Idoox have released the first beta of a SOAP JavaScript client with SOAP 1.1 and WSDL 1.1 support, available for free through their Early Access Program.
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XML Linking and Style
The interaction of XLink linking elements and styling has not previously been carefully described. This note, the result of an XML Linking/XSL joint task force, attempts to rectify that oversight by providing a clear conceptual model for linking and styling and suggestions for the practical applicat
Access Controls in SQL
This article focuses on the security mechanisms common to all databases that implement the Structured Query Language (or SQL). Together, we'll walk through the process of strengthening data access controls and ensuring the safety of your data.
Reliability on a Microsoft Platform – Myth or Method?
By Tony Bain – We have all heard it at one stage or another. “SQL Server is fine for small database applications but it just isn’t as reliable or scalable as other platforms”. This is rubbish. Before you dismiss me as just another Microsoft zealot (jamz) lets review some facts.
"Clean" namespaces
While Namespaces in XML continues to periodically surprise developers with new questions, Tom Bradford has offered a "clean" approach to namespace handling.
XML: Three letters that every CIO should know
By Tim Bray – Everyone from Forbes magazine to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is saying that XML is at the strategic center of our industry. That makes me happy, as I helped invent XML. But there is a significant hype problem, so let's stick with the basics:
ebXML Security
By Mary Ann Hondo – In architecting an ebXML solution, some thought must be given to the protection of information from the modelling of the business process through the message exchange. A group of ebXML participants have authored a risk assessment document identifying the risks and countermeasures
Access Controls in SQL
This article focuses on the security mechanisms common to all databases that implement the Structured Query Language (or SQL). Together, we'll walk through the process of strengthening data access controls and ensuring the safety of your data.
Parsing ASCII Files Elegantly Using SQL
By Joe Lumbley – The typical way to handle external data is to create a data file from the outside source and then massage the file with various methods until it meets the requirements to load into the database. This most often results in an ASCII file delimited with UNIX pipe symbols (|). This data
Beginning SQL Server 2000 Programming
Author Robin Dewson – Beginning SQL Server 2000 Programming develops an example database, at every point providing clear and practical demonstrations of the relevant ideas. Once you have mastered the basics of SQL Server, this book will take you on to more advanced techniques to enable a firm grasp