Kimbro Staken of the XML:DB initiative has announced the release of an XML:DB-developed "experimental" draft specification for a standard XML database access API similar in scope to ODBC, JDBC, or the Perl DBI. The group has also released another draft document outli
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Using XML::Twig
by Kip Hampton – If your problem is finding a fast, memory-efficient way to handle large XML documents, but the needs of your application make using the SAX interface overly complex, the solution is to use XML::Twig.
Tips from the SQL Server MVPs
Here are SQL Server Magazine’s 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 skil
Using XML To Supercharge Website Performance
This article by Justin Gunther will show us with the advent of XML, we have the ability to supercharge our websites with huge performance increases. XML allows us to separate code, content, and presentation. Web developers now have three separate files which in turn will create the HTML that we outp
Hailstorm
By: Robin Cover – HailStorm – User-Centric XML Web Services. On March 19, 2001 Microsoft Corporation announced "a set of new technologies designed to advance the Microsoft .NET strategy. The technology, code-named 'HailStorm,' is a set of user-centric XML Web services that enable develop
eXist 0.3 adds Oracle support
Wolfgang Meier's eXist XML repository layer for relational databases now supports Oracle in addition to MySQL. eXist procides structured retrieval of XML documents with support for full text search, based on a traditional RDBMS. The latest version, 0.3, includes the following new feat
Overcoming Objections to XML-based Authoring Systems
by Brian Buehling – During a recent development effort, one of our clients was alarmed at the conversion costs of the proposed XML-based content management system compared to the existing MS Word-based process. This was just one instance of an alarming trend of balking at XML-based systems in favor
Support WebCast: SQL Server 2000 Multiple Instances
Microsoft's Jyothi Pai, a SQL Server support professional, will host a WebCast about SQL Server 2000's multiple-instance support Thursday, March 22, at 10 AM (Pacific time).
Monitor Your SQL Servers with SQL Power Tools
Software Review by Brad M. McGeheeMonitoring a SQL Server-based application's performance, whether its one you have purchased off-the-shelf or have written in-house, is a complex task involving many variables. But when it comes right down to it, it all depends on the user's perception of
XML-Based Protocol for Cross-Platform Analytics
Microsoft made available a beta version of the XML for Analysis software development kit and an updated XML for Analysis protocol specification. This is the first online analytical processing protocol that enables the transfer of information between analytical databases and client applications, rega