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MySQL addresses open-source license problem

MySQL has taken a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a controversial licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL database and PHP. Read more »

Google's Gears turns one

Google has given an update on the progress of its Gears project, which had its first birthday on Wednesday. Read more »

Rapid app development hits Delphi for PHP 2.0

CodeGear has launched the Delphi for PHP 2.0 integrated development environment to improve its developer tools suite for building interactive Web applications. Read more »

PHP 5 hits the streets

The PHP Group has announced this week the availability of PHP 5, the next version of the popular Web scripting language. Read more »

OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

The OpenOffice.org community released version 2.2 last week, including updates to OpenOffice's word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and database software. Read more »

Latest version of PHP released

Version 5.1.0 boasts performance improvements, and makes the PHP Data Objects extension enabled by default. Read more »

Open source: The newest competitive tool

A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »

Centrelink starts $5 million help desk project

Centrelink is to begin a 16 month roll-out of service management software that will eventually see staff help desk queries consolidated and automated under one system. Read more »

Understand the ASP.NET DataGrid control

Need to get up to speed on the ASP.NET DataGrid control features? Try this introduction article on for size. Read more »

Microsoft pitches new Visual Studio tools

Microsoft says developers that stick with its tools can have their cake and eat it too. Read more »

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Simplify coding and maintenance with class libraries

You use class libraries when you're developing any type of .NET application in order to manipulate the file system, access databases, serialise objects, and launch and synchronise multiple threads of execution. Read more »

Developing a code library can increase productivity

Creating and maintaining a code library to catalog your programming resources can reduce project development time and improve the reliability of your software. A code library will permit team members to quickly locate existing resources instead of reinventing the wheel. Read more »

Create cross-platform database-driven applications with JDBC

The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API offers a unified interface to different databases, providing a series of generic functions that are internally translated into native function calls. This makes it extremely easy to create database-driven applications that work across different RDBMS types. Read more »

Get your feet wet with Sun's tiny Java DB

Java DB is a lightweight database management system (DBMS) that is written completely in Java. It only needs 2 MB of memory, and it makes it very easy to embed a fully functional database directly into your application. Java DB is also standards-based, supports SQL and the JDBC API, and easily integrates with J2EE. Beginning with the release of Java 6, Sun started packaging Java DB in the JDK. Read more »

How do I ... reject alpha characters in a SQL Server character column?

Enforcing your data's integrity is probably the single most important issue you face when designing a database. Validating user input is one way of keeping bad data from making its way into your analyses and reports. Read more »

Storing URLs in your database

Are you looking to store URLs in your SQL database? This article from Arthur Fuller shows you how to write a function declaration. Read more »

Database consultants can't wait FOR XML

Have you heard about FOR XML? It can really give your applications a boost. This article gives you an overview of the power behind using FOR XML in your applications. Read more »

Ask Oracle: Using the INFORMATION_SCHEMA

In this article our Builder AU reader has a problem using the INFORMATION_SCHEMA. Oracle expert Richard Rendell gives his advice. Read more »

Analyse MySQL databases with SQLyog

MySQL Server enthusiasts can now take advantage of an interface similar to SQL Server's Query Analyser. SQLyog provides the functionality for free. Read more »

Alpha Five: A prototyping tool to rival Access?

Could the relatively unknown tool, Alpha Five, beat out Microsoft Access as the king of the prototyping world? Check out our review and decide for yourself. Read more »

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Blog (5)

Tools for the Semantic Web

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. Read more »

Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Read more »

Lets Shindig!

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Google Developer Day in Sydney, Dan Peterson and John Hjelmstad talked about Apache Shindig, an open source implementation of OpenSocial and gadgets. Read more »

Adobe to set Flex free

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- Adobe have announced plans to open source the Flex platform in full under the open source Mozilla Public License (MPL) by the end of 2007. Read more »

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