If Oracle's technical team were half as effective as its marketing team, Microsoft and SQL Server might really be in trouble. But to Microsoft's advantage, Oracle's recent product announcements and its latest million-dollar challenge show that the Oracle marketing department's achiev
Author: SSWUG Research
How Would You Like That Served?
Didier Martin tells us how XML is often used for structured documents like XHTML, rendering or transformation languages like XSLT and XSLFO, and as the basis for extensible network protocols like SOAP. A less well known example of the use of XML in network protocol design is Composite Capabilities/P
Introducing .NET » Chapter 1: .NET Overview
Read Chapter 1 from latest Wrox Press book: Introducing .NET. The book is designed to tell you exactly what you need to know, to cut through the fog and to bring you a clear picture of what .NET is, and what you can expect to be able to do using it.
XML Encryption Activity started by the W3C
Encryption renders data (plain-text) confidential (cipher-text) such that it can be safely stored or transmitted and only the intended recipients can restore the data to its original form. This feature is important given that all manner of applications are using the Internet to exchange payment and
Overlooked Command-Line Utilities
SQL Server ships with an array of powerful graphical management tools, but it also features many lesser-known command-line utilities that let you use Windows NT shell scripts or VBScript to manage SQL Server. Here are my picks for the seven most overlooked SQL Server command-line utilities, all of w
Error handling in long-running batch jobs
From SQL Team.com Andy Pope, posed a question on handling errors in long running batch jobs. Basically Andy wanted a way to store job log entries in a SQL Server log table that didn't get rolled back if the enclosing transaction failed. I really wasn't much help giving him an answer so
XML Q&A
By Rich Rollman, SQL Server Magazine During the past two months, readers' questions have centered on using ADO and XML. This month, let's explore a different area of SQL Server 2000—the ability to store, index, and retrieve XML.
What is RDF?
RDF stands for Resource Description Framework. RDF is built for the Web, but let's leave the Web behind for now and think about how we find things in the real world.
SQL Server 2000 for VB Developers
Read Chapter 15: SQL Server and XML, from PerfectXML.com.
Tips from the SQL Server MVPs
This is the first installment in a monthly, Web-only series of SQL Server tips brought to you by the Microsoft SQL Server Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). Microsoft introduced the MVP program in the 1990s to recognize members of the general public who donate their time and considerable computing