Internet Systems - Online Strategies for IS Professionals
Online Strategies for IS Professionals A DBMS supplement

Table of Contents - October 1996 Vol. 9 No. 11

Features

OLTP on the Web
by Brian Black
Conducting real electronic commerce over the Web can become a reality only if the Web can support high transaction volumes, 24 X 7 availability, and secure and reliable systems. In a word, that means OLTP. This article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of running OLTP on the traditional mainframe and client/server platforms, and how the Web stacks up as a platform for OLTP.

Tool Time
by David S. Linthicum
Web application development continues to shift from the world of 3GLs and early adopters to the more conventional world of 4GLs and rapid application development. This roundup surveys some enabling technologies, such as Java and ActiveX, as well as tools for building Internet and Intranet applications.

The JDBC Connection
by David S. Linthicum
Developing serious applications using Java requires more than the ability to animate a Web page. The Java database connectivity (JDBC) API promises to database-enable any Java applet or application. This in-depth article explores JDBC architecture and functionality.

JavaScript and VBScript
by Dan Rahmel
The birth of client-side, browser-based scripting engines such as Netscape's JavaScript and Microsoft's Visual Basic Scripting Edition let developers create client applications that are automatically downloaded with Web pages. This article compares the strengths and weaknesses of each scripting language, how they are used in development, and some of their target applications.

Web Servers for Database Applications
by Kevin Reichard
If you're building an Internet or Intranet database application, simple page serving is not enough. Today's new breed of Web server technology features direct links between the Web server and the database. This article analyzes the pros and cons of several Web Server APIs and other database integration techniques.

Middleware on the Web
by Warren Keuffel
A variety of middleware technologies are enabling Web applications to access databases and program services over the Internet. This article describes how several forms of middleware, including ODBC, CORBA, DCE, and mainframe gateways, operate over the Web.

COLUMNS

From the Editor
by Maurice Frank
Relational DBMSs can learn a few searching tricks from text-oriented Web search services.

The Web at Work
by Clara H. Parkes
A behind-the-scenes look at several database-driven Web sites.

Buyers Guide

Product Chart
50 Internet tools for developing corporate applications.

Departments

Internet Connection
A Web technology tour.

Advertiser Index (Virtual Trade Show)