By Eric B. Parizo – Before it can work well, a Web services must work, period. One analyst firm warns that unless testing plays a prominent role in development cycles, many Web services may be cast aside before they achieve their full potential and after they've already cost companies lots of ca
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Creating SQL Server databases
By Michael D. Reilly – If you’re a network administrator who has recently become a database administrator, too, the task of creating and maintaining database files for your company’s developers might seem daunting. Fortunately, this task is much easier with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7
CLASSter – Your Database Programmer
If you are working with databases in MS Visual Basic then this is a tool for you! CLASSter supports MS Access, Sybase ASE Server, MS SQL Server and Oracle Server database brands. Forget forever about annoying database access coding, all these endless manipulations with ADO objects! It will take CLAS
.NET Enterprise Design with Visual Basic .NET and SQL Server 2000
Author: Jimmy Nilsson – Excerpt from chapter 5 “Architecture” – In this chapter, we’ll look at several different architectural styles – a database-independent and pure object-oriented architecture, a database-centric architecture, and the classic Windows DNA architecture. We’ll also spend time looki
Witnesses to testify in Oracle hearing
By Alorie Gilbert – A California state official who stepped down because of his role in a controversial $95 million contract with Oracle is scheduled to testify on Tuesday before a legislative committee convened to investigate the contract that critics charge dramatically overcharges the state.
Dynamically change NLS_LANG
By Ofer Harel – When there are databases with different nls_lang, you need to change your registry parameters when switching between DBs. Here is a simple way to open a SQL*Plus window to a database with a particular nls_lang without the need to change the registry.
Unsecured SQL Server with Blank (NULL) SA Password Leaves Vulnerability to a Worm (Q313418)
A worm, code-named “Voyager Alpha Force,” that takes advantage of blank SQL Server system administrator (SA) passwords has been found on the Internet. The worm looks for a SQL Server server by scanning for port 1433, which is the SQL default port. If the worm finds a server, it tries to log in to th
JAXE, a new document oriented XML editor
Damien Guillaume has published JAXE, a new XML editor, written in Java and published under the GPL, for users who want something more than "yet another XML editor with a tree interface".
Inktomi Unveils XML-based Search Toolkit
By Ryan Naraine – Search technology firm Inktomi Corp released its Search Toolkit, an XML-based server tool targeting enterprise Web developers.<br><Br>Inktomi, locked in a high-stakes race for market share with upstart Google, is styling the Search Toolkit technology an OEM software for extracting
ebXML: A B2B standard on hold
By Eric Knorr – In May 2001, after 18 months of grueling work, ebXML was born. My question of the week is: Why is Microsoft opposing–and why is IBM all but ignoring–ebXML?Obviously, ebXML's corporate proponents have money to spend on technology. And they drew on decades of electronic t