By Margie Semilof – Microsoft said next month it will release more information about a reporting-service feature originally designed for Yukon database software, which will be available for SQL Server 2000 by the end of the year.
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Disaster Recovery Versus Disaster Prevention
By Martin J. Garvey – For many companies, disaster recovery means trying to minimize downtime as they try to restore systems and get them back online. A better approach, say experts, is to develop a plan that prevents a disaster from taking down systems in the first place.
What’s new in SQL Server Yukon
Yukon is Microsoft’s codename for the next version of SQL Server, due to be released in 2004. Tim Anderson talks to Euan Garden, Microsoft’s Product Unit Manager for SQL Server Tools.
XQuery and SQL: Vive la Différence
By Ken North – Sometimes SQL and XML documents get along just fine. Sometimes they don’t. A new query language is getting everything talking again.
Database battle hots up
By Gareth Morgan – The cost of running high-end databases, and how they cope with external data sources, is becoming a key issue for vendors as the leading players attempt to fight off open source rivals.
SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism
This document describes an abstract feature and a concrete implementation of it for optimizing the transmission and/or wire format of SOAP messages.
Command-line XML processing
by David Mertz – Most of the time, processing XML documents utilizes heavy-duty APIs and custom applications. However, the tradition of using small tools with I/O piped between them works fine on Unix-like platforms. Here, David shows you how you can use XML for this kind of quick-and-dirty processi
Java XML by Example (Part I): JAXP
Java promises “portable code” and XML assures “portable data”. These two technologies can be used together to architect enterprise application that work cross-platform and over the Internet. Sun Microsystems and various other organizations are continuously working to add and enhance XML/Web services
Oracle’s Bid: Style Matters
By Larry Dignan – Oracle’s bid for PeopleSoft could have turned out differently if CEO Larry Ellison didn’t lose style points in the company’s opening volley. Consider how PeopleSoft customers might have reacted differently to Oracle’s hostile takeover bid if not for this paragraph in the dat
Oracle Warns Of Serious Vulnerabilities
(George V. Hulme) Database and enterprise application vendor Oracle is warning customers of two new vulnerabilities in its E-business suite and a third in its database that could be exploited by hackers.