Prentice Hall has released Definitive XML Application Development, by Lars Marius Garshol. The book details application development that uses XML, focusing on Python in most of the examples.
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XML security who’s who
By Shelley Doll – When a standard is deployed as openly as XML, businesses are bound to have security concerns. The need to control content’s distribution and ensure its integrity keeps many companies from deploying XML without an extranet. Proposed standards will address security issues, and these
Microsoft says .NET will impact Internet’s evolution
BY: Catherine Ketcher – In his keynote speech at last Thursday’s DCI Microsoft .NET and Solution Offerings conference, Dan’l Lewin, a Microsoft executive vice president, called .NET the software that will connect information, people, devices and systems.The building blocks for successful Int
Oracle prepares pricing guide
By Joris Evers – Oracle plans to release a pricing guide later this year to clear up confusion among users about its licensing policies, an executive of the Redwood Shores, Calif., software maker said Tuesday.
SQL basics: SELECT statement options
In the last article, we covered some database terminology and looked at the four basic data query types. We also explained the WHERE clause and conditional statements and provided examples of the various query types.In this article, we’ll pick up where we left off with some additional functi
Tips from the SQL Server MVPs
Welcome to SQL Server Magazine’s monthly, Web-only series of SQL Server tips brought to you by the Microsoft SQL Server Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). Here are a few of the questions being answered: How do you copy permissions from a user to a database role or vice versa?How do y
Inserting Images into Database
In this tutorial you are going to learn everything in detail step by step you’ll ever want to know about inserting binary data ( images, zip files etc ) into database. This is actually first of the three articles I am going to write on manipulating binary data in the database. After this article you
Inside SQL Server Maintenance Plans
by Andrzej Kozlowski – Like a lot of database administrators who manage many SQL Server databases, I have problems with maintenance and administration tasks. Some of these are massive jobs, which have to be created and maintained to be sure that databases are robust and reliable. One of the tools I
Microsoft Launches Controversial Licensing Program
By Brian Moran – Microsoft is relaunching a controversial licensing model called Licensing 6.0 that will change the way you buy and license SQL Server. The company is offering deeply discounted promotional prices during the transition period, which ends July 31, so you have about 7 weeks to decide w
Web-Based Enterprise Manager
Web-based SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager. Create, add, edit, delete, and administer all aspects of your SQL Server databases online. Creates completes ASP Insert and Update codes for your tables. Builds Stored Procedure Search Engine automatically.