By John Olson Okay, so I've been promoting the inclusion of PB client/server articles, yet here I am writing about the Web DataWindow. Don't stop reading! This article applies to all PB developers, whether n-tier or client/server. That said, I now have to prove that this article is important to clie... Aug. 1, 2011 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,044 |
By John Olson  Last year, after migrating a client's application from PFC 5.0.02 to 6.5, then applying some enhancements to take advantage of new features, the program began giving the following PFC error message: "For certain functionality the PFC DataStore requires a reference to its parent wi... Jan. 1, 2009 12:00 AM EST Reads: 2,699 |
By John Olson  If you are up-to-date on XML features in RDBMSs, then you know that ASE, Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server are leapfrogging each other in a race to add XML features to their relational databases. With each new release comes a new array of features. If I were to read a competitive analysis of... Aug. 1, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,485 |
By John Olson The only constant is change itself. That's certainly true for software development technologies, which are evolving at breakneck speed. As technologies change, tool companies like Sybase struggle to keep up with those technologies. Imagine the effort involved in planning, coding, and t... Mar. 1, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 3,241 |
By John Olson Remember when you first heard the term 'application server'? The concept was cutting edge and the products were vaporware. Companies that bought into the idea built their own application servers using whatever technology they could wrangle. Of course, each was proprietary and industry ... Feb. 1, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 1,367 |
By John Olson Believe it or not 2004 is the tenth year I'll be writing for PBDJ! I can't believe it myself. This magazine debuted back in 1994 when PowerBuilder was the hottest client/server software development tool in the world. Jan. 9, 2004 12:00 PM EST Reads: 11,918 |
By John Olson Recently I was at a Sybase event and an IT supervisor/PB developer approached me and asked why the new features in PowerBuilder were almost entirely for Web and n-tier and only a few were for client/server development. First, tools that are purely for client/server development are dead... Dec. 3, 2003 02:00 PM EST Reads: 11,713 |
By John Olson Products and markets have well-defined life cycles that vary in amplitude and length, but follow historical patterns. As Bob Hendry described in his editorial in last month's issue ('Is IT Outsourcing Worth It?' [Vol. 10, issue 10]), the IT outsourcing craze is in full swing. Nov. 12, 2003 10:00 AM EST Reads: 14,046 Replies: 2 |
By John Olson While studying computer science at the University of California in Santa Barbara, I worked for a company named Inter-Continental Telex (ICT). The name implied a large corporation with offices in major cities around the world. Oct. 3, 2003 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 12,623 Replies: 1 |
By John Olson For me TechWave is primarily about networking, schmoozing, and hanging out with friends and colleagues. Up at 7 a.m. and to bed at 1 a.m. with a lot of events in between. Sep. 11, 2003 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 11,162 |
By John Olson  I first began attending the annual PowerBuilder conferences back in 1994 when PowerBuilder was a new and revolutionary development tool. TechWave 2003 will be my 10th annual PowerBuilder conference, which makes me feel a bit old. We still have the DataWindow and PowerScript, otherw... Aug. 8, 2003 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,951 Replies: 1 |
By John Olson Recently I was contemplating a situation at one of my company's projects and a parable that Jesus told came to mind. The parable goes like this. There are two men, one wise and one foolish. The wise man carefully chose a rock to build his house upon and the foolish man chose to build h... Jul. 21, 2003 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 10,531 |
By John Olson My addiction began on Christmas 1997 when I received a PalmPilot as a gift. At first I fought it and continued to keep information in my head and even write some of it down in an ancient book called a 'datymr,' a rough translation being 'keeper of important stuff.' Those books have sin... Jun. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,578 Replies: 2 |
By John Olson A few days ago I attended the PowerBuilder 9.0 Launch Road Show, then spent the next two days at a TeamSybase meeting. These meetings are always a highlight of my year - we have about 12 hours of private, focused technical and marketing discussions with product engineers, managers, vis... May. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 10,257 Replies: 4 |
By John Olson The availability of PowerBuilder 9 was announced March 4 and the release was made available March 24. If you have an upgrade subscription or have prepurchased a copy, then you've probably already received it by the time you read this. I have the beta version, but haven't yet received t... Apr. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 11,145 |
By John Olson Do you remember where you were on March 30, 1981, when John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan? What about on January 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff? When I was younger the question was, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?'... Mar. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 8,756 |
By John Olson The dizzying whirlwind of terms we are bombarded with is...well...dizzying. Apparently, the age-old term 'data flow' was no longer capable of describing what we want to do with our data. Or maybe Sybase wants to take our data to the next level and make it really valuable, because we ha... Feb. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 9,471 |
By John Olson 2003 is going to be a great year. The economy is on a slow recovery, but it is recovering. That means more money for off-the-shelf and custom software, meaning more work for you, me, and others like us. Companies that have tightened their belts for a few years are starting to take anot... Jan. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 8,894 |
By John Olson My goal in this article is to raise your awareness of the products available and give you enough information to go on if you choose to investigate them. I'll also discuss some of the main issues involved in searching for and selecting off-the-shelf products. Finally, this article ends ... Jan. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 12,604 |
By John Olson Believe it or not 2004 is the tenth year I'll be writing for PBDJ! I can't believe it myself. This magazine debuted back in 1994 when PowerBuilder was the hottest client/server software development tool in the world. Jan. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 448 |
