New features in MySQL 6.0 - Part I

The following features have been or are expected to be added to MySQL 6.0:

Support for additional Unicode character sets: utf16, utf32, and 4-byte utf8. These character sets support supplementary Unicode characters; that is, characters outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP).

BACKUP and RESTORE operation In release 6.0, you can perform backup operation which can include the tables for different storage engines and backup image will still be consistent. for example you dont have to worry about the storage engines you’re using. BACKUP DATABASE aves the data in a consistent backup image with respect to … more

Data Access with Flex 3

How Java Annotations Works

This article explains what are Java Annotations, How to define and use Java Annotation and how Java Annotations works. Java annotations are meta data provides data about a program that is not part of the program itself. They have no direct impact on the operations of the code they annotate. An annotation indicates that the declared element( can be field, class, method, package etc..,) should be processed in some special way by a compiler, development tool, deployment tool, or during runtime. To develop APIs require a fair amount of coding. For example, in order to write a JAX-RPC web service, we must provide a paired interface and……more

Installing Flex Builder Plugin in MyEclipse

This article puts emphasis on step by step installation of flex builder plugin in MyEclipse. These installation steps are carried out within Windows platform, but no need to worry you can follow these steps in any platform, only one thing to keep in mind is, to download the platform specific flex builder from the Adobe … more

Creating a Flex 3 Web application in Tomcat integrated Server in MyEclipse

This article is continuation of my previous article on Installing Flex Builder Plugin in MyEclipse In this article I’ve focused on how to create and deploy a Flex 3.0 and Java Web application using BlazeDS in Tomcat integrated server in MyEclipse.

• Should have integrated Flex Builder with MyEclipse.
• Download latest release of binary version of BlazeDS from Adobe Open source site - Point to be noted BINARY DISTRIBUTION TO BE DOWNLOADED NOT ‘TURNKEY’ VERSION - Turnkey version has Tomcat & Samples in built.
• After download, unzip the zip file & further unzip the “blazeDS.war” file to a temp folder.
• The temp folder contains two folders “META-INF” & “WEB-INF”. Keep this in one place.

Creating and Deploying Flex web application step by step…. more