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2011-09-24T08:47:00.001-07:00

Beginning Mac OS X Snow Leopard Programming

2011-02-17T09:19:00.000-08:00

Description: A solid introduction to programming on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard platform

The Mac OS X Snow Leopard system comes with everything you need in its complete set of development tools and resources. However, finding where to begin can be challenging. This book serves as an ideal starting point for programming on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard platform. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the details of each featured example so that you can type them out, run them, and even figure out how to debug them when they don't work right. Taking into account that there is usually more than one way to do something when programming, the authors encourage you to experiment with a variety of solutions. This approach enables you to efficiently start writing programs in Mac OS X Snow Leopard using myriad languages and put those languages together in order to create seamless applications.

Coverage Includes:
· The Mac OS X Environment
· Developer Tools
· Xcode
· Interface Builder
· The C Language
· The Objective-C Language
· An Introduction to Cocoa
· Document-Based Cocoa Applications
· Core Data–Based Cocoa Applications
· AnOverview of Scripting Languages
· The Bash Shell
· AppleScript and AppleScriptObjC
· javascript, Dashboard, and Dashcode

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Certified Ethical Hacker Exam PrepGuide

2010-02-04T21:30:00.000-08:00

Paperback: 696 pages
Publisher: Que (April 17, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789735318
ISBN-13: 978-0789735317
Format: CHM
Description: The CEH certification shows knowledge of network penetration testing skills. The CEH exam takes three hours and 125 questions, requiring a broad and deep knowledge of network security issues. The CEH Exam Prep is the perfect solution for this challenge, giving you the solid, in-depth coverage you'll need to score higher on the exam.

Along with the most current CEH content, the book also contains the elements that make Exam Preps such strong study aides: comprehensive coverage of exam topics, end-of-chapter review, practice questions, Exam Alerts, Fast Facts, plus an entire practice exam to test your understanding of the material. The book also features MeasureUp's innovative testing software, to help you drill and practice your way to higher scores.

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Artificial Intelligence Applications for Improved Software Engineering Development: New Prospect

2009-09-07T06:50:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 370 pages
Publisher: Information Science Reference (July 31, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1605667587
ISBN-13: 978-1605667584
Format: PDF
Description: Despite decades of research, developing software that is fit for purpose, developed on time, and within budget remains a challenge. Many researchers have advocated the use of artificial intelligence techniques such as knowledge-based systems, neural networks, and data mining as a way of addressing these difficulties.

Artificial Intelligence Applications for Improved Software Engineering Development: New Prospects provides an overview of useful techniques in artificial intelligence for future software development along with critical assessment for further advancement. A compendium of latest industry findings, this Premier Reference Source offers researchers, academicians, and practitioners developmental ideas within the field.

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Advanced Techniques in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

2009-09-07T06:43:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (June 14, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1852338679
ISBN-13: 978-1852338671
Format: PDF
Description: Information and knowledge in databases is usually hidden & our ability to extract it is limited. The development of techniques to assist in knowledge discovery & validation is becoming increasingly important due to the explosion in internet use & development of powerful sensors resulting in routine generation of terabytes of data needing to be analyzed in order to extract useful knowledge & information. Knowledge, as well as data, plays an important role in every aspect of scientific research. The internet for example provides access to near infinite information in an environment of zero wisdom. Discovering & validating this useful knowledge impacts on the ways businesses operate and the way people work. In presenting the latest and most advanced tools and techniques available for data and web mining strategies, Advanced Techniques in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining will be welcomed by researchers, engineers and developers involved in knowledge and information management.

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Integrating ISA Server 2006 with Microsoft Exchange 2007

2009-08-02T00:47:00.000-07:00

ISBN: 9781597492751 - 1597492752
Paperback: 376 pages
Data: June 3, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: This book is a convenient, targeted, single-source guide to integrating Microsoft's ISA Server with Exchange 2007 SP1. Unlike longwinded "comprehensive resources" it doesn't waste time re-hashing general information on the architectures and purposes of ISA and Exchange for raw beginners. Instead, its pragmatic purpose is to smooth the path of the busy administrator who is under pressure to get the integration done quickly, and done right, the first time. It features "break-out sessions" for issues that require in-depth discussion, "tips and tricks" sections that hone in on and demystify trouble spots, and "FAQs" alphabetized by topic that act as a quick-reference for readers who just want a quick answer to a specific question.

Readers will learn how to:
*Create the protocol definitions and firewall policy to allow only authorized users to connect to your Exchange Server
*Configure SMTP Filtering and SMTP Message Screener
*Troubleshoot the SSL connection to your Exchange Server
*Take advantage of ISA 2006's integrated Exchange 2007 support
*Enable forms-based authentication for Outlook Web Access
*Leverage unified SSL, VPN, application-layer filtering and endpoint security
to optimize access for mobile devices
*Configure user-based settings to provide pre-authenticated access to specific Web applications
...and much more!

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Enabling Optical Internet with Advanced Network Technologies

2009-07-30T03:55:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 209 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1848822774
ISBN-13: 978-1848822771
Format: PDF
Description: This reference provides an overview of the key concepts related to the major issues of optical Internet, and studies traditionally and recently proposed optical switching paradigms. The concise coverage presents a detailed comparison of optical switching technologies, and covers architectural issues together with topics such as signaling protocols and Quality of Service (QoS) provision. Additionally, the book provides deep insight into recent advances in optical circuit switching, optical packet switching (OPS) and optical burst switching (OBS) technologies; their performance advantages, their control-plane specifications, their enabling technologies, their applicability in today's networks, and their cost benefits. Readers need only undergraduate background in computer communication networks on topics related to TCP/IP, SDH and MPLS networks. This text will be a valuable resource for advanced undergraduates, beginning graduates, and researchers studying communications in Engineering and Computer Science.

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C# 2008 Programmer's Reference

2009-07-30T03:46:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 780 pages
Publisher: Wrox (November 10, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470285818
ISBN-13: 978-0470285817
Format: PDF
Description: Have access to all aspects of the C# programming language at hand with the C# 2008 Programmer’s Reference, the only comprehensive reference guide for C# programmers. Regardless of your experience with C#, you will appreciate the detailed code samples, which offer a quick and easy way to help you refresh your understanding of important concepts. In this ideal C# resource, you will find an introduction to the .NET Framework, a guide to using Visual Studio 2008, and explanations of classes, objects, types, delegates and events, strings and regular expressions, and threading.

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Data Mining: Multimedia, Soft Computing, and Bioinformatics

2009-07-29T04:11:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0471460540
Paperback: 424 pages
Data: September 25, 2003
Format: DJVU
Description: * First title to ever present soft computing approaches and their application in data mining, along with the traditional hard-computing approaches
* Addresses the principles of multimedia data compression techniques (for image, video, text) and their role in data mining
* Discusses principles and classical algorithms on string matching and their role in data mining

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PHP & MySQL Web Development All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

2009-07-29T04:06:00.000-07:00

Publisher: For Dummies
Language: English
ISBN: 0470167777
Paperback: 646 pages
Data: January 29, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Webmasters and Web programmers around the world know that PHP and MySQL provide a robust, easy-to-learn, open-source solution for creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites for eCommerce and content management. In fact, PHP is used in one of every three Web sites on the Internet and MySQL has been downloaded millions of times. PHP and MySQL provide a freely downloadable and widely supported alternative to ASP.NET.
Written by the bestselling author of PHP & MySQL For Dummies, this book provides six discreet minibooks that show you not only how to program in PHP, create and administer a MySQL database, and manipulate MySQL data via a Web interface, but also shows you how to create a secure Web site, and how to code the most popular Web applications, such as login programs and shopping cart applications.

The minibooks are organized as follows:

Book I: PHP Programming - Setting Up Your PHP Environment, PHP Basics, Building PHP Scripts, PHP and Your Operating System, Object-Oriented Programming.
Book II: Using MySQL - Setting Up MySQL, Administering MySQL, Building a Database, Other Administrative Tasks, Using MySQL Administrator, Using MySQL Query, Using phpMyAdmin.
Book III: Using PHP with MySQL - Communicating with the Database; Creating and Modifying Database Structure; Adding, Updating, and Removing Data; Retrieving Data from the Database; Advanced Features.
Book IV: Security - Server Security, Apache Security, Programming Securely in PHP, Using SSL.
Book V: PHP Extensions - Introducing Extensions, Working with Packages Using PEAR, Using the XML Extension, Generating Graphics with the GD Extension.
Book VI: PHP Web Applications - Building and Processing Dynamic Forms, Making Information Available on Multiple Web Pages, Building a Login Application, Building an Online Catalog, Building a Shopping Cart, Building a Content Management System.
Book VII: Installation Appendixes - Installing PHP, Installing MySQL, Installing Apache.

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Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Second Edition

2009-07-29T04:01:00.001-07:00

Paperback: 486 pages
Publisher: CRC; 2 edition (May 27, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420073974
ISBN-13: 978-1420073973
Format: PDF
Description: This second edition reflects the current state of the art in the field. It includes updated material on geographic knowledge discovery, geographic data warehouse research, map cubes, spatial dependency, spatial clustering methods, clustering techniques for trajectory data, INGENS 2.0, and geovisualization techniques. Recognizing the growth in mobile technologies and trajectory data, this edition provides five new chapters on knowledge discovery from spatiotemporal and mobile objects databases. It also contains new chapters on data quality issues, medoid computation, geographically weighted regression, and an integrated approach to multivariate analysis and geovisualization.

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MCTS 70-431 Exam Cram: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Exam

2009-07-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Que; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0789735881
Paperback: 456 pages
Data: August 10, 2006
Format: CHM
Description: The MCTS 70-431 Exam Cram is a must-have resource in your MCTS 70-431 exam preparation. The Exam Cram focuses on exactly what you need to know to get certified. This includes features like:
* Complete coverage of all 70-431 exam objectives
* Exam alerts, practice questions, notes, tips, sidebars, cautions, test-taking strategies, and time-saving tips
* Access to MeasureUp practice questions and innovative testing software
* The popular Cram Sheet tear card, giving you the key facts you should review before you enter the testing center
* Insight from author Thomas Moore, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and SQL Server expert who has helped hundreds of students earn their SQL Server certifications

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Architecture of a Database System

2009-07-28T11:02:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
Language: English
ISBN: 1601980787
Paperback: 136 pages
Data: September 30, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Database Management Systems (DBMSs) are a ubiquitous and critical component of modern computing, and the result of decades of research and development in both academia and industry. Architecture of a Database System presents an architectural discussion of DBMS design principles, including process models, parallel architecture, storage system design, transaction system implementation, query processor and optimizer architectures, and typical shared components and utilities. Successful commercial and open-source systems are used as points of reference, particularly when multiple alternative designs have been adopted by different groups. Historically, DBMSs were among the earliest multi-user server systems to be developed, and thus pioneered many systems design techniques for scalability and reliability now in use in many other contexts. While many of the algorithms and abstractions used by a DBMS are textbook material, Architecture of a Database System addresses the systems design issues that make a DBMS work. Architecture of a Database System is an invaluable reference for database researchers and practitioners and for those in other areas of computing interested in the systems design techniques for scalability and reliability that originated in DBMS research and development.

