By Paul McDougall – Microsoft on Monday introduced an updated version of its SQL Server CE database for mobile devices as well as new developer tools to help support the product. The software vendor says SQL Server CE 2.0, which lets users of palmtop and smart-phone devices search and manipulate dat
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Euro-XML
by Rick Jelliffe – The new European currency, the euro, has a symbol € in Unicode 3.2 as character U+20AC. How can we use it with XML?There are three ways of representing the euro in XML:
Documenting DTDs I: dtd2html
Documenting one’s deeds is usually not high priority for developers, and Web developers are no exception. Alas, once you have to look again at stuff you’ve done weeks or months ago, the usefulness of documentation becomes apparent.
Transform Data With XslTransform
by Randy Holloway – The XslTransform class enables you to leverage XML data in .NET apps by implementing XSLT transformations. You can find XslTransform in the System.Xml.Xsl namespace.
Follow the Roadmap for XML and SQL Server
by Lee Thé – Dave Reed, Microsoft’s general manager of Data Access and XML Technologies, talks about Microsoft’s roadmap for XML and SQL Server.
Adjust SQL Server fill factors
By Barrie Sosinsky – One parameter you should always be aware of is SQL Server’s fill factor. The fill factor determines how much of an extent is written to, and how many pages it can accommodate.
desc Procedure Name describes types, I/O, and Text
by Hari Babu – desc Procedure Name describes the procedure i.e., gives different I/O parameters and their types.
Java Programming with Oracle SQLJ
Book by Jason Price – SQLJ lets you access an Oracle database from a Java program, and is much easier to use than the alternative, JDBC. Java Programming with Oracle SQLJ moves from the basics of getting connected and issuing SQL statements all the way to advanced topics such as streams and multi-th
Identity Crisis
by Kendall Grant Clark – In last week’s column I discussed the APW’s introduction and some general issues of terminology, especially the confusion, as I see it, of principle with practice. In this week’s column, I examine APW Section 2, Identifiers and Resources.
Allchin’s all XML–and Linux
By Charles Cooper – Jim Allchin is not buying the argument that there’s any confusion about Microsoft’s message on Web services. If anything, he says, it’s just the opposite.