Elliotte Rusty Harold has announced a new tree-based XML API, XOM (from the generic term XML object model), which he describes as “closest in spirit to JDOM” and representing an “effort to synthesize the best features of the existing APIs while eliminating the worst”.
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W3C Publishes Note on Extensible Media Commerce Language (XMCL)
RealNetworks, Inc. has submitted the ‘Extensible Media Commerce Language (XMCL)’ specification to W3C with a suggestion that W3C start a working group to develop a W3C recommendation for XML based digital rights specification language. XMCL is an XML-based interchange format that describes usage rul
Open-Source Database Adds Transactional Functions
By Tom Smith – MySQL Inc. said that its open-source MySQL open-source database has been enhanced with transactional functions that will better position the platform to support e-commerce and other critical applications.
XmlCsvReader
MSDN has released a code sample for an XmlCsvReader. This sample sample implementation of an XmlReader that parses tab-delimited .csv files and presents their contents as a stream of XML elements; XmlReader is the Microsoft .NET Framework base class for all managed stream-level XML processing.
Saving multilingual text inside SQL Server
(M. Vadivel) In most of the sites you would have seen the user downloading a type of font and installing it in their Windows à fonts folder. The users will be able to see the characters of that particular language only after this downloading is done.
Using SQL DMO and Windows Script to customize script generation
Creating and modifying table scripts can quickly turn into a tedious chore. The article illustrates a method to automate this task by using SQL-DMO and Windows Script to generate customized scripts for SQL server table objects.
Database and Listener startup check
By Murali Krishna B – The following procedure explains the procedure to be followed to check if databases and listeners are up and running. This process is applicable to all Unix Oracle installations, but can easily be modified for other platforms as well.
Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference
By Darl Kuhn, Scott Schulze – Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference is ideal for DBAs who require a concise reference to common RMAN tasks. The first portion of the book presents commands for such tasks as taking a full database backup, recovering from loss of data file, and cloning a database. The second po
SQL Yukon a major security concern
By Jo Ticehurst – Users should hold off deploying Microsoft’s next version of SQL Server until the first service pack because of major security concerns, analysts have warned. Yukon, the company’s next SQL release, is due next year, but analyst Gartner has said that it expects it to contain a
Oracle to boost app server
By Paul Krill – ORACLE IN EARLY 2003 plans to release a new version of the Oracle application sever that will feature enhancements such as a certificate authority to boost the use of the product for e-business transactions. Oracle also may have something up its sleeve similar to Hewlett-Packard’s bu