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Content and Workflow Management for Library Websites: Case Studies

2009-07-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Information Science Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 1591405335
Paperback: 259 pages
Data: December 31, 2004
Format: PDF
Description: Using database-driven web pages or web content management (WCM) systems to manage increasingly diverse web content and to streamline workflows is a commonly practiced solution recognized in libraries to-day. However, limited library web content management models and funding constraints prevent many libraries from purchasing commercially available WCM systems. And, the lack of much needed technical expertise in building in-house WCM systems presents a great challenge for libraries of all types. Content and Workflow Management for Library Websites: Case Studies book provides practical and applicable web content management solutions through case studies. It contains successful database-to-web applications as employed in a variety of academic libraries. The applications vary in scope and cover a range of practical how-to-do-it examples from database-driven web development, locally created web content management systems, systems for distributing content management responsibilities, dynamic content delivery, to open source tools, such as MySQL and PHP to manage the content. Issues and challenges associated with the development process are discussed. Authors will also discuss detours, sand traps, and missteps necessary to a real learning process.

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Beginning PL/SQL: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional)

2009-07-28T10:57:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1590598822
Paperback: 476 pages
Data: August 24, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Get started with PL/SQL, the built-in language that every Oracle developer and database administrator must know, in Beginning PL/SQL, a fast-paced and example-filled tutorial. Learn from author Don Bales' extensive experience to discover the most commonly used aspects of PL/SQL without wasting time with obscure and obsolete features.

Author Don Bales takes his 20+ years of experience and a wealth of statistics he's gathered on PL/SQL usage over those years and applies the 80/20 rule &emdash; cover what's most needed and used by PL/SQL professionals and avoid what's not necessary! The result is a book that covers all the key features of PL/SQL without wasting your time discussing esoteric and obsolete parts of the language. Learn what really matters, so that you can get to work feeling confident with what you know about PL/SQL.

* Discover the 20% of PL/SQL that gives you 80% of the bang&emdash;key topics covered include variables and datatypes, executing statements, working with cursors, real-world objects, debugging, testing, and more.
* Learn how to write production-level, object-oriented PL/SQL&emdash;you'll explore relational PL/SQL, but unlike most other books on the subject, Don Bales emphasizes the use of PL/SQL's object-oriented features as well.
* Work through real examples of using of PL/SQL&emdash;you'll learn PL/SQL by applying it to real-world business problems, not by heavy theory.

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Data Integration in the Life Sciences: First International Workshop, DILS 2004, Leipzig, Germany, March 25-26, 2004, proceedings

2009-07-28T10:53:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Springer; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 3540213007
Paperback: 221 pages
Data: April 28, 2004
Format: PDF
Description: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Data Integration in the Life Sciences, DILS 2004, held in Leipzig, Germany, in March 2004.

The 13 revised full papers and 2 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from many submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on scientific and clinical workflows, ontologies and taxonomies, indexing and clustering, integration tools and systems, and integration techniques.

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DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows: DBA Guide, Reference, and Exam Prep (6th Edition)

2009-07-28T10:50:00.000-07:00

Publisher: IBM Press; 6 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 013185514X
Paperback: 1136 pages
Data: November 29, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: DB2® 9 builds on the world's number one enterprise database to simplify the delivery of information as a service, accelerate development, and dramatically improve operational efficiency, security, and resiliency.

Now, this new edition offers complete, start-to-finish coverage of DB2 9 administration and development for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows® platforms, as well as authoritative preparation for the latest IBM DB2 certification exam.

Written for both DBAs and developers, this definitive reference and self-study guide covers all aspects of deploying and managing DB2 9, including DB2 database design and development; day-to-day administration and backup; deployment of networked, Internet-centered, and SOA-based applications; migration; and much more. You'll also find an unparalleled collection of expert tips for optimizing performance, availability, and value.

Coverage includes:
* Important security and resiliency enhancements, including advanced access control; fine-grained, label-based security; and the new security administrator role
* Breakthrough pureXML™ features that make it easier to succeed with service-oriented architecture
* Operational improvements that enhance DBA efficiency--including self-tuning memory allocation, automated storage management, and storage optimization
* Table-partitioning features that improve scalability and manageability
* Powerful improvements for more agile and rapid development, including the new Eclipse-based Developer Workbench and simple SQL or XQuery access to all data

Whatever your role in working with DB2 or preparing for certification, DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, Sixth Edition is the one book you can't afford to be without.

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Data Mining: A Knowledge Discovery Approach

2009-07-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Springer; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0387333339
Paperback: 606 pages
Data: February 1, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: This comprehensive textbook on data mining details the unique steps of the knowledge discovery process that prescribe the sequence in which data mining projects should be performed. Data Mining offers an authoritative treatment of all development phases from problem and data understanding through data preprocessing to deployment of the results. This knowledge discovery approach is what distinguishes this book from other texts in the area. It concentrates on data preparation, clustering and association rule learning (required for processing unsupervised data), decision trees, rule induction algorithms, neural networks, and many other data mining methods, focusing predominantly on those which have proven successful in data mining projects.

Based upon the authors previous successful book on data mining and knowledge discovery, this new volume has been extensively expanded, making it an effective instructional tool for advanced-level undergraduate and graduate courses. This book offers:

A suite of exercises at the end of every chapter, designed to enhance the readers understanding of the theory and proficiency with the tools presented
Links to all-inclusive instructional presentations for each chapter to ensure easy use in classroom teaching
Extensive appendices covering relevant mathematical material for convenient look-up
Methods for addressing issues related to data privacy and security within the context of data mining, enabling the reader to balance potentially conflicting aims
Summaries and bibliographical notes for each chapter, providing a broader perspective of the concepts and methods described

Researchers, practitioners and students are certain to consider this volume an indispensable resource in successfully accomplishing the goals of their data mining projects.

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Data Mining on Multimedia Data (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

2009-07-28T10:39:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Springer; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 3540003177
Paperback: 141 pages
Data: May 7, 2004
Format: PDF
Description: Despite being a young field of research and development, data mining has proved to be a successful approach to extracting knowledge from huge collections of structured digital data collection as usually stored in databases. Whereas data mining was done in early days primarily on numerical data, nowadays multimedia and Internet applications drive the need to develop data mining methods and techniques that can work on all kinds of data such as documents, images, and signals.

This book introduces the basic concepts of mining multimedia data and demonstrates how to apply these methods in various application fields. It is written for students, ambitioned professionals from industry and medicine, and for scientists who want to contribute R&D work to the field or apply this new technology.

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MySQL Pocket Reference: SQL Functions and Utilities

2009-07-28T10:35:00.000-07:00

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 2 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0596514263
Paperback: 132 pages
Data: July 17, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: To help you be more efficient in your work, this handy pocket reference gives you instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions, especially in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. This powerful database system is so rich in features that no administrator or programmer can stay familiar with all of them. MySQL Pocket Reference is an ideal on-the-job companion, well organized to help you find and adapt the statements you need -- quickly.

Updated for the latest versions of this popular database, this edition covers many complex features that have been added to MySQL 5.0 and 5.1, including a section dedicated to stored procedures and triggers. After a brief introduction on installation and initial setup, the book explains:
How to configure MySQL, such as setting the root password
MySQL data types, including numerics, strings, dates, and complex types
SQL syntax, commands, data types, operators, and functions
Arithmetic, comparison and logical operators
Aggregate and general functions
Stored procedures and triggers, including procedure definition, procedure calls, procedure management, cursors, and triggers

You don't have time to stop and thumb through an exhaustive reference when you're hard at work. This portable and affordable guide is small enough to fit into your pocket, and gives you a convenient reference that you can consult anywhere. When you reach a sticking point and need to get to a solution quickly, the MySQL Pocket Reference is the book you want to have.

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The Best Damn Exchange, SQL and IIS Book Period (Best Damn)

2009-07-28T10:28:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Syngress
Language: English
ISBN: 1597492191
Paperback: 1000 pages
Data: November 5, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Exchange, SQL and IIS are at the core of most Microsoft enterprise servers. The 2007 releases of these products, along with the release of Windows Vista and Windows 2008 Server, represents the biggest overhaul of Windows enterprise products since Windows 2000. The dramatic changes to security tools and the addition of features that support "anywhere access" present IT professionals with a steep learning curve. Making certain that these products are configured to meet regulatory compliance requirements adds addtionaly complexity to day-to-day management network management.

The Best Damn Exchange, SQL and IIS Book Period delivers an all-in-one reference for Windows System Administrators deploying the 2007 releases of these core Microsoft servers. The coverage is comprehensive, and provides users with just about everything they need to manage a Windows enterprise server. Special Bonus coverage includes how to gather and analyze the many log files generated by these servers.

Key Features:

* All-in-one coverage includes Exchange, SQL, and IIS Servers
* Integrated coverage on all key security features
* Bonus coverage includes analyzing server logs and integrating Communicator 2007

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PHP Oracle Web Development: Data processing, Security, Caching, XML, Web Services, and Ajax

2009-07-28T10:23:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 396 pages
Data: August 3, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: This practical book for PHP/Oracle developers is built around well explained, easy-to-follow example code to build robust, efficient, secure solutions covering popular current topics on using PHP with Oracle. Assuming no special skill level, experienced author Yuli Vasiliev shows how to install and configure PHP and Oracle; connect PHP to Oracle; move application business logic to Oracle; build transactional applications; use security features; improve performance with caching; employ XML features; implement SOAP web services; build Ajax-driven PHP/Oracle solutions. Building and deploying PHP applications on Oracle Database combines the power and robustness of Oracle with the easy, rapid development of open-source PHP to achieve high-performance, scalable, reliable data-driven web applications with minimal effort. Unlike some other databases, Oracle allows building the key business logic of PHP applications inside the database, moving data processing from web server to database server.

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SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

2009-07-28T10:20:00.000-07:00

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Language: English
ISBN: 0596529589
Paperback: 819 pages
Data: September 24, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: For any organization that wants to use Windows SharePoint Services to share and collaborate on Microsoft Office documents, this book shows administrators of all levels how to get up and running with this powerful and popular set of collaboration tools.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology in Office 2007 is an integrated set of services designed to connect people, information, processes, and systems both within and beyond the organizational firewall. SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide provides a detailed discussion of all Sharepoint features, applications and extensions. You learn how to build Sharepoint sites and site collections, along with ways to administrate, secure, and extend Sharepoint. This book teaches you how to:
Get up to speed on SharePoint, including ways to create lists, libraries, discussions and surveys
Integrate email, use web parts, track changes with RSS, and use database reporting services
Customize your personal site, create sites and areas, and organize site collections
Integrate with Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, Picture Manager, and InfoPath
Install, deploy, maintain and secure SharePoint
Brand a portal, using your corporate style sheet, designing templates, and building site definitions
Extend SitePoint, such as creating client side and server side web parts, using the SharePoint class library and SharePoint web services

Each chapter starts with a "guide" that lets you know what it covers before you dive in. The book also features a detailed reference section that includes information on compatibility, command line utilities, services, and CSS styles. Why wait? Get a hold of SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide today!

