(Sanjay Shetty) XML is the de-facto language of business transactions. It enables structuring data. And the 2.0 version of the .NET framework, heretofore known by its codename, Whidbey, will finally enable you to encrypt and decrypt XML data. In this article I will explore the implementation of XML
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Oracle 10g’s Redo Logfile Sizing Advisor
(James Koopmann) Improperly sized redo logs can impede the performance of your database and hamper recovery time in the event of a database crash. Oracle has given us yet another advisory that helps us to properly size redo logs, taking yet another tedious task from us.
Practical data binding: Converting to and from XML with JaxMe
(Brett McLaughlin) This article points out the iterative nature of data binding, which I’ve yet to really bring to your attention. Many APIs, especially those that fall into the utility category of APIs, are things that you just toss into your classpath and use. A great example of this sort of t
Oracle Tip: Create accented characters with COMPOSE and UNISTR
(Scott Stephens) Many languages, including English, use accented characters. Since these characters aren’t part of the ASCII character set, it can be difficult to write code that uses these characters without looking up Unicode values or using a Unicode editor and converting to a known character set
Will Stinger Steal Yukon’s Glory?
Microsoft wants SQL Server 2005, code-named Yukon, to be the premier database environment for developers. A host of new features, such as a new Visual Studio-like interface and Microsoft .NET integration, are designed to make life easier for developers who use Microsoft-based development tools.
DB2 Stinger for Linux on POWER: A Powerful Combination
(Rav Ahuja and Grant Hutchison) There’s a lot of buzz around DB2 Stinger, the upcoming release of IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB). DB2 Stinger contains many new features including optimization and native 64-bit support for Linux on POWER. The DB2 UDB v8.1 server has been available as a 32
DB2 and open source: Web polling with DB2, PHP, and Linux
(Aron Lurie and Marty Lurie) Web polling or voting provides a great way to get feedback from visitors to your site. This article shows you how to add this feature to your Web site using IBM DB2 Universal Database(UDB), Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), and Linux. You’ll look at some of the design as
Mobile SVG
(Antoine Quint) As you have no doubt read in my previous article, SVG Tiny, the SVG sub-profile geared toward mobile phones, offers very interesting features: 2D-vector drawing, raster-image embedding, animation, and definition of reusable assets like fonts and graphics objects. Advance on the stand
Introduction to Expressions on Workflow
(Allan Mitchell) SQL Server 2005 gives us loads of flexibility in our workflow management to decide how and if the following task should be executed. In this article we are going to introduce you to one of those ways and that is putting an expression into the workflow constraint itself.
Anatomy of a Performance Solution
(Kalen Delaney) I get a lot of nice feedback about my columns and classes, but some people ask me why they should bother learning how SQL Server works. I study internals often just for a deeper understanding of my favorite software and for the experience of learning something new. But many of my rea