XML stands for Extensible Markup Language and it grew organically from the need to improve the functionality of Web technologies through the use of a more flexible and adaptable means to identify information.
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SQL Server 2005: The Good, the Bad, and the Lovely
(Stephen Swoyer) SQL Server 2005 doesn’t so much constitute an overhaul as a rebirth of Microsoft Corp.’s business intelligence (BI) stack entire. Thanks to five years and more of gestation, many of the BI facilities Microsoft ships with SQL Server 2005 bear only a facile resemblance to their predec
Oracle to stick with current licensing
(Martin LaMonica) Oracle has no plans for a whole-sale shift away from an upfront license model to subscription pricing as rumored, a company representative said.
Enabling SOA Using WebSphere Messaging
(Carla Sadtler, Philipp Huber and SangMin Yi) Successfully implementing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) requires applications and infrastructure that can support the SOA principles. Applications can be enabled by creating service interfaces to existing or new functions hosted by the applicatio
SnapShot Isolation in SqlServer 2005 (Part – II)
(Abey George) In my Previous blog I had explained about SqlServer 2000 Isolation Levels and Locks. SQL Server 2005 gives us a new isolation level, SNAPSHOT, resulting in a total of five isolation levels available for transactions. When the SNAPSHOT isolation level is enabled, each time a row is upda
A Kick-Start to SAX with C++, Part 2
(Marius Bancila) This is the second article of the tutorial. Because it is highly coupled with the first one, I recommend reading the first part before going any further.
Ensuring .NET Framework 2.0 Compatibility
(Jesse Kaplan) If we learned only one thing about compatibility in the past few years, it is that compatibility is much more than avoiding breaking changes. On the Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio teams, we do our part to ensure that the products we build are stable platforms that develope
Open, but not as usual
EVERY time internet users search on Google, shop at Amazon or trade on eBay, they rely on open-source software—products that are often built by volunteers and cost nothing to use. More than two-thirds of websites are hosted using Apache, an open-source product that trounces commercial rivals. Wikipe
Open Cursor Count
(Vishwamithran S.) This script reports the session-wise open cursor count, which can be helpful information when tuning the open_cursor parameter (in environments where application changes are frequent).
Using Grouping Sets in your MQTs
(Chris Eaton) Now that you have seen how grouping sets work, think about how you can use them to speed up your business intelligence queries.