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Oracle Database 11g SQL

2009-07-28T10:19:00.001-07:00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0071498508
Paperback: 656 pages
Data: November 5, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Write powerful SQL statements and PL/SQL programs

Learn to access Oracle databases through SQL statements and construct PL/SQL programs with guidance from Oracle expert, Jason Price. Published by Oracle Press, Oracle Database 11g SQL explains how to retrieve and modify database information, use SQL Plus and SQL Developer, work with database objects, write PL/SQL programs, and much more. Inside, you'll find in-depth coverage of the very latest SQL features and tools, performance optimization techniques, advanced queries, Java support, and XML. This book contains everything you need to master SQL.

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Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook

2009-07-28T10:14:00.000-07:00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0072264608
Paperback: 597 pages
Data: July 23, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: The Ultimate Oracle Application Server Portal Resource

Build dynamic, feature-rich enterprise portals using Oracle Application Server Portal and the expert information in this exclusive Oracle Press guide. You'll learn how to maximize the capabilities of Oracle Application Server Portal, customize your portals, integrate Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports, and add Java functionality. Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook covers all of the design, management, and security features available in Oracle Application Server Portal 10.1.4 alongside real-world solutions.

Take full advantage of the built-in tools and wizards
Create rich end-user experiences quickly and easily
Customize pages and maintain site-wide consistency using HTML templates
Incorporate data from disparate formats using Oracle Application Server Portal's content management features
Build pages using OmniPortlet and the Web clipping studio
Write portlets with Java and Oracle JDeveloper
Implement SOA-based applications to connect business processes
Administer, tune, and secure Oracle Application Server Portal
Integrate Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, and Oracle Discoverer workbooks

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The Official New Features Guide to Sybase ASE 15

2009-07-28T10:12:00.001-07:00

Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Language: English
ISBN: 1598220047
Paperback: 400 pages
Data: April 25, 2006
Format: PDF
Description: This book focuses on the many enhancements in Sybase ASE 15 including system administration enhancements, function-based indexes, computed columns, scrollable cursors, galaxy optimizer, query plan, galaxy partitions, multiple tempdb, MDA tables, andn Plan Viewer.

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SQL Server 2005 T-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

2009-07-28T10:05:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Apress; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 159059570X
Paperback: 768 pages
Data: December 6, 2005
Format: PDF
Description: Need to brush up on specific SQL Server tasks, procedures, or Transact-SQL commands? Not finding what you need from SQL Server books online? Or perhaps you just want to familiarize yourself with the practical application of new T-SQL--related features. SQL Server 2005 T-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is an ideal book, whatever your level as a DBA or developer.

This "no-fluff" desk reference offers direct access to the information you need to get the job done. It covers basic T-SQL data manipulation, the use of stored procedures, triggers and UDFs, and advanced T-SQL techniques for database security and maintenance. It also provides hundreds of practical recipes that describe the utilities of features and functions, with a minimim of background theory.

Additionally, this book provides "how-to" answers to common SQL Server T-SQL questions, conceptual overviews, and highlights of new features introduced in SQL Server 2005. It also features concise T-SQL syntax examples, and you can use the book to prepare for a SQL Server-related job interview or certification test.

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SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services in Action: Revised edition of Microsoft Reporting Services in Action

2009-07-28T10:01:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Manning Publications; Revised ed. edition
Language: English
ISBN: 1932394761
Paperback: 656 pages
Data: November 14, 2006
Format: PDF
Description: With Microsoft SQL Server 2005 you can structure and store terabytes of data-but how do you make sense of that much information? Reporting Services transforms raw data into meaningful reports and puts your valuable information to work.

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services in Action shows you how to build effective Windows and Web-based reporting solutions using SQL Server 2005. Using this example-driven book, you'll build Reporting Services-centric solutions, including report forecasting, RSS feeds, ASP.NET web controls for server-side report generation, extending Reporting Services to report on ADO.NET datasets, delivering reports to Web services, authenticating users, performance testing, and capacity planning.

You'll quickly move beyond canned reports and put the Report Designer through its paces. The book will show you how to add interactive features to your tabular reports and how to improve performance by using external images without taking up valuable database real estate.

When you have large systems, efficiency is key to productivity. Author Bret Updegraff shows you how to avoid doing the same tasks twice. You'll see a nifty sales forecast that uses embedded code to create reusable utility functions that you can call from multiple places your reports. As well, you'll find fundamentals like employing XSLT to create XML reports and advanced techniques such as accessing custom code in an external .NET assembly.

Reporting Services 2005 lets you give users greater control over their reporting needs. SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services in Action will help you provide safe, user-friendly reporting options to your users and free up your time for more important tasks. This book shows you how to set up ad hoc reporting through Report Builder so business users can get the information you need from the database without your help! You won't stop with the basics, though. You'll also learn how to apply advanced filters and security practices to protect your data from unwelcome or misguided queries.

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SQL For Dummies

2009-07-28T09:59:00.000-07:00

Publisher: For Dummies; 6 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 047004652X
Paperback: 432 pages
Data: August 14, 2006
Format: PDF
Description: See how SQL interfaces with today's environments
Start building and using relational databases with SQL's newest features

The database may be the twenty-first century filing cabinet, but building one is a little more complex than sliding drawers into a metal box. With this book to guide you through all the newest features of SQL, you'll soon be whipping up relational databases, using SQL with XML to power data-driven Web sites, and more!

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Beginning Database Design Solutions

2009-07-28T04:50:00.001-07:00

Paperback: 552 pages
Publisher: Wiley; illustrated edition edition (November 10, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470385499
ISBN-13: 978-0470385494
Format: PDF
Description: This book is intended for IT professionals and students who want to learn how to design, analyze, and understand databases. The material will benefit those who want a better high-level understanding of databases such as proposal managers, architects, project managers, and even customers. The material will also benefit those who will actually design, build, and work with databases such as database designers, database administrators, and programmers. In many projects, these roles overlap so the same person may be responsible for working on the proposal, managing part of the project, and designing and creating the database.

This book is aimed at IT professionals and students of all experience levels. It does not assume that you have any previous experience with databases or programs that use them. It doesn’t even assume that you have experience with computers. All you really need is a willingness and desire to learn.

This book explains database design. It tells how to plan a database’s structure so the database will be robust, resistant to errors, and flexible enough to accommodate a reasonable amount of future change. It explains how to discover database requirements, build data models to study data needs, and refine those models to improve the database’s effectiveness.

The book solidifies these concepts by working through a detailed example that designs a realistic database. Later chapters explain how to actually build databases using two common database products: Access 2007 and MySQL.

The book finishes by describing some of the topics you need to understand to keep a database running effectively such as database maintenance and security.

This book explains database design. It tells how to determine what should go in a database and how the database should be structured to give the best results.

This book does not focus on actually creating the database. The details of database construction are different for different database tools so, to remain as generally as useful as possible, this book doesn’t concentrate on any particular database system. You can apply the techniques described here equally to whatever database tool you use whether it’s Access, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, or some other database product.

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MySQL Administrator's Bible

2009-07-28T04:47:00.001-07:00

Paperback: 888 pages
Publisher: Wiley (May 11, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470416912
ISBN-13: 978-0470416914
Format: PDF
Description: With special focus on the next major release of MySQL, this resource provides a solid framework for anyone new to MySQL or transitioning from another database platform, as well as experience MySQL administrators. The high-profile author duo provides essential coverage of the fundamentals of MySQL database management—including MySQL’s unique approach to basic database features and functions—as well as coverage of SQL queries, data and index types, stores procedure and functions, triggers and views, and transactions. They also present comprehensive coverage of such topics as MySQL server tuning, managing storage engines, caching, backup and recovery, managing users, index tuning, database and performance monitoring, security, and more.

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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V: Insiders Guide to Microsoft's Hypervisor

2009-07-28T04:45:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Sybex (April 20, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470440961
ISBN-13: 978-0470440964
Format: PDF
Description: Hyper-V is one of the top virtualization products, and this practical guide focuses on the essentials of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Written by the Microsoft team behind the Hyper-V product, this book shows you how to perform key virtualization scenarios, such as server consolidation, software test and development, and a dynamic data center and demonstrates how Hyper-V can be used to reduce cost and eliminate the complexity of a server infrastructure by consolidating workloads to a small number of machines. In addition, the material addresses using DPM, and SCOM with VMM in order to maintain and manage Hyper-V environments.

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Mastering System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2

2009-07-28T04:44:00.001-07:00

Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Sybex; Pap/Onl edition (April 13, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 047017367X
ISBN-13: 978-0470173671
Format: PDF
Description: Mastering System Center Configuration Manager 2007 provides intermediate and advanced coverage of all aspects of the product, including planning and installation, upgrading Systems Management Server 2003, deploying software and operating systems, security, monitoring and troubleshooting, and automating and customizing SCCM 2007 with scripts.

The authors take a hands-on approach by providing many real-world scenarios to show readers how to use the tool in various contexts. This anchors the conceptual explanations in practical application. This book's web site will contain a collection of ready-to-use scripts with directions for implementing them in network systems

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Cisco Network Professional's Advanced Internetworking Guide

2009-07-28T04:41:00.001-07:00

Paperback: 888 pages
Publisher: Sybex; Pap/Cdr edition (May 11, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470383607
ISBN-13: 978-0470383605
Format: PDF
Description: Ideal for any IT professional who uses Cisco technologies on a daily basis, or anyone who is preparing for their Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.

The topics covered will be more in depth than other introductory-level books of similar topics, and will span from layer 2 technologies such as switching, STP, etherchannel, and trunking, all the way to application layer security topics such as firewall inspection and intrusion prevention systems. Items being covered in the middle will include all the common routing protocols RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP. Many other routing technologies and WAN protocols will be covered including Multicast, MPLS, Cable and DSL. Coverage of redundancy protocols such as HSRP, VRRP and GLBP will be examined. A thorough coverage of convergence topics such as how voice, video and wireless traffic affect the network, and what can be done to improve the effects such as QOS and queuing.

This book is a key component for any IT professional preparing for their CCNP certification, as it covers in-depth the topics tested on in all four CCNP exams:
Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (642-901)
Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (642-812)
Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (642-825)
Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (642-485)

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Flex 3 with Java

2009-07-28T04:38:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 26, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1847195342
ISBN-13: 978-1847195340
Format: PDF
Description: Develop rich internet applications quickly and easily using Adobe Flex 3, ActionScript 3.0 and integrate with a Java backend using BlazeDS 3.2
A step-by-step tutorial for developing web applications using Flex 3, ActionScript 3.0, BlazeDS 3.2, and Java
Build efficient and seamless data-rich interactive applications in Flex using a combination of MXML and ActionScript 3.0
Create custom UIs, Components, Events, and Item Renders to develop user friendly applications
Build an end-to-end Flex e-commerce application using all major features of Flex covered throughout the book

Flex 3 is a great technology for developing Rich Internet Applications for the Web as well as for the desktop. If you are a developer looking to design great-looking and sophisticated user interfaces that resemble desktop-based applications, and want to utilize an existing server technology such as Java to develop RIAs, this book is for you.

