(Bob DuCharme) In an earlier column titled Duplicate and Empty Elements, I wrote about how the notion of “duplicate” elements isn’t as simple as it sounds, because XPath 1.0 (and hence your XSLT style sheets) considers two elements to be equal if their string values are the same. The string value is
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Node Filtering
(Arup Nanda) Using nothing but regular Net8 (or Oracle Net, as it is called in Oracle 9i and up), you can easily set up a rudimentary firewall-like system to accept connections from a set of trusted clients and servers, and reject connections from known potentially unsafe machines. A typical setup m
Installing and Configuring Oracle Database 10g on the Solaris Platform
(Roger Schrag) This paper will walk you through the steps of installing Oracle Database 10g release 1 (Oracle version 10.1.0) in a Sun Solaris SPARC environment. About 90% of the material presented here applies to other platforms as well. Everything you read in this paper is hands on, roll-up-your-s
Java XML In-memory Models
(Dennis M. Sosnoski) The number of available document models in Java is growing all the time. For this benchmark I’ve included the most popular models, along with a couple of choices that demonstrate especially intriguing features which may not yet be widely known or used. Given the increasing impor
Start working with XMLStarlet
(Jack Herrington) Learn how to use the XMLStarlet command-line utility to format, transform, fix, and edit XML using a set of simple commands. This article shows you how easy it is to get up and running — and simplify your life — with this powerful tool.
Oracle Partners Up With Zend Technologies
A development deal between Oracle and PHP company Zend Technologies has garnered the open-source scripting language its second major database supporter.
Dynamic DataGrid Paging and Sorting Using A DataReader
(Dimitrios Markatos) In a previous article I had written on Dynamic Column Sorting and Paging in ASP.NET, I demonstrated one of nine ways one could page and bi-directionally sort a DataGrid. I opted for the old hidden field method. At any rate, this method, among the eight others works fine, and it
Searching XML using a DataSet & DataView – Introduction
(Chris Scott) Sometimes you need the basic features of a database but don’t want the hassle, and possibly cost, of creating one for a small application. With the .NET DataSet object and a simple XML document we can emulate the basic features of a database. In this example, we use an XML document whi
Report Authoring Tips and Tricks
Getting started with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services or the new report controls in Visual Studio 2005? Brian Welcker demonstrates some tips and tricks that you can use to add interactive features to your own reports.
Displaying the Images Returned by the RenderStream Method of SQL Server Reporting Services
(Malik Asif Joyia) I am working on a project that is a Web-based application that uses the render and RenderStream methods of SQL Server reporting services. When you use the Render() method of SQL Server reporting service, it returns to you the stream of the report. If you have images in your rep