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing
Author George W. Anderson
“A good book for people who deal with SAP systems for a living. I haven’t read another book like this. It’s technical but it’s also an entertaining read. A pleasant departure from the norm.” —David C. Gilliland, Senior Consultant, SAP America, Inc. “Clearly, ....
Release Date 2004/06 -
Author Kip Hampton
Web developers rely on XML to separate data from presentation and create a consistent templating system for a web site. Although limited XML-to-HTML conversion is possible within some browsers, web developers creating dynamic or complex sites will find server-side ....
Release Date 2004/06 -
Mastering Oracle SQL, 2nd Edition
Author Alan Beaulieu , Sanjay Mishra
The vast majority of Oracle SQL books discuss some syntax, provide the barest rudiments of using Oracle SQL, and perhaps include a few simple examples. It might be enough to pass a survey course, or give you some buzz words to drop in conversation with real Oracle D....
Release Date 2004/06 -
Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties
Author Joe Celko
Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL is an intermediate to advanced-level practitioner’s guide to mastering the two most challenging aspects of developing database applications in SQL. In this book, Celko illustrates several major approaches to representi....
Release Date 2004/06 -
Official Introduction to DB2® for z/OS®, The, 2nd Edition
Author Susan Graziano Sloan
The complete IBM DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8 tutorialThe only book that covers the DB2 Fundamentals exam from a z/OS perspectiveFrom basic relational database concepts to advanced topics such as distributed data, Web applications, and data sharingFor both database ad....
Release Date 2004/05 -
Oracle® DBA Automation Quick Reference
Author Robert Cordingley , Charlie Russel
Fast, easy automation for every Oracle 9i and 10g DBA!Quick access to real-world examplesInstallation, database creation, management, monitoring, tuning, and backup/recoveryOracle Universal Installer (OUI), Oracle Net Configuration Assistant (NetCA), and Oracle Data....
Release Date 2004/04 -
Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author Armen Stein , Graham Seach , Teresa Hennig , Patricia Cardoza
Covers all features of VBA programming for Access database applicationsBegins with an overview of VBA and highlights what's new in Microsoft Access 2003, the most popular database system in the worldReal-world code examples demonstrate each programming topic, inclu....
Release Date 2004/04 -
Author Dave Haynes
Management books are traditionally written by industry "experts": scholars, consultants, senior managers. They're writing about how to manage workers, but none of these experts really understands the viewpoint of the average worker, the regular grunt in the trenche....
Release Date 2004/04 -
Sams Teach Yourself SQL™ in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Author Ben Forta
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes has established itself as the gold standard for introductory SQL books, offering a fast-paced accessible tutorial to the major themes and techniques involved in applying the SQL language. Forta¿s examples are clear and his writi....
Release Date 2004/03 -
XQuery: The XML Query Language
Author Michael Brundage
“An excellent, early look at the emerging XML Query standard. The chapters on surprises and gotchas alone are worth the price of admission!” —Ashok Malhotra, Architect, Microsoft“XQuery is the most important XML standard to emerge in recent years, and is a ....
Release Date 2004/02 -
Oracle Essentials, 3rd Edition
Author Jonathan Stern , Robert Stackowiak , Rick Greenwald
An enormous system comprising myriad technologies, options, and releases, Oracle's complexities have spawned numerous areas of specialization. For each area of specialization there are equally specialized how-to books and manuals. O'Reilly's Oracle Essentials cla....
Release Date 2004/02 -
Author John B. Izzo
"What might happen," John Izzo writes, "if we began to think of innocence as a quality we bring to our lives, a perspective and a way of looking at the world, which is not replaced by experience but which influences our experience? When we choose innocence as a....
Release Date 2004/02 -
Programming Oracle® Triggers and Stored Procedures, Third Edition
Author Kevin Owens
Complete tutorial for database developers!Thorough coverage of PL/SQLPractical "cookbook" techniquesEffectively create and manage complex databases with Oracle! Systems and database expert Kevin Owens explores PL/SQL, Oracle's answer to the Structured Query Languag....
Release Date 2003/12 -
XML in Office 2003: Information Sharing with Desktop XML
Author Priscilla Walmsley , Charles F. Goldfarb
Co-authors are the world-renowned inventor of markup languages and a developer of the W3C XML Schema specificationDetailed coverage of Office 2003 Professional XML features, plus all the XML knowledge you need to use themLearn to edit your XML document with Word, an....
