Professional SQL Server 2000 Database Design provides an outline of the techniques that the designer can employ to make effective use of the full range of facilities that SQL Server 2000 offers. It attempts to move away from traditional texts on relational database design by considering design issue
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Saving on SQL script time
IT-Map International of Wheeling, Ill., launched its dbPAL toolkit at the Borland Conference in Long Beach, Calif. The dbPAL technology provides a suite of tools linked by a user interface that uses a drag-and-drop, icon-based approach instead of having to write SQL scripts, IT-Map said.
W3C Recommends Extensible Stylesheet Language
By Clint Boulton – In its ongoing efforts to tinker with characteristics of the important Extensible Markup Language, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) said it has issued the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 1.0 — an XML-based language that spells how XML documents will be formatted — as a r
Transforming XML With SAX Filters
by Kip Hampton – Last month we began our exploration of more advanced SAX topics with a look at how SAX events can be generated from non-XML data. This month, we conclude the series by introducing SAX filters and their use in XML data transformation.
SQLXML 2.0 (XML for SQL Server 2000)
Microsoft® SQL Server 2000 introduced several new features for querying database tables and receiving the results as an XML document. Web release 1 of SQLXML (XML for SQL Server) added Updategrams and XML Bulk Load functionality, as well as a host of other features to the SQL Server 2000 base.
ItemAction Version 2.1.1
Voss Software Development announces ItemAction Version 2.1.1 with All New History View and Enhanced Database code! Access DB and SQL Server support. Switch Databases on the fly! Powerful, Flexible, and Affordable.
SQL Server CE Replication Error Message: 28557 : "The database is in an unusable state. "
The error message shown in the "Symptoms" section may occur if the application receives an error during the initial synchronization. When an error occurs during the initial synchronization process, the subscription is actually incomplete and does not contain all of the required metadata and system t
SQL Server 2000 SP2 Beta Program
The Microsoft SQL Server product team is accepting applications for the SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) beta program. Only registered members of this private program will receive the beta version of SP2 for testing and evaluation purposes. Apply today to become a part of this select group.
Patent Wars: The W3C Strikes Back
by Kendall Grant Clark – This week I will consider how the W3C is responding to the massive show of opposition to RAND — at last count the W3C had received more than 2,000 public comments — as well as provide an update of the XML development community's ongoing conversation about patents, inte
Book Review: Professional XML Web Services
Professional XML Web Services from Wrox Press is a complete guide to today's hot technology, Web Services. The book is divided into 13 chapters, 2 case studies and 3 appendices, and is targeted towards all (C++, VB, Java, .NET, Python, Perl, PHP…) developers. It's an excellent resource to le