http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/I have seen the future and it's full of Linked Data! :-)kidehen@openlinksw.comThu, 16 Jul 2026 16:28:27 GMTVirtuoso Universal Server 08.03.3334kidehen@openlinksw.comhttp://www.openlinksw.com:443/weblog/public/images/vbloglogo.gifhttp://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/I have seen the future and it's full of Linked Data! :-)8831 http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?date=2006-05-26#986http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=986#commentsFri, 26 May 2006 22:49:00 GMT2006-06-22T08:56:58-04:00 This is a Yahoo! maps variation of the <a href="http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen/index.vspx?page=&id=985">Google Maps based Forms Designer mash-up screencast</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?date=2006-05-26#985http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=985#commentsFri, 26 May 2006 22:38:00 GMT2006-06-22T08:56:58-04:00 This screencast covers the actual codeless process of building a database centric Web 2.0 mash-up using OAT&#39;s database-aware Forms Designer. This is basically the simplicity of Paradox or Microsoft ACCESS form building delivered via Ajax without any database or operating system lock-in. This demo uses the Google Mapping Service (note: there is a <a href="http://www.openlinksw.com/dataspace/%7Ekidehen/blog/public/Screencasts/oat-formdesigner-mashup-yahoo-maps-demo1.mov">Yahoo! Mapping Service screencast demo</a> that follows this post). Also note that fact that in this demonstration I actually incorporate the Pivot building functionality from an earlier <a href="http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen/index.vspx?page=&id=983">Ajax based Pivot Building screencast</a>.<br /> <br /> http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?date=2006-05-26#983http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=983#commentsFri, 26 May 2006 22:08:00 GMT2008-02-04T20:43:35.000004-05:00 This screencast demo (enclosure attached) is a continuation from my earlier <a href="http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen/index.vspx?page=&id=982">Ajax and QBE screencast</a> demo. This time the focus is on building Excel like Pivot tables using data exposed via Ajax Database Connectivity.<br /> http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?date=2006-05-26#982http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=982#commentsFri, 26 May 2006 21:59:00 GMT2006-06-22T08:56:58-04:00 AJAX Database Connectivity is the Data Access Component of OAT (<a href="http://www.openlinksw.com/oat/">OpenLink AJAX Toolkit</a>). It&#39;s basically an <a href="http://www.xmla.org/">XML for Analysis</a> (XMLA) client that enables the development and deployment of database independent Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Thus, you can now develop database centric AJAX applications without lock-in at the Operating System, Database Connectivity mechanism (ODBC, JDBC, OLEDB, ADO.NET), or back-end Database levels. <br /> <br />XMLA has been around for a long time. Its fundamental goal was to provide Web Applications with Tabular and Multi-dimensional data access before it fell off the radar (a story too long to tell in this post).<br /> <br />AJAX Database connectivity only requires your target DBMS to be XMLA (direct), ODBC, JDBC, OLEDB, or ADO.NET accessible. <br /> <br />I have attached a Query By Example (QBE) screencast movie enclosure to this post (should you be reading this post Web 1.0 style). The demo shows how Paradox-, Quattro Pro-, Access-, and MS Query-like user friendly querying is achieved using AJAX Database  Connect Connectivity<br /> <br />