By John Olson Recently I was at a Sybase event and an IT supervisor/PB developer approached me and asked why the new features in PowerBuilder were almost entirely for Web and n-tier and only a few were for client/server development. First, tools that are purely for client/server development are dead... Dec. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 432 |
By John Olson Wow, another year has passed. Time flies when you're having fun or you're busy. I'm both. Having fun is always good but being busy is both a blessing and a curse. As a consultant, I have very little employment security. Even those employed by consulting companies are only as secure as ... Dec. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 9,546 Replies: 2 |
By John Olson PB9 is looking good! Beta testing is underway and the release date is fast approaching. Officially, Sybase states that PB9 will be released in the first half of 2003, but all indications show that it will be in the first half of that broad time frame. Dave Fish, the primary PowerBuilde... Nov. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 9,554 Replies: 2 |
By John Olson Products and markets have well-defined life cycles that vary in amplitude and length, but follow historical patterns. As Bob Hendry described in his editorial in last month's issue ('Is IT Outsourcing Worth It?' [Vol. 10, issue 10]), the IT outsourcing craze is in full swing. Nov. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 513 |
By John Olson I barely mentioned TechWave in my editorial last month, 'Let Me Introduce You to ISUG' (PBDJ, Vol. 9, issue 9), though it was fresh in everyone's minds. Instead, I focused on ISUG and its value to the Sybase customer community. Oct. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,970 |
By John Olson While studying computer science at the University of California in Santa Barbara, I worked for a company named Inter-Continental Telex (ICT). The name implied a large corporation with offices in major cities around the world. Oct. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 401 |
By John Olson For me TechWave is primarily about networking, schmoozing, and hanging out with friends and colleagues. Up at 7 a.m. and to bed at 1 a.m. with a lot of events in between. Sep. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 420 |
By John Olson Though it will be September by the time you read this, TechWave just ended a few hours ago. As with any conference, it had its high and low points, but for me the highs far outweighed the lows. I won't review TechWave in this editorial, but I do want to tell you about something that ca... Sep. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,264 |
By John Olson Okay, so I've been promoting the inclusion of PB client/server articles, yet here I am writing about the Web DataWindow. Don't stop reading! This article applies to all PB developers, whether n-tier or client/server. That said, I now have to prove that this article is important to clie... Aug. 1, 2002 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 8,631 |
By John Olson Technology is changing fast, and PowerBuilder is changing with it. Back when I was coding with PowerBuilder 2, HTML was still on the drawing board, and open application servers, XML, and other contemporary technologies hadn't even been thought of. Sybase's flagship development tool has... Aug. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,650 |
By John Olson For Sybase TechWave 2002 at the San Diego Convention Center, the PowerBuilder team has been getting ready to show off some of the next-generation capabilities currently under development for PowerBuilder 9.0. Aug. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,489 |
By John Olson I first began attending the annual PowerBuilder conferences back in 1994 when PowerBuilder was a new and revolutionary development tool. TechWave 2003 will be my 10th annual PowerBuilder conference, which makes me feel a bit old. We still have the DataWindow and PowerScript, otherw... Aug. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 518 |
By John Olson Recently I was contemplating a situation at one of my company's projects and a parable that Jesus told came to mind. The parable goes like this. There are two men, one wise and one foolish. The wise man carefully chose a rock to build his house upon and the foolish man chose to build h... Jul. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 352 |
By John Olson Repeat after me: 'I am a teacher. I am in the business of teaching.' Okay, you said it, but do you believe it? You may not think of yourself in those terms, but it's the truth. We are all teachers, in our personal lives and in our jobs. We, you and me, are in the business of teaching.... Jul. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,943 Replies: 2 |
By John Olson Many terms are born out of reality, based on observable evidence. When I hear the term silent majority I think of a large crowd of people, sharing some commonality, moving along peacefully without fanfare or press coverage. Maybe the commonality is a belief, like a religious or moral c... Jun. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,942 |
By John Olson My addiction began on Christmas 1997 when I received a PalmPilot as a gift. At first I fought it and continued to keep information in my head and even write some of it down in an ancient book called a 'datymr,' a rough translation being 'keeper of important stuff.' Those books have sin... Jun. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 417 |
By John Olson Welcome to Chuck-A-Luck, put your money down and watch the wheel go round...round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows,' a mantra I learned well at the Santa Ynez Mission fiesta when I was a kid. Every August it was a week of fun and excitement in the small town where I grew ... May. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,603 |
By John Olson A few days ago I attended the PowerBuilder 9.0 Launch Road Show, then spent the next two days at a TeamSybase meeting. These meetings are always a highlight of my year - we have about 12 hours of private, focused technical and marketing discussions with product engineers, managers, vis... May. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 437 |
By John Olson The availability of PowerBuilder 9 was announced March 4 and the release was made available March 24. If you have an upgrade subscription or have prepurchased a copy, then you've probably already received it by the time you read this. I have the beta version, but haven't yet received t... Apr. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 372 |
By John Olson After careful consideration I've come to the conclusion that having two heads is better than having just one. While it may sound like I'm simply stating the obvious, in fact, most people have only one head.1 However, those who are blessed with two heads enjoy a measurable advantage ove... Apr. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 7,705 |
John D. Olson is a principal of Developower, Inc., a consulting company specializing in software solutions using Sybase development tools. A CPD Professional and charter member of TeamSybase, he is co-editor and author of two PB9 books, and the recipient of the ISUG Innovation and Achievement Award for 2003.
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