Targeting developers who want to get started with Adobe Flex 3 programming, this simple and clear handbook introduces Flex technology quickly and straightforwardly. Utilizing your existing knowledge of Java, it gives you the insight and hands-on experience to program with Flex 3.

This book provides comprehensive information on various aspects of Flex 3 and ActionScript 3.0. These include developing simple applications, handling events, creating custom components and events, using RPC services, integration with Java and BlazeDS, styling and formatting, and how to package and deploy Flex applications.

You will start with downloading, installing and configuring Flex 3 SDK and Flex Builder 3 and learn basic concepts such as what MXML and ActionScript are, understanding UI components, controls, compilers, and more. Further you will develop simple applications and slowly advance into more depth where you will learn advanced concepts such as creating custom components, debugging, integrating with Java, using RPC services, styling, internationalizing, and deploying Flex applications, and more.

One of the things you're really going to love about this book is that you will develop a full-blown e-commerce application using a combination of Flex 3, ActionScript 3.0, BlazeDS 3.2, and Java. At the end of the book you will have the knowledge and experience needed to develop Rich Internet Applications.

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Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Service

2009-07-28T04:20:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing (July 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1847197221
ISBN-13: 978-1847197221
Format: PDF
Description: Design and implement fast, scalable and maintainable cubes
A real-world guide to designing cubes with Analysis Services 2008
Model dimensions and measure groups in BI Development Studio
Implement security, drill-through, and MDX calculations
Learn how to deploy, monitor, and performance-tune your cube
Filled with best practices and useful hints and tips

Microsoft's SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 is an OLAP server that allows users to analyze business data quickly and easily. However, designing cubes in Analysis Services can be a complex task: it's all too easy to make mistakes early on in development that lead to serious problems when the cube is in production. Learning the best practices for cube design before you start your project will help you avoid these problems and ensure that your project is a success.

This book offers practical advice on how to go about designing and building fast, scalable, and maintainable cubes that will meet your users' requirements and help make your Business Intelligence project a success.

This book gives readers insight into the best practices for designing and building Microsoft Analysis Services 2008 cubes. It also provides details about server architecture, performance tuning, security, and administration of an Analysis Services solution.

In this book, you will learn how to design and implement Analysis Services cubes. Starting from designing a data mart for Analysis Services, through the creation of dimensions and measure groups, to putting the cube into production, we'll explore the whole of the development lifecycle.

This book is an invaluable guide for anyone who is planning to use Microsoft Analysis Services 2008 in a Business Intelligence project.

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Programming Interactivity: A Designer's Guide to Processing, Arduino, and openFrameworks

2009-07-28T04:17:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 734 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (July 30, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596154143
ISBN-13: 978-0596154141
Format: PDF
Description: If you're interested in using electronics and programming to create rich interactive experiences with your artwork, designs, or prototypes, Programming Interactivity is the place to start. You'll explore common themes in interactive art and design, like 2D and 3D graphics, sound, physical interaction, computer vision, circuit bending, geo-location and more. This book explains programming and electrical engineering basics, and introduces three freely available tools created specifically for artists and designers:

Processing, a Java-based programming language and environment for building projects on the desktop, Web, or mobile phones
Arduino, a system that integrates a microcomputer prototyping board, IDE, and programming language for creating your own hardware and controls
OpenFrameworks, a coding framework simplified for designers and artists, using the powerful C++ programming language

You'll get working code samples you can use right away, along with the background and technical information you need to design, program, build, and troubleshoot your own projects. Programming Interactivity also examines cutting-edge design techniques, and includes discussions with leading artists and designers on projects and theory.

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JUNOS Enterprise Switching

2009-07-28T04:11:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 750 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (July 30, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 059615397X
ISBN-13: 978-0596153977
Format: PDF
Description: JUNOS Enterprise Switching is the only detailed technical book on Juniper Networks' new Ethernet-switching EX product platform. With this book, you'll learn all about the hardware and ASIC design prowess of the EX platform, as well as the JUNOS Software that powers it. Not only is this extremely practical book a useful, hands-on manual to the EX platform, it also makes an excellent study guide for certification exams in the JNTCP enterprise tracks.

The authors have based JUNOS Enterprise Switching on their own Juniper training practices and programs, as well as the configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting guidelines they created for their bestselling companion book, JUNOS Enterprise Routing. Using a mix of test cases, case studies, use cases, and tangential answers to real-world problems, this book covers:

Enterprise switching and virtual LANs (VLANs)
The Spanning tree protocol and why it's needed
Inter-VLAN routing, including route tables and preferences
Routing policy and firewall filters
Switching security, such as DHCP snooping
Telephony integration, including VLAN voice

Part of the Juniper Networks Technical Library, JUNOS Enterprise Switching provides all-inclusive coverage of the Juniper Networks EX product platform, including architecture and packet flow, management options, user interface options, and complete details on JUNOS switch deployment.

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Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment

2009-07-27T03:18:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 382 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; illustrated edition edition (January 11, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596514557
ISBN-13: 978-0596514556
Format: PDF
Description: Enormous quantities of data go unused or underused today, simply because people can't visualize the quantities and relationships in it. Using a downloadable programming environment developed by the author, Visualizing Data demonstrates methods for representing data accurately on the Web and elsewhere, complete with user interaction, animation, and more. How do the 3.1 billion A, C, G and T letters of the human genome compare to those of a chimp or a mouse? What do the paths that millions of visitors take through a web site look like? With Visualizing Data, you learn how to answer complex questions like these with thoroughly interactive displays. We're not talking about cookie-cutter charts and graphs. This book teaches you how to design entire interfaces around large, complex data sets with the help of a powerful new design and prototyping tool called "Processing." Used by many researchers and companies to convey specific data in a clear and understandable manner, the Processing beta is available free. With this tool and Visualizing Data as a guide, you'll learn basic visualization principles, how to choose the right kind of display for your purposes, and how to provide interactive features that will bring users to your site over and over. This book teaches you: The seven stages of visualizing data -- acquire, parse, filter, mine, represent, refine, and interact How all data problems begin with a question and end with a narrative construct that provides a clear answer without extraneous details Several example projects with the code to make them work Positive and negative points of each representation discussed. The focus is on customization so that each one best suits what you want toconvey about your data set The book does not provide ready-made "visualizations" that can be plugged into any data set. Instead, with chapters divided by types of data rather than types of display, you'll learn how each visualization conveys the unique properties of the data it represents -- why the data was collected, what's interesting about it, and what stories it can tell. Visualizing Data teaches you how to answer questions, not simply display information.

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Practical Guide to Using SQL in Oracle

2009-07-27T03:16:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 504 pages
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 1 edition (August 22, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1598220632
ISBN-13: 978-1598220636
Format: PDF
Description: Structured Query Language has become the standard for generating, manipulating, and retrieving database information. The dramatic increase in the popularity of relational databases, coupled with Oracle s having the largest market share, has created a demand for programmers who can write SQL code correctly and efficiently. This book provides a systematic approach to learning SQL in Oracle. Each chapter is written in a step-by-step manner and includes examples that can be run using Oracle. Using the sample tables and data provided, readers will be able to perform the examples to gain hands-on experience with Oracle programming.

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Learn C on the Mac

2009-07-27T03:12:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (December 8, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1430218096
ISBN-13: 978-1430218098
Format: PDF
You can buy this book: Amazon.com
Description: Considered a classic by an entire generation of Mac programmers, this popular guide has been completely updated for Mac OS X. Don’t know anything about programming? No problem! Acclaimed author Dave Mark starts out with the basics and takes you through a complete course in programming C using Apple’s free Xcode tools. This book is perfect for beginners learning to program. It includes all–new Mac OS X examples!

Provides best practices for programming newbies
Written by the expert on C–programming for the Mac
Presents all the basics with a pragmatic, Mac OS X-flavored approach

What you’ll learn
Master C programming, the gateway to programming your Mac or iPhone.
Write applications for the Mac OS X interface, the cleanest user interface around.
Understand variables and how to design your own data structures.
Work with the file system.
Connect to data sources and the Internet.

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Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: Knowledge, Ritual and Art (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)

2009-07-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415776163
ISBN-13: 978-0415776165
Format: PDF
Description: "Buddhist Manuscript Cultures" explores how religious and cultural practices in premodern Asia were shaped by literary and artistic traditions as well as by Buddhist material culture. This study of Buddhist texts focuses on the significance of their material forms rather than their doctrinal contents, and examines how and why they were made. Collectively, the book offers cross-cultural and comparative insights into the transmission of Buddhist knowledge and the use of texts and images as ritual objects in the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Buddhist cultures. Drawing on case studies from India, Gandhara, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia, China and Nepal, the chapters included investigate the range of interests and values associated with producing and using written texts, and the roles manuscripts and images play in the transmission of Buddhist texts and in fostering devotion among Buddhist communities. The contributions are by reputed scholars in Buddhist Studies and represent diverse disciplinary approaches from religious studies, art history, anthropology, and history. This book will be of interest to scholars and students working in these fields.

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An Introduction to Feng Shui (Introduction to Religion)

2009-07-26T11:25:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 218 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (December 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 052186352X
ISBN-13: 978-0521863520
Format: PDF
Description: Feng Shui has been known in the West for the last 150 years but has mostly been regarded as a primitive superstition. During the modern period successive regimes in China have suppressed its practice. However, in the last few decades Feng Shui has become a global spiritual movement with professional associations, thousands of titles published on the subject, countless websites devoted to it and millions of users. In this book Ole Bruun explains Feng Shui's Chinese origins and meanings as well as its more recent Western interpretations and global appeal. Unlike the abundance of popular manuals, his Introduction treats Chinese Feng Shui as an academic subject, bridging religion, history and sociology. Individual chapters explain: • the Chinese religious-philosophical background • Chinese uses in rural and urban areas • the history of Feng Shui's reinterpretation in the West • environmental perspectives and other issues

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Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig

2009-07-26T11:19:00.001-07:00

ISBN: 9780861713707 - 0861713702
Paperback: 448 pages
Data: December 25, 2003
Format: PDF
Description: An important new study that looks at one of the lineage's seminal figures, Jigme Lingpa, and makes an extensive analysis of a core tension within Buddhism: does enlightenment develop gradually, or can it come about suddenly?

Dzogchen is the highest meditative practice of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, and Jigme Lingpa was an eighteenth century scholar-yogi whose cycle of teachings, the Longchen Nyingthig, has been handed down through generations as a complete path to enlightenment. Ten of Jigme Lingpa's texts are presented here. Van Schaik shows that both the sudden and gradual approaches and positions on enlightenment are present within each of the Tibetan Buddhist schools, and he demonstrates that Jigme Lingpa is a great illustration of this balancing act, using the rhetoric of both sides to propel his students along the path of the Great Perfection.

"A stimulating contribution to the study of simultaneist and gradualist approaches in Buddhism by way of important new translations and lucid commentary. His insights into the philosophical content of Tibetan tantric literature, as well as into the boundaries between revelation and composition, illuminate the most significant tantric cycle in the Nyingma tradition of the last three centuries." David Germano.

