(Jonathan Knudsen) The convergence of J2ME and XML is currently a handful of open source parsers. In this article you’ll learn how to parse XML in a MIDP client application. I’ll begin by talking about system architecture and the motivation for using XML as a data transport. Then I’ll describe t
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Build an XML Data Extension for SQL Server Reporting Services
(Enrico Sabbadin) SQL Server Reporting Services (RS) is: –A new component of the SQL Server platform that Microsoft recently made available (January 27, 2004) –A server-based package that comes in four configurations: Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Developer Edition, and Evaluation Ed
MSSQL Server 2000 Reporting Services: Managing Reporting Services: Report Execution and Standard Subscriptions
(William Pearson) In this article, we will introduce two further considerations within the Managing phase of the reporting lifecycle: the execution of reports (including viewing options), and the creation and maintenance of standard subscriptions. We will review the process of running reports, p
Decrypting Oracle’s DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT
(Steve Callan) To secure sensitive data, Oracle provides developers with the DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT. This supplied PL/SQL package, available in both the Standard and Enterprise editions, is the industrial strength version of the DBMS_RANDOM package. Upon reading Oracle’s documentation about th
Thinking XML: Use the Atom format for syndicating news and more
(Uche Ogbuji) The Web has always included sites that present series of articles, events, and other postings which are meant to be shared and cross-referenced. With large parts of the Web becoming conversational communities, many in these communities have come together to work on an XML-based standar
Is Microsoft Really Building the ‘Ferrari of Encryption?’
(Lisa Vaas) The newly announced native database encryption in SQL Server 2005 is a win for customers, but it doesn’t necessarily make Oracle and IBM the ‘Hyundais’ of encryption.
Enhanced FOR XML
(Rich Rollman) When I need to obtain an XML query result from my database, FOR XML is usually the first solution I try. Introduced in SQL Server 2000, FOR XML provides three modes—Raw, Auto, and Explicit—for formatting the XML query result. (For details about these modes, see Dave Hulse’s August 200
Oracle Tip: Generate SVG from Oracle Spatial data
Oracle Spatial is an integrated set of functions, data structures, and tables that aid in storing and retrieving spatial data. That data describes shapes and their geometric relationships in two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or four-dimensional space. (R)
Say What? Part 3
(Bonnie Baker) When we finished Part 1, we had done a PRECOMPILE to separate our COBOL program source code into twins. Twin 1 was Arnold (oops, Governor Arnold now), the modified source code (the SQL now commented out and DCLGENs now INCLUDEd). Twin 2 was Danny, the DBRM containing the SQL that
Microsoft Offers Analysis Add-Ons For SQL Server
(Barbara Darrow) In the absence of the much-anticipated second beta of SQL Server 2005, Microsoft continues to crank out tidbits of news. Microsoft on Wednesday plans to offer downloads of the Business Scorecard Accelerator software, designed to help SQL Server customers create scorecards that m