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CouchDB 1.0 on Windows
In case you haven't heard by now, CouchDB 1.0 was released earlier this month. One of the questions I've been asked most about CouchDB is how can one go about installing it on Windows. Up until recently, there were a few hacked installers available, each...
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Tags in Oracle Nested Tables
Tags are a useful means of associating keyword metadata with a data structure such as an image, a video, audio or a piece of text. There are many ways of storing tags in a database - for example one could store a string of tags...
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Tutorial: HTML5 & CSS3
Since the World Wide Web emerged in the early 1990s, HTML has evolved to become a relatively powerful markup language, which, when backed up by its close partners JavaScript and CSS, can be used to create visually stunning and interactive Web sites and applications. This...
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Compare JavaScript Frameworks
Modern Web sites and Web applications tend to rely quite heavily on client-side JavaScript to provide rich interactivity, particularly through the advent of asynchronous HTTP requests that do not require page refreshes to return data or responses from a server-side script or database system. In...
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CSV data with Python/pureXML
This tutorial is geared towards developers who want to learn how to store data in XML format in a database, connect to DB2 from a Python application, and learn how to convert data from CSV files into XML documents. No prior knowledge of Python is...
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Beginning CouchDB is out now
My book "Beginning CouchDB" is now available in the United States, and should be available internationally in the coming days. The final manuscript comes in at exactly 300 pages, and features everything you need to know to get started with the Apache CouchDB database -...
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Store Locator in ASP.NET
This tutorial is geared towards developers who want to learn how to store data in XML format in a database, connect to DB2 from a .NET application, and learn how to develop applications that leverage mapping APIs. To follow this tutorial, familiarity with the .NET...
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Alerts using XMPP/SMS
This tutorial is aimed at Web application developers who want to develop database-driven applications that are powered by an IBM DB2 pureXML database. The reader should be familiar with basic PHP code and be able to work with the Windows command prompt in order to...
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Knowledgebase using PHP
One of the most useful and versatile technologies available in IBM DB2 is its native support for XML data through the pureXML feature. PureXML allows you to store, retrieve, and manipulate XML data alongside and in the same manner as relational data. This enables you...
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