(Ed Tittel) XSLT is the XML Style Sheet Language, an XML-based application that permits savvy programmers and content developers to read, parse, and manipulate XML documents on the way to creating all kinds of interesting outputs. In this first tutorial on the subject, you learn the basics of XSLT s
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How to Save an Image in a SQL Server Database?
Most of the web applications have a lot of images used in it. These images are usually stored in a web server folder and they are accessed by giving the relative path to the file with respect to the root folder of the website. .Net being the platform for distributed application now, ASP.Net can be u
Building an ESB to Support SOA
(Joseph Poozhikunnel) The intent of this article is to define an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) that can be created to support any Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) adopted by an organization. The type of ESB required could vary and as there is no "one size fit all" option available. Therefore this
IBM to Send AlphaWorks to School
(Jim Wagner) IBM is taking its emerging technologies to school with a new program aimed at academic institutions, internetnews.com has learned.
Navigate hierarchies using recursive common table expressions
(Adam Machanic) Our world is, by and large, composed of hierarchies. Within both the natural and business worlds, we see different types of entities related to each other in a hierarchical fashion. Universes are made up of solar systems, which are made up of planets, each with moons. Living thin
Data Conversion between Microsoft Access and MySQL
(Dmitry Narizhnyh) The importance and widespread use of the Internet has changed the information-processing world. Many enterprises in the world publish their information on-line as they need to access, process and exchange large amounts of information primarily through the World Wide Web. (pdf)
Oracle OpenWorld X-Treme the Pre-Conference Weekend
This exclusive two-day program will consist of highly technical, deep-dive content not typically available in the regular OpenWorld agenda. Oracle experts from applications and technology will be on hand to guide you through a series of intense breakout sessions, and X-Treme hands-on workshops.
Where Did Oracle Come From?
(Steve Callan) As an Oracle DBA, you know that Oracle is a relational database management system and that it performs many complex functions well. In the pressure to learn how to be a DBA or what it is you should be doing, it is hard to take the time to sit back and appreciate the origins of the RDB
Tools of the Trade: SQL Server Profiler and Query Analyzer
(Rob Howard) In my last column, I discussed Microsoft® Application Center Test and how it could be used to measure the performance of your Web application (see Extreme ASP.NET: Tools of the Trade: Application Center Test). Application Center Test is one of those tools you don’t know you need unt
What Every Dev Must Know About Multithreaded Apps
(Vance Morrison) Ten years ago only hard-core systems programmers worried about the intricacies of writing correct code in the presence of more than one thread of execution. Most programmers stuck with sequential programs to avoid the problem altogether. Now, however, multiprocessor machines