Oracle Magazine May - June 2006 Features Departments Technology, Developer & Comment Sections—    Articles and Columns

FEATURES

From Application Express to XE By David A. Kelly As IT systems get more complex and business requirements multiply, developers and architects strive to keep up with their organizations' demands. Find out how Oracle makes developers' lives easier with its integrated technology stack, support for industry standards, and free developer tools. Making Movie Magic By Thomas Ulrich From video games to animation and special effects, Lucasfilm's entertainment empire relies on Oracle to enable its creative force. Semantic Breakthrough By David Baum The World Wide Web, by linking pages and documents, has been hugely successful. Still, many believe that it could improve. The Semantic Web adds intelligence by linking smaller data elements and assigning them meaning. See how. People Power By Michael Miley Employment services company Manpower needs to think about IT globally, while hiring locally. Find out how Oracle's PeopleSoft does the job.

DEPARTMENTS

From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. The Tools Are Out There By Tom Haunert AT ORACLE Events Find out about current and upcoming industry events. OTN Community Bulletin Learn what's happening with Oracle's most dynamic online community. Oracle News Briefs Oracle News Before Oracle's acquisition of Siebel Sytems was official, teams from both companies started working on an integration strategy. CHANNELS Partner News NetApp, IBM, AITG AG, arcplan, SolStonePlus, Vlamis Software Solutions, Capgemini, Computer Associates, Deloitte Consulting, FileNet, Hyperion, Mercury, Novell, HP, Intel, Symbol, Zebra, BearingPoint, and CDW Peer-to-Peer Sailaja Pasupuleti, Ron Hardman, Casimir Saternos Cutting Edge Combating worms, wearable technology, and disposable engines.

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY SQL Oracle SQL Developer Soars By Jonathan Gennick Bring the power of a GUI-based workbench to SQL and PL/SQL. ASKTOM On Joins and Query Plans By Tom Kyte Our technologist optimizes joins and explains changing plans. INSIDE OCP Managing Oracle Portal By Aradhana Puri Questions and answers on configuring and administering Oracle Portal

ORACLE DEVELOPER INDUSTRY STANDARD PHP for the Enterprise By Rich Schwerin Dynamic scripting for agile application development FRAMEWORKS Tuning Your View Objects By Steve Muench What you don't know can hurt your application's performance. ODP.NET Following the Changes, Part Two By Mark A. Williams Use database change notification with ODP.NET and Oracle Database 10g Release 2. BROWSER-BASED Building Express Forms By Raj Mattamal Tune up your Oracle Application Express forms with JavaScript. ADMINISTRATION Build a Menu Framework By Tony Jedlinski Centralize applications with a table-driven menu framework. PL/SQL PRACTICES On Confusion and Recompilation By Steven Feuerstein Apply best practices to program naming, recompiling invalid programs, and collecting.

COMMENT IN THE FIELD Applications for Real-Time Access By Ari Kaplan Oracle technologies and tools simplify mobile and wireless application development. ANALYST'S CORNER Adding Meaning to the Digital World By David Baum The Semantic Web organizes and captures data relationships to enrich information exchange.