Release Date 2003/12 -
Author Eric van der Vlist
As developers know, the beauty of XML is that it is extensible, even to the point that you can invent new elements and attributes as you write XML documents. Then, however, you need to define your changes so that applications will be able to make sense of them and ....
Release Date 2003/12 -
XPath: Navigating XML with XPath 1.0 and 2.0 Kick Start
Author Steven Holzner
XPath is to XML as SQL is to databases: XML applications need XPath to locate specific data within an XML document for further processing with other XML applications such as XSLT, XQuery, XPointer, XLink and DOM level 3. With XPath, these applications offer develope....
Release Date 2003/12 -
Author Deac Lancaster
This is the SQL reference you'll reach for first, every time!If you're an SQL programmer, you can easily picture how useful a comprehensive, single-volume Transact-SQL command reference manual would be in streamlining your work. And if that book was rich in exampl....
Release Date 2003/11 -
Author Michael Fitzgerald
XSLT is a powerful language for transforming XML documents into something else. That something else can be an HTML document, another XML document, a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file, a Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML....
Release Date 2003/11 -
Author Dan Tow
A poorly performing database application not only costs users time, but also has an impact on other applications running on the same computer or the same network. SQL Tuning provides an essential next step for SQL developers and database administrators who want to e....
Release Date 2003/11 -
DB2® Version 8: The Official Guide
Author Dirk Deroos , George Baklarz , Roman B. Melnyk , Paul C. Zikopoulos
IBM DB2 Universal Database v8.1.2 will help you access any information, from any application, from anywhere in your organization, anytime—and do it all more easily and cost-effectively than you ever thought possible.Now, in DB2 Version 8: The Official Guide, a team ....
Release Date 2003/09 -
Effective XML: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your XML
Author Elliotte Rusty Harold
Praise for Effective XML“This is an excellent collection of XML best practices: essential reading for any developer using XML. This book will help you avoid common pitfalls and ensure your XML applications remain practical and interoperable for as long as possible.”....
Release Date 2003/09 -
Author Jeff Holt , Cary Millsap
Oracle system performance inefficiencies often go undetected for months or even years--even under intense scrutiny--because traditional Oracle performance analysis methods and tools are fundamentally flawed. They're unreliable and inefficient.Oracle DBAs and develo....
Release Date 2003/09 -
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft® Office Access 2003
Author Susan Sales Harkins , Mike Gunderloy
Microsoft Access 11 is a powerful, relational database software package that makes it easier for you to create and manage complex databases. With Access, you can create a database quickly from scratch or by using and Access database Wizard. Once you¿ve created your ....
Release Date 2003/09 -
Implementing CIFS: The Common Internet File System
Author Christopher R. Hertel
"The book that Microsoft should have written, but didn't." —Jeremy Allison, Samba Team"Your detailed explanations are clear and backed-up with source code—and the numerous bits of humor make a dry subject very enjoyable to read." —J.D. Lindemann, network engineer, ....
Release Date 2003/08 -
Using XML with Legacy Business Applications
Author Michael C. Rawlins
"This volume offers relentlessly pragmatic solutions to help your business applications get the most out of XML, with a breezy style that makes the going easy. Mike has lived this stuff; he has a strong command of the solutions and the philosophy that underlies them....
Release Date 2003/08 -
XQuery from the Experts: A Guide to the W3C XML Query Language
Author Philip Wadler , Jim Tivy , Jérôme Siméon , Michael Rys , Jonathan Robie , Michael Kay
"The individual perspectives on the concepts behind the XQuery language offered byXQuery from the Expertswill be of great value to those who are seeking to understand the implications, opportunities, and challenges of XQuery as they design future information systems....
Release Date 2003/08 -
Sams Teach Yourself DB2® Universal Database™ in 21 Days, Second Edition
Author Susan Visser , Bill Wong
Marketshare for DB2 has been growing steadily over the past 5 years and with the recent release of DB2 Universal Database V8, the product has never had more momentum. Not only is the product used in every company on the Fortune 500, but it is becoming very popular i....
Release Date 2003/08