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The New Physics and Cosmology Dialogues with the Dalai Lama

2009-07-26T11:16:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
ISBN: 0195159942
Paperback: 264 pages
Data: February 25, 2004
Format: PDF
Description: What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greenstein, Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton Zeilinger, and Tu Weiming) discussed with the Dalai Lama current thought in theoretical quantum physics, in the context of Buddhist philosophy. A contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality, couched at a level that intelligent readers without a deep involvement in science can grasp. In the tradition of other popular books on resonances between modern quantum physics and Zen or Buddhist mystical traditions--notably The Dancing Wu Li Masters and The Tao of Physics, this book gives a clear and useful update of the genuine correspondences between these two rather disparate approaches to understanding the nature of reality

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Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice

2009-07-26T11:13:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0195304683
Paperback: 352 pages
Data: October 15, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: When books about Zen Buddhism began appearing in Western languages just over a half-century ago, there was no interest whatsoever in the role of ritual in Zen. Indeed, what attracted Western readers' interest was the Zen rejection of ritual. The famous 'Beat Zen' writers were delighted by the Zen emphasis on spontaneity as opposed to planned, repetitious action, and wrote inspirationally about the demythologized, anti-ritualized spirit of Zen. Quotes from the great Zen masters supported this understanding of Zen, and led to the fervor that fueled the opening of Zen centers throughout the West. Once Western practitioners in these centers began to practice Zen seriously, however, they discovered that zazen - Zen meditation - is a ritualized practice supported by centuries-old ritual practices of East Asia. Although initially in tension with the popular anti-ritual image of ancient Zen masters, interest in Zen ritual has increased along with awareness of its fundamental role in the spirit of Zen. Eventually, Zen practitioners would form the idea of no-mind, or the open and awakened state of mind in which ingrained habits of thinking give way to more receptive, direct forms of experience. This notion provides a perspective from which ritual could gain enormous respect as a vehicle to spiritual awakening, and thus this volume seeks to emphasize the significance of ritual in Zen practice. Containing 9 articles by prominent scholars about a variety of topics, including Zen rituals kinhin and zazen, this volume covers rituals from the early Chan period to modern Japan. Each chapter covers key developments that occurred in the Linji/Rinzai and Caodon/ Soto schools of China and Japan, describing how Zen rituals mold the lives and characters of its practitioners, shaping them in accordance with the ideal of Zen awakening. This volume is a significant step towards placing these practices in a larger historical and analytical perspective.

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Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional

2009-07-26T11:07:00.001-07:00

Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1590599004
Paperback: 482 pages
Data: January 11, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Assuming only basic knowledge of C# 2008, Beginning C# 2008 Databases teaches all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers.

A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET 3.0, Beginning C# 2008 Databases explains and demonstrates how to create database objects and program against them in both T-SQL and C#. Full of practical, detailed examples, it’s been fully revised and updated for C# 2008 and offers the most complete, detailed, and gentle introduction to database technology for all C# programmers at any level of experience.

* Comprehensively and concisely explains fundamental database concepts and programming techniques
* Rich in working examples of both T-SQL and C# programs
* Covers all the features most database programming ever requires

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Building a Data Warehouse: With Examples in SQL Server

2009-07-26T11:04:00.001-07:00

Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1590599314
Paperback: 523 pages
Data: December 21, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Building a Data Warehouse: With Examples in SQL Server describes how to build a data warehouse completely from scratch and shows practical examples on how to do it. Author Vincent Rainardi also describes some practical issues he has experienced that developers are likely to encounter in their first data warehousing project, along with solutions and advice. The RDBMS used in the examples is SQL Server; the version will not be an issue as long as the user has SQL Server 2005 or later.

The book is organized as follows. In the beginning of this book (Chapters 1 through 6), you learn how to build a data warehouse, for example, defining the architecture, understanding the methodology, gathering the requirements, designing the data models, and creating the databases. Then in Chapters 7 through 10, you learn how to populate the data warehouse, for example, extracting from source systems, loading the data stores, maintaining data quality, and utilizing the metadata. After you populate the data warehouse, in Chapters 11 through 15, you explore how to present data to users using reports and multidimensional databases and how to use the data in the data warehouse for business intelligence, customer relationship management, and other purposes. Chapters 16 and 17 wrap up the book: After you have built your data warehouse, before it can be released to production, you need to test it thoroughly. After your application is in production, you need to understand how to administer data warehouse operation.

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Microsoft(R) SQL Server 2005 Unleashed

2009-07-26T10:56:00.001-07:00

Publisher: Sams
Language: English
ISBN: 0672328240
Paperback: 1752 pages
Data: December 31, 2006
Format: PDF
Description: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed offers comprehensive coverage of SQL Server 2005 that goes beyond the basic syntax and information youвЂ™ll find in the product manuals, providing in-depth information derived from the authorsвЂ™ real-world experience to help you build upon your working knowledge of the product and take your experience and knowledge to a higher level. This book focuses primarily on the information needed by system and database administrators, as well as for users with overlapping duties as both DBA and developer. Included is extensive coverage of the new features and upgraded tools and capabilities of SQL Server 2005, including .NET Framework integration, Integration Services, Service Broker, Database Mirroring and Snapshots, and Reporting Services.

Detailed information onвЂ¦
* Installing, upgrading, and administering SQL Server 2005
* Database maintenance, backup, and recovery
* Creating and managing tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions
* D atabase and index design
* SQL Server query optimization, and performance monitoring and tuning
* Transactions, transaction management, and distributed transactions
* SQL Server Management StudioвЂ”NEW!
* SQL Server Notification Services; Integration ServicesвЂ”NEW!; Analysis Services; Reporting ServicesвЂ”NEW!; Web ServicesвЂ”NEW!
* SQL Server Service BrokerвЂ”NEW!
* SQL Server and Microsoft .NET Framework integration, including CLR-based stored procedures, functions, and triggersвЂ”NEW!
* SQL Server high availability and SQL Server clustering and replication
* Database MirroringвЂ”NEW!
* Database SnapshotsвЂ”NEW!
* Using XML in SQL Server 2005
* SQL Server tools and utilities

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SQL Server 2005 Management and Administration

2009-07-26T10:53:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Sams; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0672329565
Paperback: 700 pages
Data: October 13, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management and Administration, based on Service Pack 2, addresses the challenges database administrators regularly encounter on SQL Server 2005 by providing detailed guidance in the areas of management, administration, security, and monitoring. With coverage of the new features and functionality of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, this book is designed to be comprehensive, resulting in something for all database administrators—from simple tips to tactical solutions. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management and Administration goes far beyond the basic installation and setup information found in many other resources. The book looks at day-to-day administration, best practices, tips, and step-by-step configurations based on real-world examples found in the industry. Unlike others, this book includes not only administration and management details on the Database Engine, but also coverage of other SQL Server 2005 components often overlooked, including Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and more.

Understand how to…

Configure and tune the Database Engine, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Notification Services
Harden a SQL Server implementation
Implement SQL Server highavailability alternatives, such as Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, and Replication
Monitor a SQL Server 2005 infrastructure with Operations Manager 2007, including how to configure the SQL Server Management Pack and install Operations Manager 2007
Automate SQL Server routine maintenance
Encrypt SQL Server data and communications, including setting up a Certificate Authority
Performance tune and troubleshoot a SQL Server environment
Create Integration Services packages and transfer data

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Microsoft ® Office 2007 Business Intelligence

2009-07-26T10:45:00.000-07:00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0071494243
Paperback: 444 pages
Data: November 16, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Extract and analyze mission-critical enterprise data using Microsoft Office 2007

This authoritative volume is a practical guide to the powerful new collaborative Business Intelligence tools available in Office 2007. Using real-world examples and clear explanations, Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, and Measurement from the Desktop shows you how to use Excel, Excel Services, SharePoint, and PerformancePoint with a wide range of stand-alone and external data in today's networked office. You will learn how to analyze data and generate reports, scorecards, and dashboards with the Office tools you're already using to help you in your everyday work.
* Create Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts and apply Conditional Formatting
* Convert Excel spreadsheets into Excel Tables with Conditional Formatting and Charting
* Connect external data to Excel using Office Data Connections and SharePoint
* Create SharePoint dashboards that display data from multiple sources
* Add Key Performance Indicators and Excel Services reports to your dashboards
* Harness advanced SQL Server 2005 data analysis tools with the Excel Data Mining Add-In and Visio Cluster Diagrams
* Generate integrated PerformancePoint Scorecards
* Create Visio PivotDiagrams and Windows Mobile spreadsheets

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Professional SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

2009-07-26T10:39:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Wrox; 2Rev Ed edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0764584979
Paperback: 722 pages
Data: March 6, 2006
Format: PDF
Description: SQL Server Reporting Services is the customizable reporting solution for report designers and programmers. This hands-on guide will get you up to speed quickly so you can design, deploy, manage, and even customize reporting solutions. You can create powerful reports without programming knowledge and extend reporting solutions using VB, C#, and ASP.NET.

Packed with detailed examples of building reports, designing report solutions, and developing deployment strategies for interacting with various platforms, this book prepares you to take full advantage of this revolutionary tool. Plus, you'll learn how to extend practically every feature of Reporting Services by implementing your own security architecture or adding custom data access.

What you will learn from this book
* Details of programming reports and report scripting
* Advanced report design, including drill-down reports, nested lists, drill-through, links, and dynamic content
* High-level strategies for business and support systems
* Rendering reports using .NET code, .NET IO namespace classes, and URL rendering deployment strategies to handle hardware, software, and platform considerations, licensing issues, and scaling options
* How to design reports for mobile services
* Various tools used to define data sources and semantic metadata models
* How to use parameters and expressions to define creative report solutions
* Advanced object-oriented programming techniques, with examples in C# and VB 2005.

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Introduction to Constraint Databases

2009-07-26T10:34:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Springer; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0387987290
Paperback: 407 pages
Data: January 15, 2002
Format: PDF
Description: Constraint databases provide extra expressive power over relational databases in a largely hidden way at the data-storage or physical level. Constraints, such as linear or polynomial equations, are used to represent large sets in a compact manner. They keep the view of the database for a user or application programmer almost as simple as in relational databases. "Introduction to Constraint Databases" comprehensively covers both constraint-database theory and several sample systems. The book reveals how constraint databases bring together techniques from a variety of fields, such as logic and model theory, algebraic and computational geometry, and symbolic computation, to the design and analysis of data models and query languages. Constraint databases are shown to be powerful and simple tools for data modeling and querying in application areas¿such as environmental modeling, bioinformatics, and computer vision--that are not suitable for relational databases. Specific applications are examined in geographic information systems, spatiotemporal data management, linear programming, genome databases, model checking of automata, and other areas. Topics and features: *Offers a database perspective and a focus on simplicity at the user level *Utilizes simple tools for determining whether queries are safe or not *Incorporates scientist-supplied descriptions of applications *Explains constraint databases from a developer's viewpoint *Provides extensive exercise sets, and sample software systems, that facilitate rapid learning of the topic within a real-world software context This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the theory and applications of constraint database systems, which provide new methods for the design of data models and query languages. It is an essential resource for advanced students, practitioners, and professionals in computer science, database systems, and information systems.

