By James Koopmann – Determining when things change in a database is the first step in zeroing in on problems. One of the prime culprits to change is the very SQL that we attempt to run every day. Here is a no-frills method to help sniff out those changes that occur.
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Windows Server 2003 RTM Delayed–Again
By Barbara Darrow – If you don’t like the latest RTM date for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, wait a minute. The latest target date to start duping disks is now March 28, sources close to Microsoft said. A company insider also confirmed that this is the latest proposed release-to-manufacturing
Automate scheduled backups for all databases
By Mike Weaver – This script will 1) go through all SQL Server databases on a single server and create a device for each database and 2) schedule a single job with a task for each database to be backed up to a local directory of your choice.
Time for a Database Changeover?
By Keith Regan – A mid-size corporation moving from an Oracle database probably would have to rewrite dozens — at least — of proprietary SQL queries in order to ensure that all of its data migrated successfully.
The Road to XHTML 2.0: MIME Types
by Mark Pilgrim – Let’s pretend that you’ve migrated to XHTML — probably XHTML 1.0 Transitional, unless you’re one of those weird geek alpha designers who insist on doing everything with Strict DOCTYPEs. It wasn’t that hard, right?
XML Editor and XML Browser Framework
The eXchaNGeR XML editor and XML browser framework, visualizes elements in a XML document. The user can browse through and manage the visible elements in the document with external services, or she can make changes to the content of the XML document with the built-in XML editor.
What’s in a topic map?
In our last extension of the XMLMap we closed with a discussion of ontologies and topic maps, both concepts for expressing semantics of resources. I received many questions on the rather abstract nature of these concepts, as well as their practical applications and implications. This installment tri
Truth in Advertising
by Kendall Grant Clark – In this week’s column I will focus on two of the bread and butter issues of the XML development community: XML subsetting and XML namespace management. While both of these issues are among the permanent topics of conversation (that is, “permathreads”) on the XML-DEV mailing
A close look at incremental builders
In his latest installment on Eclipse and XM, Benoît Marchal implements a builder that recompiles the project automatically when a file is added or changed. He also looks into future enhancements for XM.
Integrate XML Into ASP.NET Web Sites
by Dan Wahlin – Learn how to integrate XML into an application that relies on .Net classes to generate topical information from any XML source.