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More on XML and compression

In an earlier installment of this column, David examined techniques by which XML documents can be reversibly restructured to improve compression. For large XML documents and embedded processes, however, restructuring an entire source prior to a compression pass might be impractical. In this installm

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Locking in SQL Server 7.0

By Alexander Chigrik – In this article, I want to tell you about general details of SQL Server 7.0 locking, about Transaction Isolation Level, what kinds of Transaction Isolation Level exist, and how you can set the appropriate Transaction Isolation Level, about Lock types and Locking optimizer hint

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Oracle embraces outsourcing

By John Cox – After 2 1/2 years of boasting and bumbling, Oracle finally might be hitting its stride with its enterprise outsourcing business.The database giant has made some wrenching internal changes in the past 18 months to make outsourcing a major source of future revenue. Customers who