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Using String-based Data Validation

hat do a command shell, an online ordering system, and a report generator application have in common? Not much, really. Yet they all base their operation on an external source

Getting Fancy with FOP

ebster’s Dictionary defines a fop as being synonymous with a “dandy,” a person (usually male) who spends an inordinate amount of time and effort on dress and appearance, sometimes to

EJB Messaging, Part II: Message-Driven Beans

nterprise messaging has become an increasingly important component of loosely coupled, reliable enterprise frameworks. This is due in large part to the proliferation of enterprise applications (CRM, ERP, SCM, etc.)

Mastering Top-N and OLAP Queries in DB2

ith the help of today’s Web integration and GUI tools, it’s now much easier to build reports without any programming. SQL provides GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses, to collate