By Ellen O’Brien – Here Barry Grushkin provides insight into the burgeoning data mining market and its revolutionary technology.
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Kicking the Windows habit: Oracle 9i vs. SQL Server
By Margie Semilof – Oracle Corp. is a powerhouse when it comes to providing database software on Unix servers, and the Redwood Shores, Calif. company boasts a pretty good product for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows platform as well. But Microsoft’s own SQL Server can’t be counted out, particularly in smal
SQL Snake Is Your Problem
By Mike Fratto – SQL Snake has been successful for two reasons, both related to implementation: The SQL servers were publicly available on the Internet, and no passwords were assigned to them.
The SQLScripter Utility Application
(Don Hite, Updated) By default you cannot edit or view most of the SQL server objects within the SQL server Enterprise Manager (SEM) or the SQL Query Analyzer (ISQLW). Using this tool you can perform these operations quite easily. <br><Br> This Visual basic generated application uses SQLDMO (SQL
Project and proposal for integrating validation with processing pipelines
Eric van der Vlist announced XML Validation Interoperability Framework (XVIF): a proposal for embedding processing pipeline definitions into XML schema languages, particularly RELAX NG. He has also developed a RELAX NG/XVIF implementation in Python, and an on-line demo.
JavaTM XML Pack Summer 02 Release
The latest release of the Java XML Pack, Summer 02, includes the Java API for XML Messaging (JAXM) v1.1, the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) v1.2, the Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) v1.0_01, Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) v1.0, and the SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) v1.1.
VoiceXML and the Future of SALT
by Jonathan Eisenzopf – Many recent VoiceXML developments have been positive, as continued improvements in speech-recognition technology make voice-based interfaces more and more appealing.All these developments offer reason for optimism about VoiceXML’s ability to enhance enterprise systems
Real-Time Data Analysis Due in DB2, ‘Yukon’
By Matt Hicks – IBM and Microsoft Corp. are upgrading their respective database systems to perform real-time analysis of incoming data, giving users the ability to react more quickly to changes in customers’ habits and market conditions. Microsoft plans to add to its next release of SQL Serv
Book review: Transact-SQL Cookbook
In this review, Vyas takes a closer look at this recently released T-SQL programming book.
Reducing SQL Parsing in Recursive Procedures
(Krasen Paskalev) Extensive SQL parsing can become a serious problem for a heavily loaded Oracle instance. This is especially true if a SQL statement executed many times is also parsed many times. There are a number of standard techniques and guidelines, which help reduce unnecessary parsing. In som