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 -- Constructors -- Methods -- Class com.ibm.etools.sqltoxml.QueryProperties -- Constructor overview -- Method overview -- Class com.ibm.etools.xmltosql.SQLProperties -- Field overview -- Constructor overview -- Method overview -- Class com.ibm.etools.sqltoxml.BaseProperties -- Constructor overview -- Method overview -- 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.