(Mike Faust) Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) was developed as part of a cooperative initiative by IBM, BEA, and Microsoft. This XML-based language is basically a combination of IBM’s Web Services Flow Language (WSFL) and Microsoft’s XLang. The resulting language is also known as BPEL for
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Secure XML Web Services with Secure Socket Layer
(shivaraj) This step-by-step article describes how to configure a current XML Web service to use an encrypted channel with a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection.
.NET Sorting: Compare Just About Any Property of Any Object
(Paul Kimmel) Archimedes once claimed that given a lever long enough, a fulcrum strong enough, and a place to stand, he could move the world. (Archimedes also reportedly ran through the streets of Athens naked shouting Eureka when he discovered displacement, but that’s another story.) Advanced techn
SQL Server 2005 Integration Services – Working with SQL Server 2000 DTS Packages – Part 27
(Marcin Policht) If you have been following this series for at least some time, you should be well aware of important improvements introduced in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (when compared with Data Transformation Services, which provided similar functionality in earlier version of SQL Serve
Searching and Replacing Nodes with SimpleXML in PHP 5
(Alejandro Gervasio) Want to learn how to get the most out of the “simpleXML” extension that comes bundled with PHP 5? Welcome to the last part of the series “Working with simpleXML in PHP 5.” In three tutorials, this series covers topics ranging from the basics of parsing XML files with this librar
Embedded Code In Reporting Services
(scott) When I first installed Reporting Services I had read something about embedded code, and my head had filled with visions of grandeur. I pictured hooking events for customization and deriving new classes to override virtual functions. I expected an ASP.NET experience complete with code behind
Oracle vs. Microsoft: The open source factor
(Mark Brunelli) Many IT professionals believe that Oracle’s recent moves in the open source software (OSS) market — including its purchase of open source stalwart Sleepycat Software Inc. — were undertaken in an effort to destabilize Microsoft. (R)
Run Scripts Add-In for SQL Server 2005 Management Studio
(Michael Erasmus) The new SQL Server 2005 Management Studio is a great improvement over older SQL Server tools and even allows one to create SQL Script project type to organize your SQL scripts with. While this is handy, there is no way to execute all the scripts in your project without opening each
Accessing MySQL BLOB columns using Visual Basic 6
(Mike Hillyer) One of MySQL’s strengths is it’s use of Binary Large Object (BLOB) columns. These columns store unprocessed binary data, typically files, that can be retrieved and manipulated like the other common datatypes. One sample use would be the storage of images into the database to be retrie
Automatic Performance Diagnosis and Tuning in Oracle
(Karl Dias, Mark Ramacher, Uri Shaft, Venkateshwaran Venkataramani and Graham Wood) Performance tuning in modern database systems requires a lot of expertise, is very time consuming and often misdirected. Tuning attempts often lack a methodology that has a holistic view of the database. The absenc