By David Berlind – Those who are following the development of Web services standards have been holding their breath, waiting to see how the controversy over choreography and workflow specifications will resolve itself.
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Developing VoiceXML Applications Using Microsoft.NET
by Hitesh Seth – In Part 1 of this article (XML-J, Vol. 2, issue 6) we introduced the key components of the Microsoft .NET Framework – ASP.NET, C#, and Web Services. In Part 2 we apply the .NET technologies to develop an interactive VoiceXML application. Toward the end of the article we review the c
Logoff Trigger to Close Session
by Kirill Richine – I need a logoff trigger to make sure a session is closed properly. To do this, I use SQL TRACE in logon and logoff triggers.
The Database Holds Your Core Assets—Protect It First
by Glen Kunene – If data is the core asset of all applications, why is database security so often relegated to a secondary consideration? Two database security experts explain why locking down your database should be a top priority and offer solutions for making it happen.
A Comparison of SQL Server 2000 With Sybase ASE 12.5
Price, performance, product limitations – how SQL Server 2000 stacks up against Sybase ASE 12.5.
Inline or Embedded SQL vs. Stored Procedures
Recompilations might be the source of the slower stored procedure speed. To find out for sure, you need to do some performance investigation, such as looking at Showplans for each type of query versus calling the stored procedures and comparing query plan cache hits to cache misses.
An SVG Case Study: Integrated, Dynamic Avalanche Forecasting
by Chris Cochella, Tyler Cruickshank – It’s common to wander the Web, cobbling bits of information together to understand some concept or make a decision. Weather information related to a specific activity is a good example. Trying to figure out the backcountry snow conditions at 10000ft in southern
BINPIDF: External Object Extension to Presence Information Data Format
This memo specifies a methodology whereby external content to a presence information document can be referenced in XML encoded presence information document (PIDF). The external content can be either transferred directly in the payload of SIP messages or indirectly as an HTTP reference. The external
Serialize Java Data Objects to XML
by Charles D. Havener – Take advantage of the built-in XML encoder and decoder in JDK 1.4’s java.beans package to save and restore Java data objects to a compact XML form.
Space usage: Predicting the future by means of geometric series
by Predrag Radovic – In our daily practice of managing space usage, we most often tend to focus on our largest objects when trying to forecast the amount of space we need to allocate for the future growth. Yet unpleasant surprises can often come from the side of smaller objects that are about to req