FEATURES
Developing JDBC Applications
[author : Andrew Wilson]
Client-side applet browsing of JDBC applets can be a problem — unless you use the client/server development techniques Andy shares here.
Tokenized Databases
[author : Joseph M. Newcomer]
Joe presents a database programming technique that allows conventional fixed-width-field representation of records, while still providing the advantages of variable-width fields and data compression.
SRDL: A Small Relational Database Language
[author : Sergei Savchenko]
If you are familiar with SQL, then the small relational database language (SRDL) Sergei presents here will seem like an old friend. SRDL is designed to provide your applications with flexibility in dealing with database problems.
Optimizing Crystal Reports
[author : Richard Campbell]
By preprocessing complex data, you can overcome the fundamental weakness of Crystal's "one-query" approach to report creation. Richard shows you how.
Using Locators to Manipulate Large Objects
[author : Gary Bist]
By creating new sets of data types called "large objects," today's relational databases have adapted to the multimedia age. Gary describes how you can make efficient use of data types that support sound, video, and text.
Designing BitBox
[author : Lou Grinzo]
BitBox is a database tool Lou designed to handle multiple database access, cursor manipulation and reference via handles, direct support for importing dbf files, callback-based record filtering, and more.
COLUMNS
Ramblings in Real Time
[author : Michael Abrash]
Like it or not, Win32 looks to be the future of personal computers, and DirectX the future of personal-computer games. Michael investigates how you can write games that work well with both.
20/20
[author : Al Williams]
Al examines Optima++, PowerSoft's highly graphical C++ visual-development environment.
DTACK Revisited
[author : Hal W. Hardenbergh]
What do fine Bordeaux wines, rotten bananas, certified virgins, and Hal's column have to do with each other? Quite a lot, actually.
Software and the Law
[author : Marc E. Brown]
Every organization needs is a comprehensive program for managing and protecting intellectual property. Marc lays out the groundwork for just such a program.
Web Database Developer
[author : William Robert Stanek]
Microsoft's FrontPage 97 is a web publishing and development tool suite that features just about everything you need to create and manage web sites and intranets — including a tool called the Internet Database Connector.
Database Briefs
[author : Tim Kientzle]