by Dan Wahlin – Validating XML against a schema or DTD is important if your app involves exchanging XML documents. Learn a simple way to send XML to a Web service method for validation and processing.
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Oracle readies grid engine
By Paul Krill and James Niccolai – LOOKING TO LEVERAGE growing interest in grid computing, Oracle will detail its grid strategy in a bid to position its technology as a foundation for distributed applications.
Server Side Cursors and ADO Cursor Types
This article discusses some common ADO properties (cursor location, cursor type and lock type) and their effect on performance. It’s mainly concerned with eliminating server-side cursors. These are identified in Profiler traces by sp_cursorfetch statements.
Transactions In Sql Server 2000
Taking forward the topic of the previous article Transactions, within this article we will discuss Transactions with respect to databases and will also see an example which would be implemented in SQL Server displaying how to use Transactions.
Oracle Submits New API Spec to the JCP
By Clint Boulton – To assuage the pain of software developers, Oracle Corp. Tuesday it said it has submitted a new Application Programming Interface (API) specification designed to facilitate the creation of extensions that are fully interoperable with any Java Integrated Development Environment (ID
Collaboration Through DSO
By Russ Whitney – From analysis to final decision, every business process requires collaboration among team members. Here’s how you can use DSO to add collaboration features to your next analytic application.
Patent issues and SOAP
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JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding Beta Implementation
The Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) allows Java developers to map easily between XML data and Java classes, method and in memory objects. Using JAXB, developers can manipulate data in Java and quickly output and input that data to/from XML with validation and type mapping. JAXB support the
The XPointer content-type() Scheme
By Simon St.Laurent – This document specifies a content-type() scheme for use in XPointer-based fragment identifiers. This scheme, like other XPointer Framework [12] schemes, is designed primarily for use with the XML Media Types defined in RFC 3023 [5], to identify locations within a given XML rep
Wireless In An Uncertain World
With little fanfare, companies are continuing to develop practical wireless applications for the enterprise. Here’s how they’re using Oracle’s flexible XML-based development environment to do it.