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The Web Resource Space Model (Web Information Systems Engineering and Internet Technologies Book Series)

2009-07-26T10:31:00.001-07:00

Language: English
ISBN: 038772771X
Paperback: 234 pages
Data: December 4, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Classifying objects into categories at different granularity levels, establishing links between known objects, and discovering clues between known and unknown objects are essential for new-generation semantic data models. This book introduces the Resource Space Model (RSM), which effectively organizes and correctly manages resources by normalizing classification semantics.

This volume presents basic models of RSM and the Semantic Link Network (SLN), the relationship between the two, and an approach to integrating the two models and exploring their semantic-rich interconnection. Also detailed is a comprehensive theory of query operations on RSM and extensive coverage of the distributed RSM in parallel with the distributed relational database systems.

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This text is sure to be considered a substantial contribution to the field of Knowledge Grid by researchers in the areas of web, semantic web, and decentralized data engineering, as well as the emerging semantic and knowledge grid arena.

LINQ in Action

2009-07-26T10:28:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Manning Publications
Language: English
ISBN: 1933988169
Paperback: 1061 pages
Data: January 15, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: LLINQ, Language INtegrated Query, is a new extension to the Visual Basic and C# programming languages designed to simplify data queries and database interaction. It addreses O/R mapping issues by making query operations like SQL statements part of the programming language. It also offers built-in support for querying in-memory collections like arrays or lists, XML, DataSets, and relational databases.
LINQ in Action is a fast-paced, comprehensive tutorial for professional developers. This book explores what can be done with LINQ, shows how it works in an application, and addresses the emerging best practices. It presents the general purpose query facilities offered by LINQ in the upcoming C# 3.0 and VB.NET 9.0 languages. A running example introduces basic LINQ concepts. You'll then learn to query unstructured data using LINQ to XML and relational data with LINQ to SQL. Finally, you'll see how to extend LINQ for custom applications.

LINQ in Action will guide you along as you explore this new world of lambda expressions, query operators, and expression trees. As well, you'll explore the new features of C# 3.0, VB.NET 9.0. The book is very practical, anchoring each new idea with running code. Whether you want to use LINQ to query objects, XML documents, or relational databases, you will find all the information you need to get started

But LINQ in Action does not stop at the basic code. This book also shows you how LINQ can be used for advanced processing of data, including coverage of LINQ's extensibility, which allows querying more data sources than those supported by default. All code samples are built on a concrete business case. The running example, LinqBooks, is a personal book cataloging system that shows you how to create LINQ applications with Visual Studio 2008.

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Practical Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2005 (Microsoft Windows Server System Series)

2009-07-26T10:07:00.001-07:00

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0321356985
Paperback: 432 pages
Data: September 7, 2006
Format: CHM
Description: Design, Build, and Manage High-Value BI Solutions with SQL Server 2005

In this book, two of Microsoft’s leading consultants illustrate how to use SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (BI) technologies to solve real-world problems in markets ranging from retail and finance to healthcare. Drawing on extensive personal experience with Microsoft’s strategic customers, John C. Hancock and Roger Toren offer unprecedented insight into BI systems design and step-by-step best practices for implementation, deployment, and management.

Hancock and Toren introduce practical BI concepts and terminology and provide a concise primer on the Microsoft BI platform. Next, they turn to the heart of the book—constructing solutions. Each chapter-length case study begins with the customer’s business goals, and then guides you through detailed data modeling. The case studies show how to avoid the pitfalls that derail many BI projects. You’ll translate each model into a working system and learn how to deploy it into production, maintenance, and efficient operation.

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Pro OpenSSH

2009-07-26T09:56:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1590594762
Paperback: 312 pages
Data: October 12, 2005
Format: PDF
Description: SSH, or Secure Shell, is the de facto standard among users and administrators who wish to establish secure communication between disparate networks. This book is authored by a Fortune 100 system administrator, who will provide you with a highly practical reference for configuring and deploying OpenSSH in your own environment.

Some of the topics covered in this book include: OpenSSH installation and configuration, key management, secure logging, client/server architectures, and digital certificates. The author also provides you with complete deployment scenarios that arise daily in enterprise environments, both large and small.

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PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts

2009-07-26T09:53:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0201703319
Paperback: 462 pages
Data: December 15, 2000
Format: PDF
Description: (Pearson Education) Presents the fundamentals of PostgreSQL, an advanced, feature-filled database server. Assumes no background in databases at all, but still moves quickly, going beyond mechanics and into the applications of simple commands in working database applications. Highlights common pitfalls and offers time and trouble-saving tips. Softcover. DLC: Database management.

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Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, Second Edition

2009-07-26T09:48:00.001-07:00

Publisher: O'Reilly; 2 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0596004729
Paperback: 128 pages
Data: February 1, 2003
Format: CHM
Description: Like most PL/SQL programmers, you've found Oracle PL/SQL Programming to be a reference book you can't do without. Packed with examples and recommendations, it's a book that has helped everyone, from Oracle Forms developers to database administrators, make the most of PL/SQL. But you can't always carry it with you, and even at your desk there are times when you just need a reminder, a quick answer to a problem you're up against. For times like those, PL/SQL experts Stephen Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, and Chip Dawes have written a new edition of Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference. Updated for Oracle9i, this little book is easy to take with you and use anywhere for quick problem solving.

The second edition of the Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference boils down the most vital information from Oracle PL/SQL Programming into a convenient quick reference to PL/SQL basics. This compact book will be indispensable for new and seasoned Oracle database developers alike. It summarizes features available in Oracle9i and provides essential information on PL/SQL block structure, fundamental language elements, control statements, and use of procedures, functions, packages, triggers, Oracle objects, external procedures, and methods of calling Java classes from PL/SQL.

O'Reilly's Pocket References have become a favorite among developers and database administrators everywhere. By providing a wealth of important details in a concise, well-organized format, these handy books deliver just what you need to complete the task at hand. When you've reached a sticking point in your work and need to get to a solution quickly, the new edition of Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference is the book you'll want to have.

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Oracle Applications DBA Field Guide

2009-07-26T09:45:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Apress; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 1590596447
Paperback: 264 pages
Data: March 31, 2006
Format: PDF
Description: Oracle Applications DBA Field Guide provides scripts, notes, guidelines, and references to guide you safely through the crucial day-to-day administration tasks that fall within your jurisdiction. This includes configuring, monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and patching. This book contains tips, techniques, and guidance for administering the highly complex Oracle E-Business Suite running Oracle9i or Oracle10g on UNIX or Linux servers--all in an easy reading and quick-to-navigate format.

Even for the experienced database administrator, Oracle Applications are complicated to administer, and most other documentation out there is difficult to find and understand. Whether you're an experienced Oracle Applications DBA or a relative newcomer to Oracle 11i Applications (perhaps migrating from PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, or Siebel), this book will enable you to make a real impact on the ease and efficiency of your day-to-day administrative tasks, and will be relevant for Oracle Applications Release 12 and Fusion.

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Oracle9i: The Complete Reference

2009-07-26T09:43:00.003-07:00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0072225211
Paperback: 1256 pages
Data: August 16, 2002
Format: PDF
Description: Master all the powerful features of Oracle9i using the exclusive information inside this indispensable resource. Written by best-selling Oracle Press authors Kevin Loney and George Koch, this volume explains how to implement all the components of Oracle9i. This is a must-have reference for all Oracle professionals.

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Oracle8i: The Complete Reference

2009-07-26T09:39:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill; Har/Cdr edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0072123648
Paperback: 1308 pages
Data: May 23, 2000
Format: PDF
Description: As documentation of a product that incorporates a highly reliable database server, a set of utilities, and a development environment, Oracle8i: The Complete Reference essentially sets out to do the impossible. The great thing is that it succeeds. For all but the most obscure and situation-specific Oracle8i questions that database administrators (DBAs) and developers might have, this book is almost certain to have the information they need. It explains all the essentials with a straightforward combination of prose, conceptual diagrams, and code listings, so even new Oracle DBAs will derive a lot of use from the authors' work. The key concepts--including relational database design, and queries that use SQL and PL/SQL--get lots of attention. Many details seem to come up at least twice, so readers get a couple of angles on a given subject.

This book isn't a rehash of earlier editions, any more than Oracle8i itself is a rehash of its predecessors. The authors pay special attention to the new aspects of the Oracle environment, particularly to those having to do with stored procedures and Oracle's deepening relationship with the Java programming language. Don't expect to learn Java from the ground up in these pages, but look forward to a comprehensive statement of how Java code (and SQLJ queries) can make your Oracle applications more capable and platform-independent. Every Oracle DBA (and probably every Oracle developer, too) should keep this volume on hand; it's a definitive reference. Although the book isn't designed specifically as a study aid, you certainly could use it as a guide while preparing for Oracle certification.

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MySQL Tutorial (All in One)

2009-07-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

Publisher: MySQL Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0672325845
Paperback: 288 pages
Data: December 4, 2003
Format: CHM
Description: A concise introduction to the fundamentals of working with MySQL.

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system that is rapidly growing in popularity. Known for its speed, reliability, and ease of use, MySQL has proven itself to be particularly well suited both for beginners and for experienced developers to create sophisticated database-backed Web sites and applications.

MySQL Tutorial is a clear, concise introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques of working with MySQL. It teaches the beginning MySQL user how to create and administer powerful databases that can be used at home, at work, and on the Web.

Whether you are a novice to databases or a technical professional looking to find out more about how MySQL works, MySQL Tutorial efficiently guides you through the information you need in order to get started with MySQL and quickly become proficient.

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MySQL, Second Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)

2009-07-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0321375734
Paperback: 480 pages
Data: May 20, 2006
Format: CHM
Description: Even if you've never used MySQL before, this Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with the world’s most popular open source database application in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to MySQL, leading technology author Larry Ullman uses his trademark crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to everything that’s new in MySQL. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, this book explains how to interact with MySQL using SQL, the language common to all databases. The interface examples show how to use MySQL’s own tools and how to use three popular programming languages (PHP, Perl, and Java). The book covers MySQL versions 3 and 4, as well as everything new in the eagerly anticipated version 5. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of MySQL installation, administration, database design, as well as its use with various programming languages, database programming techniques, utilities, advanced MySQL and SQL, and more!

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedure Programming in T-SQL & .NET

2009-07-26T09:25:00.000-07:00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 3 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0072262281
Paperback: 664 pages
Data: May 18, 2006
Format: CHM
Description: Create and Use Stored Procedures for Optimal Database Performance

Develop complex stored procedures to retrieve, manipulate, update, and delete data. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedure Programming in T-SQL & .NET identifies and describes the key concepts, techniques, and best practices you need to master in order to take full advantage of stored procedures using SQL Server's native Transact-SQL and .NET CLR languages. You'll learn to incorporate effective Transact-SQL stored procedures into client or middleware code, and produce CLR methods that will be compiled into CLR stored procedures. This is a must-have resource for all SQL Server 2005 developers.

