Speed is almost always a concern when working with databases. Many things contribute to your database’s performance: the operating system; hardware considerations, such as memory and disk space; and the design of the applications accessing the database. Your database’s design also plays an importan
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Searching an XML File with XSL and ASP
This article is the final installment in a series of articles on manipulating XML data with ASP. Before proceding with this article, I recommend that you read Saving HTML Form Data to XML, Editing XML with XSL and ASP, and Appending to XML with ASP. The first thing that I would recommend before
SOAP Soup
Simple Object Access Protocol is one of the neatest XML based technologies to be introduced as of late, yet many people are still trying to get a handle on all of the new terms and acronyms that SOAP has uncovered. This article is written to help you dig through the SOAP soup we have in front of us
SQL Server Security
This comprehensive FAQ-type document discusses many of the major security concerns, patches and updates for SQL Server (largely focusing on SQL 7). A must read for any production shop.
Use SET STATISTICS IO and SET STATISTICS TIME
This is not an article on how to tune queries (that subject would take a book), but an article on how to use the often overlooked Transact-SQL SET STATISTICS IO and the SET STATISTICS TIME commands to help us tune our queries.
XML-Deviant: Parsing the Atom
Not every piece of data the XML programmer has to deal with comes neatly packaged in angle brackets. XML developers have been examining how W3C XML Schema could help out.
Symmetry Xchange integration Suite™ for B2B trading exchanges
SymmetryXi™ is a B2B XML Messaging solution that integrates corporate data sources, ERP and legacy systems using a cost-effective, component-based open standards architecture. SymmetryXi is a server-based XML Messaging solution combined with high-performance data access technology designed to delive
Certification Tips
Anny Warren writes about advice on taking exams – thinking about taking your first exam? Here are sixteen tips that will help you prepare!
XML schema catches heat
After more than two years of development, the World Wide Web Consortium could be only weeks away from releasing its long-awaited XML Schema specification. But despite its release, the specification, which is designed to automate data exchange between companies, is coming under fire.
MetraTech's QuickStart Puts ASPs On Fast Track to Profitable Services
MetraTech today released QuickStart, a streamlined, no-surprises XML billing package that eliminates the traditional lag between developing services and billing customers for them. QuickStart wraps essential elements from MetraTech's product set into a solution that ensures ASPs a fixed-price,