(Larry O’Brien) By now you know that XML is important. Life-changing. Critical. It’s like Dune–empires will rise and fall, but the Spice must flow!
Other News
The Globalization of Language in Oracle – The NLS_COMP and NLS_SORT variables
(James Koopmann) Ever since I was a newbie to databases I never questioned how sorting occurred in a database. I just knew that there was a predefined order to the character set (English) and I never thought much more of it. We all get too complacent about equating predicates in a WHERE clause or ad
MySQL Cluster Server Setup
MySQL Cluser Server is a fault-tolerant, redundant, scalable database architecture built on the open-source MySQL application, and capable of delivering 99.999% reliability. In this paper we describe the process we used to setup, configure, and test a three-node mySQL cluster server in a test enviro
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005 will soon be coming to market. In this episode we meet with James Hamilton and Tom Rizzo who outline some of the specific features and capabilities of SQL Server 2005 that will allow programmers as well as database developers to create better database-oriented solutions.
Asked and answered (DB2 Q&A)
(Robert Catterall) Your article in the DB2 Magazine about DB2 platform differences was very good. The one thing missing was how the DBA roles differ between Linux, Unix, and Windows (LUW) and the mainframe. In the LUW platform, the DBA does everything; in the mainframe environment, the roles are sep
Masking Password Data in Non-editable Cells
(Roger Wolfe) Suppose you want to store password values in a table, but you don’t want that password data to be displayed. While there are other ways to accomplish this, masking the password fields makes the logic to maintain the data easier.
Microsoft CRM: Exporting Custom Reports to Excel
(Peter Hecke) Learn how to develop a custom report that displays aggregate (summary) business data within the Microsoft Customer Relationship Management Web application and then export the report data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for analysis. You can also set up a live data feed between the cus
IBM Strengthens Data-Integration Stance With Ascential Buy
(Paul McDougall) IBM will expand its data-integration product line through a $1.1 billion acquisition of Ascential Software Corp., the company said Monday. Under the deal, which is subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions, IBM will pay $18.50 per share for all outstanding sha
Chapter of the Week: ImperfectXML – – Chapter 8,
(David Megginson) There are a variety of special issues that affect all areas of XML. This chapter focuses on XML performance and size and explains how to work with these shortcomings within a high-performance environment. (R)
5 Ways To Unlock XML’s Integration Power
(Vance McCarthy) A growing number of devs are finding benefits in learning hands-on XML skills.