by William Brogden – While many potential uses of XML result in fragments of XML text, not complete documents, XML parsers require complete documents to do their jobs properly. I have been running an XML-based servlet to conduct online surveys. It records user responses by adding XML formatted data
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XML Basics
by Jan Egil Refsnes – This chapter contains an easy to understand XML tutorial. It covers an introduction to XML, and explains the differences between XML and HTML, the history and purpose of XML, and the basic XML syntax.
Predicting the Future of Web Services
by Robert Wegener – Although it’s hard to predict the future of Web services, see how four important business drivers could mold Web services’ evolution and bring them outside the firewall.
Oracle Pushes Collaboration
By Dennis Callaghan – Oracle Corp. is preparing advanced capabilities for its Oracle Collaboration Suite that could give enterprises a compelling alternative to rival messaging and collaboration platforms from IBM and Microsoft Corp.
Achieving Massive Scalability with SQL Server
by Doug Kerwin – Learn the basics of how to scale your SQL Server databases.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit: Chapter 2 – New Features in SQL Server 2000
Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 extends the performance, reliability, quality, and ease-of-use of Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 includes several new features that make it an excellent database platform for large-scale online transactional processing (OLTP), data warehousing
Tutorial: Developing a VB.NET Federated Application for Microsoft Access
This tutorial teaches you how to use the DB2 Information Integrator ODBC Wrapper and the Visual Studio development Add-ins to create an application that accesses the Northwind sample database of Microsoft Access.
DB2 UDB Version 7.2 FixPak 10 now available
DB2 V7.2 FixPak 10 is now ready for download. You can also download refreshed DB2 V7.2 client packages at the FixPak 10 level.
Oracle’s Flagship Database Gets New Name
By Lisa Vaas – In a nod to the importance that grid computing will play in the next iteration of its flagship database, Oracle Corp. is calling the update Oracle10G.
The DB2 Cluster Certification Guide
A preparatory guide to exam 506 of the IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert-DB2 Universal Database (UDB) V5 Program which covers the DB2 UDB Enterprise-Extended Edition. After a brief overview of DB2 UDB, the authors examine installation and configuration, designing and implementing a database, l
