With the help of Australian technical specialist Thakkar, the reader experiences a journey of how a traditional business gets converted to an eBusiness. An example business, "DOeBIZ Corporation, " is used to help users understand the various issues involved and how an Oracle DBA can deal with them.

This book on creating a complete e-commerce project using Oracle8i and Java targets Oracle users who want to develop Java database applications for e-commerce. (Midwest).

This text provides readers with a comprehensive collection of SQL and PL/SQL scripts. It is organized into chapters by function and each script is fully documented with sample results shown. Readers can understand how the script works, learn to customize the script with confidence, and act properly on the script's results. Features include: scripts specifically for Oracle9i; a CD-ROM including major scripts from book; CD-icon with script name next to scripts that appear on the CD to allow for a quick search; a list of scripts and a brief description at the beginning of each chapter; and Programmer's Notes and Annotations that provide expert explanations on the scripts and how they can be customized.

JSP developers encounter unique problems when building web applications that require intense database connectivity. MySQL and JSP Web Applications addresses the challenges of building data-driven applications based on the JavaServer Pages development model. MySQL and JSP Web Applications begins with an overview of the core technologies required for JSP database development--JavaServer Pages, JDBC, and the database schema. The book then outlines and presents an Internet commerce application that demonstrates concepts such as receiving and processing user input, designing and implementing business rules, and balancing the user load on the server. Through the JDBC (Java DataBase Connector), the developer can communicate with most commercial databases, such as Oracle. The solutions presented in MySQL and JSP Web Applications center on the open source tools MySQL and Tomcat, allowing the reader an affordable way to test applications and experiment with the book's examples.

The modern application server is a complex platform that is the linchpin of an enterprise environment that includes a very wide range of technologies-web document formatting, web protocols, server-side scripts, servlets, applets, programming languages, distributed object technologies, security capabilities, directory and naming services, load balan

“The examples in the book are drawn from real life, and show you how to effectively use Java components to develop enterprise-level database applications step by step.”—David A. RosenbergVice President, Java Platform GroupOracle Corporation

This is the complete, expert guide to building enterprise-class UNIX-based Oracle OLTP systems that deliver maximum performance and scalability. In Scaling Oracle 8i, one of the world's leading Oracle consultants introduces today's best methods and technologies for building industrial-strength Oracle database systems on UNIX platforms. Understand exactly what scalability means in the enterprise; then discover how to deliver it, step-by-step, from the ground up, through design, testing, construction, maintenance, benchmarking, and ongoing management. Morle covers every component that impacts performance, including hashing, caching, hardware architecture and I/O subsystems, Oracle database objects, data storage, memory structures, and a detailed review of the Oracle Parallel Server. Readers will find comprehensive coverage of tuning the underlying UNIX platform to improve OLTP response times; including co-engineering the kernel; working with virtual memory, I/O, interprocess communication; and more. Scaling Oracle 8i contains a full chapter on the special issues associated with e-commerce, as well as a detailed case study drawn from one of the world's largest car rental reservations systems. For all enterprise system architects, database engineers, and application developers working with Oracle.