The conversion of the native Office document format to XML allows developers to create documents on the fly and serve them from a Web service.
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XML for ASP.NET Developers
Book by Dan Wahlin – Text focusing on the different ways XML can be leveraged in ASP.NET applications to create flexibility, ease of maintenance, and efficiency. Feature thousands of lines of code samples illustrating techniques for XML for ASP.NET, and related technologies such as XPath, XPointer,
SQL Server Agent – Creating Alert Definitions
Alexzander Nepomnjashiy continues his new series that focuses on SQL Server alerts and errors with a guide to creating new SQL Server alert definitions.
Getting info about locked objects in Oracle
By Ranjit Kumar – Developers often ask DBAs about an object that is locked. This script takes the object name as the input and gives the session ID and serial number for the session that has a lock in the object. The DBA can then inquire and kill the session.
Surmount Modern Database Administration Challenges
By Mark Vorholt – In today’s ever-changing marketplace, companies are facing a barrage of conditions challenging their traditional database management strategies already in place. Smaller DBA staffs, complex database technologies, tighter budgets, 24 X 365 operating requirements, and a burgeoning DB
SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition 2.0 Product Docs Now Available
Browse the core documentation for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition version 2.0, the compact database for rapidly developing applications that extend enterprise data management capabilities to mobile devices.
IETF publishes URN specs as RFCs
Larry Masinter noted that the IETF has now published RFC 3406, Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition Mechanism, as well as RFCs 3401, 3402, 3403 and 3404 on the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS).
Can Web Services Help IT Emerge From Gloom And Doom?
By Richard Karpinski – Author and former McKinsey partner John Hagel says XML is the key to unleashing the value of IT systems.
Tip: Traversing an XML document with a TreeWalker
By Nicholas Chase – XML’s Document Object Model provides objects and methods that enable a developer to navigate a document’s tree, but typically the process involves NodeLists and recursive methods that make it easy to get lost within the structure. The DOM Level 2 Traversal module provides a new o
Using NID to Change DB Name
by Darl Kuhn – Prior to Oracle9i Database Release 2, you were required to rebuild the controlfile to rename your database.Now with Oracle9i Database Release 2, you can use the “nid” utility automates this task. For example, if you want to change your database name to BRDSTN here are the step