Essential Skills for Database Professionals
Group and execute T-SQL statements using batches, scripts, and transactions
Create user-defined, system, extended, temporary, global temporary, and remote stored procedures
Develop and manage stored procedures using C# and Visual Basic .NET
Implement database access using ADO.NET
Create CLR user-defined functions and triggers
Implement reliable debugging and error handling techniques and security measures
Manage source code in a repository such as Visual SourceSafe
Create stored procedures for web search engines
Use system and extended stored procedures to interact with the SQL Server environment

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services 2005

2009-07-26T09:13:00.000-07:00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0072262397
Paperback: 767 pages
Data: December 12, 2005
Format: CHM
Description: Microsoft's Reporting Services product is a vital part of the SQL Server 2005 business intelligence platform, but it works with virtually any data source. This hands-on guide explains how to transform data into insightful and interactive Web-based reports using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. With coverage of everything from installation to administration, the book demonstrates how to use this powerful server-based reporting solution to improve business decision-making and facilitate company-wide -- even worldwide -- communication.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

2009-07-26T09:07:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Sams; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0672327813
Paperback: 888 pages
Data: July 31, 2006
Format: CHM
Description: All medium to large companies have to deal with data being stored in a number of databases, spreadsheets and proprietary applications. Bringing all this data together into one system can be useful to analyzing the business; but can also be quite difficult to do. Integration Services is the next big bet in Microsoft's business intelligence lineup, providing you with true enterprise extract transform and load features (ETL).

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services concentrates on providing you with real world solutions to real world problems, giving you a head start on various projects. If you are only evaluating Integration Services, you'll be able to focus on the early chapters with the option of drilling down into details in the later chapters where some of the more complex concepts will be discussed in detail. The interesting sidebars peppered throughout the book provide insight into the processes, people and decisions that yielded the final IS product.

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Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel

2009-07-26T09:04:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Wiley; Pap/Onl edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0470099518
Paperback: 645 pages
Data: October 1, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: * One of the leading experts on business data mining shows managers how to leverage SQL and Excel to perform sophisticated types of business analysis without the expense of data mining tools and consultants
* Explains how to use the relatively simple tools of SQL and Excel to extract useful business information from relational databases
* Each chapter discusses why and when to perform a particular type of business analysis to obtain a useful business result, how to design and perform the analysis using SQL and Excel, and what the results look like in SQL and Excel
* Presents hints, warnings, and technical asides about Excel, SQL, and data analysis/mining

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Introduction to SQL: Mastering the Relational Database Language (4th Edition)

2009-07-26T08:37:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 4 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0321305965
Paperback: 1056 pages
Data: October 6, 2006
Format: CHM
Description: The Classic SQL Tutorial: Fully Updated for Today’s Standards and Today’s Top Databases

For twenty years, van der Lans’ Introduction to SQL has been the definitive SQL tutorial for database professionals everywhere, regardless of experience or platform. Now van der Lans has systematically updated this classic guide to reflect the latest SQL standards and the newest versions of today’s leading RDBMSs: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, and MySQL.

Using case study examples and hands-on exercises, van der Lans illuminates every key SQL concept, technique, and statement. Drawing on decades of experience as an SQL standards team member and enterprise consultant, he reveals exactly why SQL works as it does–and how to get the most out of it. You’ll gain powerful insight into everything from basic queries to stored procedures, transactions to data security. Whether you’re a programmer or DBA, a student or veteran, this book will take you from “apprentice” to true SQL master.

Writing queries and updating data: all you need to know about SELECT
Working with joins, functions, and subqueries
Creating database objects: tables, indexes, views, and more
Specifying keys and other integrity constraints
Using indexes to improve efficiency
Enforcing security via passwords and privileges
Building stored procedures and triggers
Developing with embedded SQL and ODBC
Working with transactions, including rollbacks, savepoints, isolation levels, and more
Optimizing performance by reformulating SQL statements
Using object-relational features: subtables, references, sets, and user-defined data types
Reference section: SQL statement definitions and SQL function lists

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Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming (Pro-Developer)

2009-07-26T08:30:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Microsoft Press; 2005 Ed edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0735621977
Paperback: 544 pages
Data: June 14, 2006
Format: CHM
Description: This thorough, hands-on reference for database developers and administrators delivers expert guidance on sophisticated uses of Transact-SQL (T-SQL)#151;one of the most familiar and powerful programming languages for SQL Server. Written by a T-SQL guru, this guide focuses on language features and how they are interpreted and processed by the SQL Server execution engine. You'll get in-depth coverage of the sophisticated uses of T-SQL, including triggers, user-defined functions, exception handling, and more. The book explains and compares solutions to database-development problems in both SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005, discussing the new T-SQL programming features added to SQL Server 2005 in detail. Includes extensive code samples, table examples, and logic puzzles to help database developers and administrators understand the intricacies and help promote mastery of T-SQL.

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Building Trustworthy Semantic Webs

2009-07-26T08:21:00.000-07:00

Publisher: AUERBACH; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0849350808
Paperback: 432 pages
Data: December 5, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Semantic Webs promise to revolutionize the way computers find and integrate data over the internet. They will allow Web agents to share and reuse data across applications, enterprises, and community boundaries. However, this improved accessibility poses a greater threat of unauthorized access, which could lead to the malicious corruption of information. Building Trustworthy Semantic Webs addresses the urgent demand for the development of effective mechanisms that will protect and secure semantic Webs.
Design Flexible Security Policies to Improve Efficiency
Securing semantic Webs involves the formation of policies that will dictate what type of access Web agents are allowed. This text provides the tools needed to engineer these policies and secure individual components of the semantic Web, such as XML, RDF, and OWL. It also examines how to control unauthorized inferences on the semantic Web. Since this technology is not fully realized, the book emphasizes the importanceof integrating security features into semantic Webs at the onset of their development.
Through its expansive coverage, Building Trustworthy Semantic Webs describes how the creation of semantic security standards will ensure the dependability of semantic Webs. It provides Web developers with the tools they need to protect sensitive information and guarantee the success of semantic Web applications.

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Oracle Databases on the Web: Learn to Create Web Pages That Interface with Database Engines

2009-07-26T00:03:00.000-07:00

# Paperback: 592 pages# Publisher: Coriolis Group Books (February 20, 1997)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 1576100995# ISBN-13: 978-1576100998Product DescriptionCovers how to set up database systems to drive commercial Web and intranet sites. Provides the insight of two experienced Oracle database administrators. Presents need-to-know information in an easy-to-read format with clear examples and illustrations. Provides an understanding of the World Wide Web and details on Web security. Details database design, including performance and tuning.About the AuthorDonald Burleson (Raleigh, NC) has been a database administrator for over 15 years and has designed numerous data warehouse systems with Oracle. He is the author of several books about Oracle, including High Performance Oracle Database Applications and Oracle Databases on the Web, and over 30 articles in magazines such as DBMS, Oracle Magazine, and Computerworld.Robert Papaj (Rochester, NY) has 18 years of information systems experience in database administration across numerous DBMSs. Robert is an Oracle Master in database administration, technical support, application development, and application center consulting. Donald K. Burleson (Raleigh, NC) specializes in database technology and distributed database systems. He is an Adjunct Professor of Information Systems, the author of two other books on databases, and a writer for several national publications such as Computerworld, Database Programming & Design, and Oracle Technical Journal.

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MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET

2009-07-24T05:52:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Microsoft Press; Rev Ed edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0735621217
Paperback: 640 pages
Data: September 8, 2004
Format: PDF

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MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET XML Web Services and Server Components Study Guide

2009-07-24T05:50:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Sybex
Language: English
ISBN: 0782141935
Paperback: 608 pages
Data: July 21, 2003
Format: CHM
Description: Here's the book you need to prepare for the Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework exam (70-310). This Study Guide provides:
* In-depth coverage of official exam objectives
* Practical information on using Visual Basic .NET to develop Web services using XML
* Hands-on exercises designed to give you the skills needed to approach the exams with confidence

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MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET

2009-07-24T05:47:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Microsoft Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0735615861
Paperback: 688 pages
Data: January 15, 2003
Format: CHM
Description: Learn how to build XML Web services and server components with MicrosoftВ® Visual BasicВ® .NET and Visual C# .NET?as you prepare for MCAD or MCSD certification. Includes study guide for Exams 70-310 and 70-320, evaluation software, eBook, and testing tool

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MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET, Second Edition

2009-07-24T05:41:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Microsoft Press; 2 Har/Cdr edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0735619271
Paperback: 834 pages
Data: March 26, 2003
Format: CHM
Description: Get self-paced, from-the-source exam preparation and self-assessment for the skills measured by MCP Exams 70-305 and 70-315#151;core requirements for MCAD and MCSD certification. Features an enhanced testing tool and more labs and code examples.

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Databases Demystified

2009-07-24T05:38:00.001-07:00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0072253649
Paperback: 360 pages
Data: March 1, 2004
Format: PDF
Description: Through clear language, step-by-step discussions, and quizzes at the end of each chapter, the author makes databases easy. Quickly learn the core skills needed to design, configure, manage, and manipulate databases, whether at work or at home. Topics such as exploring different database models, planning their design, minimizing redundant data, designing tables, applying database design concepts, and implementing database security are covered. This is that fast, easy-to-understand tutorial that you’ve been looking for.

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Pro SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

2009-07-24T05:36:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1590598970
Paperback: 548 pages
Data: December 19, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: SQL Server Integration Services is groundbreaking. It exists for both the DBA and the developer, as well as that new role SSIS has created between the two--the data artisan.

Pro SQL Server 2005 Integration Services contains everything you could ever hope to know about this exciting new development from Microsoft: developer insight, Microsoft group manager--level access, personal experience of using the technology in the real-world, and fine-grained analysis. If you want to rapidly gain knowledge and context from your data, Microsoft's latest and greatest interpretation of Enterprise Application Integration, SQL Server Integration Services, is for you. As part of the extensive SQL Server suite, Integration Services is a more serious and expandable interpretation of the integration paradigm than previously available. At once both simple to use yet incredibly complex, it goes far beyond being a reimagining and reengineering of DTS, and it's all presented in a familiar Visual Studio context. It's Agile, it's service-oriented, it's everything to everyone.

Written for the developer, the DBA, and the data artisan, Pro SQL Server 2005 Integration Services will show you how to develop and deploy enterprise SSIS solutions in multibillion-item environments. It's everything SSIS, explained for everyone!

What you'll learn
* Understand how to develop and deploy SSIS solutions that will perform in multibillion-item environments from an author who has been there and done it.
* Build bespoke custom components tailored to your project's exact requirements.
* Create perfomant and scalable solutions with an eye to future requirements and upgrades.

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Evolutionary Computation in Bioinformatics (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Artificial Intelligence)

2009-07-24T05:33:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 1558607978
Paperback: 416 pages
Data: September 16, 2002
Format: PDF
Description: "This is a fine book that clearly discusses the applications of evolutionary computation techniques to a variety of different areas. It covers most topics a bioinformatician will find interesting."
--Santosh Mishra, Eli Lilly

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SQL: Practical Guide for Developers (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

2009-07-24T05:31:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Language: English
ISBN: 0122205316
Paperback: 272 pages
Data: July 29, 2005
Format: PDF
Description: Would the basics of SQL querying be useful to you, but you dont want to start at the very beginning? Do you wish you had an easy way to ramp up quickly to get a basic understanding of key features and capability? Then you need this book! Without a ton of conceptual information or general programming basics you already know, this book is a quick guide for computing professionals and programmers to learn the basics--and more--in an easily digestible way.

