Overcoming High-Latency Database Access with Java Stored Procedures

Java Stored Procedures: a way to put slow Java code in your otherwise fast database or a quick solution for certain database performance problems? They can be both, as it turns out. Tim Stevens takes a look at a situation in which the adoption of Java Stored Procedures quickly and effectively solved some serious performance issues in a database-driven system, all without a complete rewrite of existing database code.

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