New Riders released “XML and SQL Server 2000” in july. Now you can download chapter 4 “Accessing SQL 2000 via HTTP” for free.
Author: SSWUG Research
Calling Java Stored Procedures from Triggers
Tip from Jeffrey Tarnok and Sai Casulas – Triggers are often employed to handle pre and post-data manipulation language (DML) processing and can be used to facilitate complex constraint requirements. Oracle supports the use of Java in the database as a non-proprietary, powerful programming language.
Dividing Factors
by Leigh Dodds – Last week the XML-Deviant noted that the recent squabbles concerning typing, XML, and W3C XML Schemas hinted at increasing divides in the XML community. There are further signs this week, including many comments about accepting the diversity of XML applications, differing requiremen
XSL Basics (part 2)
By icarus – In the concluding part of this article, I will be examining a bunch of other XSLT constructs, all designed to make your XSLT experience that much more enjoyable. Some of these constructs are extremely simple and logical; others offer capabilities typically found only in programming langu
Understanding SAX
By Nicholas Chase – This tutorial examines the use of the Simple API for XML version 2.0, or SAX 2.0. It is aimed at developers who have an understanding of XML and wish to learn this lightweight, event-based API for working with XML data. It assumes that you are familiar with concepts such as well-
Is Log Shipping a Future Reality for Exchange?
By Jerry Cochran – What if Microsoft Exchange Server had the built-in capability to keep a standby server online for disaster recovery? This server would be readily available if the primary Exchange server went down, and it could quickly open a new copy of the Exchange database with up-to-the-minute
What’s New in SQL Server 2000 Profiler
By Itzik Ben-Gan – SQL Server 2000 Profiler is an invaluable investigative tool that lets you measure query performance, debug applications, diagnose problems, and replay saved traces. Profiler provides the client-side functionality—the GUI—that lets you define and run traces from the client against
Gnosis Transaction Manager for Microsoft SQL Server
by Brad M. McGehee – Writing complex client/server or n-tier applications, using SQL Server as the backend database, can be very difficult, very frustrating, and very expensive. In fact, have you ever seen such a project be completed on time and on budget? Those projects are rare indeed. Ther
Python/Apache dynamic XML web environment
Sam Brauer has annouced the release of maki 1.1.0, the latest version of his dynamic XML web serving environment that utilizes Apache and mod_python. Maki takes an approach to page generation not dissimilar to that of Cocoon, and may be interesting to those who prefer a Python-based environme
Understanding DOM
By Nicholas Chase – Even before there was XML, there was the Document Object Model (DOM). The DOM allows a developer to refer to, retrieve, and change items within an XML structure, and is essential to working with XML. In this tutorial, you will learn about the structure of a DOM document. You will