+ Provides tutorial-based instruction for the main features of SQL for programmers and other technical professionals in need of a brief but really good introduction to SQL.
+ The approach is vendor-neutralso very adaptable and flexiblebut the book's Web site includes information about DBMS-specific peculiarities.
+ The focus is on teaching concepts by walking through concrete examples and explanations, and self-review exercises are included at the end of each chapter.
+ Coverage is on the key features of the language that are required to understand SQL and begin using it effectively.
+ SQL 2003-compliant.

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Bioinformatics: Managing Scientific Data (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)

2009-07-24T05:28:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 155860829X
Paperback: 300 pages
Data: July 2003
Format: PDF
Description: An exciting compilation that addresses the key issues in biological data management. -Sylvia Spengler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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The Berkeley DB Book

2009-07-24T05:24:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1590596722
Paperback: 442 pages
Data: October 8, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: The Berkeley DB Book is a practical guide to the intricacies of the Berkeley DB. This book covers in-depth the complex design issues that are mostly only touched on in terse footnotes within the dense Berkeley DB reference manual. It explains the technology at a higher level and also covers the internals, providing generous code and design examples.

In this book, you will get to see a developer's perspective on intriguing design issues in Berkeley DB--based applications, and you will be able to choose design options for specific conditions. Also included is a special look at fault tolerance and high-availability frameworks. Berkeley DB is becoming the database of choice for large-scale applications like search engines and high-traffic web sites.

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UNIX Filesystems: Evolution, Design, and Implementation

2009-07-24T05:22:00.001-07:00

Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0471164836
Paperback: 443 pages
Data: January 3, 2003
Format: PDF
Description: * Covers all versions of UNIX, as well as Linux, operating systems that are used by the majority of Fortune 1000 companies for their mission-critical data
* Offers more detail than other books on the file input/output aspects of UNIX programming
* Describes implementation of UNIX filesystems over a thirty year period
* Demonstrates VERITAS and other filesystem examples

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RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice in Oracle)

2009-07-24T05:19:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1590598512
Paperback: 670 pages
Data: August 20, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: It’s sometimes said that the true job of an Oracle database administrator can be summed up in one, essential skill: to be able to recover your database.

There’s much wisdom in that statement. Of all the things you are responsible for as a database administrator, nothing is more important than the data itself. Like it or not, the fearsome responsibility of protecting your organization's most critical data falls squarely upon your shoulders:
* Lose that data and your company could fail.
* Lose that data and you could be out of a job.

Scared? You should be. But there's help. You are not alone. Oracle experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda have come together in this book to show you the power of Recovery Manager, or RMAN, which is Oracle's backup and recovery tool of choice. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g helps you take advantage of all that RMAN has to offer by providing easy-to-understand solutions to business-critical backup and recovery operations. This handy guide
* Demystifies the steps required to protect your business data
* Provides ready-made and step-by-step solutions to simple and complex backup, restore, and recovery operations
* Is task-oriented, making it easy for you to find the solution to pressing backup and recovery problems
* Respects your time by providing example-based solutions, not endless reading material

When the pressure’s on, you don't have time for long discussions of theory. This book gets right to the point with quick and easy-to-read, step-by-step solutions that can help you backup and recover your data with confidence.

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Learning PHP & MySQL: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Database-Driven Web Sites

2009-07-24T05:15:00.000-07:00

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 2 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0596514018
Paperback: 428 pages
Data: August 17, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: PHP and MySQL are quickly becoming the de facto standard for rapid development of dynamic, database-driven web sites. This book is perfect for newcomers to programming as well as hobbyists who are intimidated by harder-to-follow books. With concepts explained in plain English, the new edition starts with the basics of the PHP language, and explains how to work with MySQL, the popular open source database. You then learn how to put the two together to generate dynamic content.

If you come from a web design or graphics design background and know your way around HTML, Learning PHP & MySQL is the book you've been looking for. The content includes:
* PHP basics such as strings and arrays, and pattern matching
* A detailed discussion of the variances in different PHP versions
* MySQL data fundamentals like tables and statements
* Information on SQL data access for language
* A new chapter on XHTML
* Error handling, security, HTTP authentication, and more

Learning PHP & MySQL explains everything from fundamental concepts to the nuts and bolts of performing specific tasks. As part of O'Reilly's bestselling Learning series, the book is an easy-to-use resource designed specifically for beginners. It's a launching pad for future learning, providing you with a solid foundation for more advanced development.

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Building Trustworthy Semantic Webs

2009-07-24T04:48:00.000-07:00

Publisher: AUERBACH; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0849350808
Paperback: 432 pages
Data: December 5, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Semantic Webs promise to revolutionize the way computers find and integrate data over the internet. They will allow Web agents to share and reuse data across applications, enterprises, and community boundaries. However, this improved accessibility poses a greater threat of unauthorized access, which could lead to the malicious corruption of information. Building Trustworthy Semantic Webs addresses the urgent demand for the development of effective mechanisms that will protect and secure semantic Webs.
Design Flexible Security Policies to Improve Efficiency
Securing semantic Webs involves the formation of policies that will dictate what type of access Web agents are allowed. This text provides the tools needed to engineer these policies and secure individual components of the semantic Web, such as XML, RDF, and OWL. It also examines how to control unauthorized inferences on the semantic Web. Since this technology is not fully realized, the book emphasizes the importanceof integrating security features into semantic Webs at the onset of their development.
Through its expansive coverage, Building Trustworthy Semantic Webs describes how the creation of semantic security standards will ensure the dependability of semantic Webs. It provides Web developers with the tools they need to protect sensitive information and guarantee the success of semantic Web applications.

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Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005

2009-07-24T04:43:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Syngress
Language: English
ISBN: 1597491063
Paperback: 608 pages
Data: September 27, 2006
Format: PDF
Description: A virtual evolution in IT shops large and small has begun. Microsoft's Virtal Server is the enterprise tool to free an infrastructure from its physical limitations providing the transformation into a virtual environment--this book shows you how.

This book will detail the default and custom installation of Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005, as well as basic and advanced virtual machine configurations. It will also discuss the requirements for a server virtualization and consolidation project and the cost savings surrounding such an effort. Furthermore, the book will provide a thorough understanding of the benefits of a virtual infrastructure and a comprehensive examination of how Virtual Server can ease administration and lower overall IT costs. Lastly, the book delivers a thorough understanding of the virtual evolution which is underway in many IT organizations and how the reader will benefit from shifting from the physical to a virtual world.

* Examines in detail the default and custom installation of Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005
* Addresses th important topics of server requirements and the cost implications involved
* Looks at addressing IT costs and the benefits to the organisation

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Oracle Automatic Storage Management: Under-the-Hood & Practical Deployment Guide

2009-07-24T04:41:00.001-07:00

Format: PDF
Description: Build and manage a scalable storage infrastructure with Oracle Automatic Storage Management

Streamline data management and provisioning using Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) and the detailed information contained in this exclusive Oracle Press resource. Written by a team of database experts, Oracle Automatic Storage Management: Under-the-Hood & Practical Deployment Guide explains how to build and maintain a dynamic, highly available Oracle database storage environment. Inside, you'll learn how to configure storage for Oracle ASM, build disk groups, use data striping and mirroring, and optimize performance. You'll also learn how to ensure consistency across server and storage platforms, maximize data redundancy, and administer Oracle ASM from the command line.

Manage Oracle ASM Instances and configure Oracle RDBMS instances to leverage Oracle ASM
Define, discover, and manage disk storage under Oracle ASM
Create external, normal-redundancy, and high-redundancy disk groups
Add and remove Oracle ASM storage without affecting RDMS instance availability
Learn how Oracle ASM provides even I/O distribution
Work with Oracle ASM directories, files, templates, and aliases
Improve storage performance and integrity using the ASMLIB API
Simplify system administration with the Oracle ASM command line interface
Understand key internal Oracle ASM structures and algorithms

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Beginning PHP and Oracle: From Novice to Professiona

2009-07-24T04:36:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1590597702
Paperback: 753 pages
Data: August 24, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Beginning PHP and Oracle: From Novice to Professional offers comprehensive information on using the PHP scripting language in conjunction with Oracle's database platform. PHP is one of the most prominent open source technologies in the area of web development, while Oracle is one of the most widely deployed and used database products.

You'll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. The book is packed with practical examples based on the many years of real-world experience of authors W Jason Gilmore and Bob Bryla. This book is an ideal read for web designers or programmers wanting to create applications with PHP in an Oracle environment.

* The book covers a solid alternative to the "M" in the LAMP stack.
* Database examples are based on real-world scenarios.
* The text shows off Oracle's strong enterprise features.
* The authors highlight Oracle's robust internationalization support.
* Covers a solid alternative to the "M" in the LAMP stack
* Database examples are based on real-world scenarios
* Shows off Oracle's strong, enterprise features
* Highlights Oracle's robust internationalization support

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Making Use of PHP

2009-07-24T04:33:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0471219738
Paperback: 352 pages
Data: July 15, 2002
Format: PDF
Description: PHP has an edge over locked-in solutions such as JSP and ASP for most Web development work because it is a cross-platform technology. Surveys indicate that PHP is rapidly becoming the most widely used Web scripting language and PHP skills are now considered essential for many Web developers.
* Explains why PHP is easier to learn than Perl or JavaScript and how it is useful in server-side development and administration tasks
* Offers guidance to fully utilizing the possibilities of PHP
* Enables Web designers and others with HTML skills to quickly gain essential abilities for site administration and content development

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Ajax for Web Application Developers (Developer's Library)

2009-07-24T04:30:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Sams; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0672329123
Paperback: 1061 pages
Data: November 9, 2006
Format: CHM
Description: Reusable components and patterns for Ajax-driven applications

Ajax is one of the latest and greatest ways to improve users’ online experience and create new and innovative web functionality. By allowing specific parts of a web page to be displayed without refreshing the entire page, Ajax significantly enhances the experience of web applications. It also lets web developers create intuitive and innovative interaction processes.

Ajax for Web Application Developers provides the in-depth working knowledge of Ajax that web developers need to take their web applications to the next level. The book shows how to create an Ajax-driven web application from an object-oriented perspective, and it includes discussion of several useful Ajax design patterns.

This detailed guide covers the creation of connections to a MySQL database with PHP 5 via a custom Ajax engine and shows how to gracefully format the response with CSS, JavaScript, and XHTML while keeping the data tightly secure. It also covers the use of four custom Ajax-enabled components in an application and how to create each of them from scratch.

The final section of the book combines the individual code examples and techniques from earlier chapters of the book into one larger, Ajax-driven application–an internal web mail application that can be used in any user-based application, such as a community-based web application. Readers will learn not only how to create and use their own reusable Ajax components in this application but also how to connect their components to any future Ajax applications that they might build.

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