a524720 FM.qxd 5/20/03 8:37 AM Page i BEA WebLogic Server 8 ™ FOR DUMmIES ‰ a524720 FM.qxd 5/20/03 8:37 AM Page ii a524720 FM.qxd 5/20/03 8:37 AM Page iii BEA WebLogic Server 8 ™ FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Jeff Heaton a524720 FM.qxd 5/20/03 8:37 AM Page iv BEA WebLogic Server™8 For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 909 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form orby any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee tothe Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8700. 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Jeff is a Sun Certified Java Programmer, a member of the IEEE, and holds a master’s degree in Information Management from Washington University in St. Louis. a524720 FM.qxd 5/20/03 8:37 AM Page vi a524720 FM.qxd 5/20/03 8:37 AM Page vii Dedication This book is dedicated to my mother, Mary Heaton, for always supporting me in everything I do. I love you very much and am very grateful for all you have done for me over the years. Author’s Acknowledgments There are many people who were helpful in the creation of this book. I owe a great deal to Susan Pink for all her hard work editing this book and making sure that my ideas stayed on track and were easy to follow. I would also like to thank Allen Wyatt for helping construct the flow of many of the chapters in this book and adding additional material. Will Iverson did a great job as technical editor, making sure everything was just right and suggesting additional material as needed. Everyone at Wiley was easy to work with, and I appreciate your support. Iwould like to thank Melody Layne for working out the initial details of this book and making it a reality. Melody was also helpful in getting information about version 8.1 of WebLogic. Finally, I would like to thank everyone at the Studio B agency for helping with this and other book projects of mine. In particular, thanks to Laura Lewin for all your help and being my agent on this book. a524720 FM.qxd 5/20/03 8:37 AM Page viii Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/. 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