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Initial draft of DOM Level 3 XPath
Philippe Le Hegaret has announced a first public Working Draft for the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath Specification, a specification to provide access to DOM trees using XPath 1.0 expressions.
Using Index Intersection to Boost SQL Server Performance
by Neil Boyle – First introduced in SQL Server 7.0, and of course available with SQL Server 2000, Index Intersection gives you new options for creating indexes on tables in order to maximize performance. To demonstrate how Index Intersection works, I am going to use the "authors"
Storing XML in Relational Databases
By Igor Dayen – There are various ways to solve the problem of effective, automatic conversion of XML data into and out of relational databases. Database vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sybase have developed tools to assist in converting XML documents into relational tables. The various
BizTalk automates b-to-b
Today's conventional wisdom holds that XML is the key to helping businesses work together, at least from the standpoint of merging information from disparate systems. But by itself, XML can't do anything to help. Someone has to define the extensions to the XML schema, the structure that the
Common Lisp support for the 'Extensible Markup Language' (CL-XML)
By James Anderson – Common Lisp support for the Extensible Markup Language (CL-XML) is a set of modules for XML processing. The validating parser is namespace-aware and will validate based upon a Document Type Definition (DTD). CL-XML provides support for XML Path Language (XPath), XML Qu
Are W3C XML Schema and XInclude compatible?
The W3C XML Schema Working Group has published a list of strong concerns regarding the XInclude Last Call Working Draft and its lack of harmonization with the "other foundation specifications." Mary Holstege, for the W3C XML Schema Working Group, has posted a list of inconsistenci
Harnessing the Power of SQL's Analysis Services
June 27, 2001 from 9:00am to 10:30am Pacific Time. Enroll Now! Registration closes 24 hours prior to the event start time.<br> Do you use SQL Server as one of your relational databases? Are you aware of the powerful analysis tools included in the product? Many customers are in your same predicament
Installing and Configuring Pervasive.SQL 2000 for WebApp™ Server
A Data Access Worldwide White Paper by Marcia Ferreira – The main objective of this White Paper is to list all the installation steps that one needs to go through on both Server and Client (using Windows NT), and some configuration involved when preparing Pervasive.SQL 2000 version 7.82 to be the ba
Dynamic SQL
Dynamic SQL is a term used to mean SQL code that is generated programatically (in part or fully) by your program before it is executed. As a result it is a very flexable and powerful tool. You can use dynamic sql to accomplish tasks such as adding where clauses to a search based on what fields are f