SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition supports the uniqueidentifier data type. By default, the SQL Server NEWID function is not used in SQL Server CE to generate a unique value for the uniqueidentifier column. However, the ROWGUIDCOL attribute for a column has been overloaded to indicate that a default
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Analysis Services optimization tips
Here are fifteen little known tips that you can use to ensure your Analysis Services are performing in the most efficient manner possible.
An Introduction to Streaming Transformations for XML
This article introduces Streaming Transformations for XML (STX), a template-based XML transformation language that operates on streams of SAX events. STX resembles XSLT 1.0, the tree-driven transformation language for XML, but STX offers unique features and advantages for some applications.
Tip: SAX and document order — deliver maximally contiguous text
By Howard Katz – Previous tips in this series have explored how SAX can help delineate the relationships that exist between nodes in your XML documents. The tips have examined the use of document order and document order indices (DOIs) to track both parent-to-child and sibling-to-sibling relationshi
Tools For Developing VoiceXML Apps
By Hitesh Seth – In this issue we’ll focus on the tools available to aid development and testing of VoiceXML-based components and applications. We’ll discuss how to use the tools to test and debug such applications from a normal Touch-Tone-based phone.
The Pace of Innovation
by Kendall Grant Clark – In last week’s column I suggested, only half-jokingly, that one motivation for new XML developments was to give techie journalists like me something new to write about. In making this silly claim, I was primarily reacting to what is widely seen as a kind of monotonous redund
Dig Into WS-Security With the WSDK
by Roger Jennings – Secure your SOAP request and response messages with digital signatures, encryption, and timestamps.
Topologi 1.1 released
Rick Jelliffe’s Topologi has released the next version of its innovative Collaborative Markup Editor, adding new features and Linux and MacOS X support.
Oracle urges customers to fix fatal flaws immediately
Oracle is urging its customers to apply six security fixes immediately – four of which repair critical flaws.
Q&A: Basic security practices can ward off Slammer-like worms
By Maryann Tripp – When the Slammer worm hit last month, it choked large Internet service providers worldwide. Slammer exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server and spread without the assistance of an e-mail attachment, the vehicle of choice for most worms. Instead, it used the SQL monitor p
