DDJ, December 2002
Database Development


FEATURES

ODBC In UNIX Environments
by Robert Kiesling
The Open DataBase Computing (ODBC) Standard provides an efficient way to write client-server apps, including those that are UNIX based. Robert focuses on the unixODBC library because of its support for MySQL and PostgreSQL.

XSLT Querying & XML Documents
by Giuseppe Naccarato
This XSLT-based method of searching XML documents is easier to use, more flexible, and has better performance than the DOM- and SAX-based methods you're probably familiar with.

ASP.NET Page Persistence & Extended Attributes
by David Hovel
Active content and HTTP statelessness don't always mix. David uses the reflection capability of .NET languages to solve the problem for ASP.NET.

Comparing Fuzzy Numbers
by Bogdan Dorohonceanu
Fuzzy set theory makes possible the formalization of approximate reasoning. Bogdan presents a fuzzy number comparison method that's implemented in Java.

Embedded Databases
by Anton Okmianski
In deciding on Berkeley DB, a lightweight embedded database from Sleepycat Software, Anton's first challenge was to design a database layer that mapped a relatively complex data schema into Berkeley DB's simple key/data pairs.


EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Automated Testing & Windows CE
by Tom Pugh
The technique Tom presents here lets you use third-party tools to test Windows CE-based systems.


COLUMNS

C Programming
by Al Stevens
Al sets out to build a better ConsoleApp. Along the way, he discovers Visual-MinGW and Transcribe! before having a knock-down drag-out with the GDB debugger.

Embedded Space
by Ed Nisley
State machines are mechanisms that sit around in one of several distinct conditions, waiting for something to happen. And they're Ed's focus this month.

Programmer's Bookshelf
by Jack W. Woehr
This month, Jack takes a look at Framework Process Patterns, by James Carey and Brent Carlson; and The MPEG-4 Book, edited by Fernando Pereira and Jouradj Ebrahimi.


FORUM

Editorial
by Jonathan Erickson

Letters
by you

The New Adventures of Verity Stob
by Verity Stob

News & Views
by Shannon Cochran

Of Interest
by Della Song

Swaine's Flames
by Michael Swaine

Programming Paradigms
by Michael Swaine