This book will teach the experienced VB developer, with a working knowledge of Visual Basic .NET, how to integrate SQL Server 2000 with VB .NET applications using ADO.NET.
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Using .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle to Improve .NET Application Performance
Connecting .NET applications to Oracle databases? Here are the details behind the performance and scalability boost you can get with the .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle.
How to search all columns of all tables in a database for a keyword?
By Vyas Kondreddi – This article provides you with a stored procedure that searches all columns of all the tables, owned by all users, in the current database, for a specific search string.
Oracle barnstorms the collaboration market
By Bill Peterson – On July 10, Oracle announced the Oracle Collaboration Suite, a suite of integrated messaging and collaboration applications. Oracle, most widely known for its database, tools, and application infrastructure products is targeting a new business with Oracle Collaboration suit
Oracle Developer
To help you understand and leverage the latest advances in Java technology and Oracle application development tools, Oracle Magazine has created a special section just for developers like you—developers who need to exploit the power and flexibility of Java, want to make the most of Oracle’s applicat
SQL Server crisis advice
By Ellen O’Brien – Security specialist David Litchfield answers questions for SearchDatabase about what he calls the most severe security threat to the SQL Server in its history. Litchfield, Next Generation Security Software co-founder and a frequent guest speaker at Black Hat conferences, stresses
Buffer Overruns in SQL Server 2000 Resolution Service Could Enable Code Execution (Q323875)
Three vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could enable an attacker to gain control over an affected server.
Interview with Tim Hayes, dbPAL Developer and CEO of IT-Map
by Brad M. McGehee – Learn about the “big picture” of SQL Server-based software development from an industry veteran.
Schema Wars: XML Schema vs. RELAX NG
Lately some controversy has arisen in the XML community about what is the most appropriate tool to supercede the dreaded DTDs: XML Schema or RELAX NG? The IETF is creating an RFC on the use of XML, and the topic of specifying schemas is one point of contention.
Basic XML and RDF techniques for knowledge management, Part 7
Uche Ogbuji takes a moment to review in a broader context the relevance of the XML/RDF techniques he has been presenting. He discusses the importance of XML/RDF interchange, of specialized RDF query, and of applying lessons from RDF modeling to overall application development. He also shows how this