Using Informix Dynamic Server with WebSphere / [Chuck Ballard ... et. al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ballard, Chuck.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic commerce.

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Business enterprises--Data processing.

Business enterprises.

Database management.

WebSphere.

INFORMIX Dynamic server.

Physical Description:

xxii, 358 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Jose, CA : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

Executive summary

The sample applications

Highlights and benefits

The team that wrote this redbook

Become a published author

Comments welcome

Introduction

Chapter 1. Informix Dynamic Server: An overview

1.1 Informix database family

1.2 Understanding Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)

1.3 Feature highlights

Chapter 2. Installing and configuring IDS V9.40

2.1 Taking advantage of new IDS 9.40 features

2.2 Installing IDS 9.40 on SuSE Linux V8

2.3 Configuring IDS for use with WebSphere

Chapter 3. WebSphere V5: An overview

3.1 What is WebSphere?

3.2 WebSphere product family

3.3 WebSphere Application Server (WAS)

3.3.1 J2EE: Overview

3.3.2 WebSphere Application Server: Architecture

3.3.3 WebSphere Application Server: Packages

3.4 WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD)

3.4.1 Role-based development model

3.4.2 WebSphere Studio Application Developer - Packages

3.5 WebSphere Studio integration with Informix 4GL

Chapter 4. Installing and configuring WebSphere Studio V5

4.1 Installing WSAD on Windows/2000

4.2 Configuring WSAD for IDS

4.3 A sample application using Database Web Pages

4.3.1 Deploying the application in WebSphere Application Server

4.3.2 Summary

Chapter 5. Installing and configuring WebSphere Application Server

5.1 Installing WAS on SuSE Linux V8.0

5.1.1 Verifying the installation

5.2 Configuring WAS for use with IDS

5.2.1 Configuring the Informix JDBC Provider

5.2.2 Verifying the configuration

5.3 WebSphere Administration Repository

Chapter 6. Integrating IDS and WebSphere

6.1 Scenarios for deploying IDS and WebSphere

6.1.1 Implementation scenarios

6.2 High availability considerations

6.2.1 IDS high availability and WebSphere.

6.2.2 High availability with HDR

6.2.3 JDBC support for IDS and HDR

6.3 Systems architecture

6.4 Connecting IDS and WebSphere

6.4.1 Using a Data Source object

6.4.2 Configure Informix Data Source on WebSphere Studio

6.4.3 Configure Informix Data Source on WebSphere Application Server

Chapter 7. Working with IDS and WebSphere

7.1 Introduction to the sample applications

7.2 Extending the Database Web Pages sample application

7.2.1 Steps to extend the sample application

7.2.2 Creating a JSP to integrate the application modules

7.2.3 Deploying the application

7.3 Sample application: Container Managed Persistent Bean

7.3.1 The ITSOStores sample application

7.3.2 Steps for creating a CMP bean

7.3.3 Deploying the application

7.4 A sample application using JMS and IDS

7.4.1 The ITSOStoresJMS sample application

7.4.2 Preparing the sample application for deployment

7.4.3 Store and forward mechanism

7.5 Managing transactions

7.5.1 Java Transaction Service (JTS)

7.5.2 Local and global transactions in WebSphere

7.5.3 Bean-managed transactions (BMT)

7.5.4 Container-managed transactions (CMT)

7.5.5 Transactional programming considerations

7.5.6 General guidelines for using transactions

Chapter 8. IDS, WebSphere, and XML

8.1 An introduction to XML

8.1.1 XML usage scenarios

8.2 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) and XML

8.2.1 XML support in database systems

8.2.2 What's available with IDS

8.3 Dynamic XML mapping with WSAD V5 and IDS

8.3.1 XML tools in WSAD V5

8.3.2 The SQLtoXML and XMLtoSQL framework in WSAD

8.3.3 Create a wizard based SQLtoXML sample project

8.3.4 Enhance the sample project with the XMLtoSQL class library

8.3.5 Additional dynamic XML mapping options in WSAD V5

Chapter 9. IDS, Web services, and WebSphere.

9.1 Introduction to Web services

9.1.1 Web service standards

9.1.2 WSAD V5 tools for Web services development

9.2 Using IDS as a Web service provider

9.2.1 IDS 7/9 Web services based on EJBs

9.2.2 IDS 7/9 Web services based on Java beans

9.2.3 DADX Web services and IDS 7/9

9.3 Using IDS 9 as a Web service consumer

9.3.1 IDS 9 and J/Foundation

9.3.2 Installation and configuration of IDS 9 and AXIS for the examples

9.3.3 The basic IDS Web service consumer development steps

9.3.4 The AXIS WSDL2Java tool

9.3.5 A simple IDS Web service example - Currency Exchange project

9.3.6 A complex IDS Web service example - Google search

Chapter 10. WebSphere Portal Server

10.1 An introduction to WebSphere Portal

10.1.1 WebSphere Portal Experience

10.1.2 Industry impact and acceptance

10.2 WebSphere Portal architecture

10.2.1 WebSphere Portal tooling

10.3 WebSphere Portal

10.3.1 Portal concepts

10.3.2 Portlets

10.3.3 Portlet lifecycle

10.3.4 Portlet events and messaging

10.3.5 Page aggregation

10.4 Portlet solution patterns

10.5 IDS and WebSphere portal server

10.5.1 Configuring IDS for WebSphere Portal

Chapter 11. WebSphere MQ, messaging, and IDS

11.1 WebSphere MQ overview

11.2 WebSphere and messaging

11.2.1 Overview

11.2.2 Java Message Services (JMS)

11.2.3 WebSphere Messaging Engines

11.3 WebSphere MQ Integration with IDS

11.3.1 MQSeries Transactional Support for IDS

11.3.2 IBM Informix MQSeries DataBlade

Chapter 12. IBM Informix 4GL and WebSphere

12.1 IBM Informix 4GL: Protecting your investment

12.1.1 Informix 4GL

12.1.2 EGL and WebSphere

12.1.3 Extending EGL to support I4GL

12.1.4 Moving from I4GL to EGL

12.1.5 The value of WebSphere Application Developer

Chapter 13. Implementation hints and tips.

13.1 Our implementation experience

13.1.1 Installing SuSE 8.0 Linux

13.1.2 Installing IDS on SuSE 8.0 Linux

13.1.3 Performance tuning guidelines

13.1.4 Determining the port number of IDS on Linux

13.1.5 Using sequence objects rather than serial data type

13.1.6 WebSphere and IDS

13.1.7 Install error with Redhat 8.0 Linux

13.1.8 An alternative Java UDR deployment method

Appendix A. SQLtoXML and XMLtoSQL Java class description

Class com.ibm.etools.sqltoxml.SQLToXML

Constructors

Methods

Class com.ibm.etools.xmltosql.XMLToSQL

Class com.ibm.etools.sqltoxml.QueryProperties

Constructor overview

Method overview

Class com.ibm.etools.xmltosql.SQLProperties

Field overview

Class com.ibm.etools.sqltoxml.BaseProperties

Appendix B. DADX file format

Appendix C. IDS and WSAD on Windows

Configuring IDS and WSAD for Windows

Windows/Linux Differences

Appendix D. Additional material

Locating the Web material

Using the Web material

Glossary

Abbreviations and acronyms

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other publications

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"SG24-6948-00."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

137342279