DDJ, December 2003
Database Development


FEATURES

Networking, ODBC, & Perl
by Robert Kiesling
Robert first examines a Perl API for the unixODBC libraries, then a peer-to-peer API that lets ODBC clients access data sources of other systems on a TCP/IP network.

Application-Level Data Caching
by Paul E. Boal
Many applications can be designed so that continuous database access isn't necessary. Paul presents an application-level data-caching library that does just this.

Java NIO & the iTunes Database
by Dmitriy Rogatkin
Dmitriy uses the Java NIO package—part of J2SE 1.4—to unravel the iTunesDB format, which is at the heart of the database used in Apple's iPod MP3 player.

Full-Text Searching & the Burrows-Wheeler Transform
by Kendall Willets
Here's an indexing method that lets you find any character sequence in the source text using a structure that can fit the entire source text and index into less space than the text alone.

Web Services & C++
by Peter Lacey
Peter shows how to develop SOAP services and clients in C++ using the WASP Server for C++ from Systinet.


EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Code Efficiency & Compiler-Directed Feedback
by Jackie Brenner and Markus Levy
With compiler-directed feedback, compiler output includes information you can leverage to tune application code for higher performance.


COLUMNS

Programming Paradigms
by Michael Swaine
Gray goo and smart dust. No, the cleaning crew hasn't tackled Michael's office. Instead, he examines what's going on in the world of nanotechnology.

Embedded Space
by Ed Nisley
Storage is a magnetic subject, as Ed discovers this month.

Chaos Manor
by Jerry Pournelle
In the first installment of his new column, Jerry takes on worms and viruses.

Programmer's Bookshelf
by Jeff B. Cromwell
Jeff examines Programming Wireless Devices with the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition; Wireless Java, Developing with Java 2, Micro Edition; Java 2, Micro Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Programming Handheld and Embedded Devices; and Teach Yourself Wireless Java with J2ME In 21 Days.


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 Shannon Cochran

Swaine's Flames
by Michael Swaine