Deploying merge replication is generally a simple process. You simply subscribe to a merge publication, allow the snapshot to transfer the schema and data, and you are up and running. What happens though when you have disconnected users, remote subscribers over slow links, unstable connections, or
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ebXML Ropes in SOAP
by Alan Kotok – The Electronic Business XML (ebXML) project released three more technical specifications for review on 28 March, including a new draft document on messaging services. This part of ebXML — formerly known as transport, routing, and packaging — had made more early progress than the ot
OASIS release DOM Level 1 conformance tests
The two suites, in ECMAScript and Java, were developed by NIST and submitted to OASIS. The ECMAScript suite is interactive, providing as-it-happens information on test passes and fails. There are over 800 EMCAScript tests, which cover all fundamental, extended and HTML interfaces to the DOM.
Wireless Apps: The Reality Today
It is not difficult to create a Wireless application using existing resources (whatever these may be); in most cases, this involves configuration of the server followed by the appropriate developments. The first Wireless applications to be developed followed this principle; in other words, they used
Performance Tuning ASP Pages Using SQL Server
While ADO makes database manipulation easy for the ASP page developer, using ADO methods to access SQL Server data can often kill SQL Server performance. As a rule of thumb, encapsulate your DML (Data Manipulation Language) in stored procedures instead of using ADO methods. This bypasses object libr
Optimizing Cube Performance Using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services
This paper discusses the design and implementation of a series of test scenarios that include building and querying cubes using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Analysis Services.
Namespaces and XSLT Stylesheets
by Bob DuCharme – In XML a namespace is a collection of names used for elements and attributes. A URI (usually, a URL) is used to identify a particular collection of names. Instead of including the URI with every element to show which namespace it came from, it's more convenient to name a short
New XSLT Standard Library (XSLTSL) requests participation
Steve Ball has announced the XSLT Standard Library, a SourceForge hosted open source project to develop a "collection of commonly-used templates written purely in XSLT".<br> <br> The initial release (0.1) available on the project site comes with two libraries with templates to process stri
Microsoft Releases SOAP Toolkit 2.0 RC0
Microsoft has announced the Release Candidate edition of the Microsoft Soap Toolkit Version 2 (Soap Toolkit 2.0 RC0). The RC0 Toolkit "offers functionality similar to the MSDN Soap Toolkit sample which has been available for several months, but it will be a fully Microsoft-supported product. The
Keep SQL Server Up and Running
By Kalen Delaney – Many SQL Server 2000 marketing documents refer to this new release's enhanced "SAR-abilities," where SAR stands for scalability, availability, and reliability. Constant (or near constant) availability is essential for anyone running a round-the-clock business or a serv