(Dennis Fisher) Security experts have discovered two new vulnerabilities in IBM’s DB2 database software, both of which allow an attacker to gain root privileges on vulnerable servers. The weaknesses are potentially quite dangerous, considering that DB2 is one of the most popular enterprise da
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How can I retrieve the results of a FOR XML query using ASP?
Here is some sample code that you can use to write the results of a for xml query to an ASP page.
Sometimes Syntax Is Significant
by A. Russell Jones – If you’re using Microsoft XMP Parser (MSXML) version 3, you may be able to improve your XSLT style sheet execution times dramatically by changing nothing more than syntax. Recently I used an XSLT style sheet that set the value of a variable using a standard, supported XSLT synt
The W3C Workshop on Binary Interchange of XML Information Item Sets
Workshop to take place on 24th, 25th and 26th September, 2003. Participants include Sun, Nokia, France Telecom, Software AG, Canon, IBM, BEA, Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe and Web3D.
Oracle Database 10g: Inside the ‘Self-managing’ Database
Oracle is billing its upcoming Database 10g as the “self-managing” database. Its new built-in features will enable the product to assume many administrative tasks that DBAs currently have to perform themselves. DevX looks under the hood to show you how 10g works.
Beta testers give 10g rave reviews
By Robert Westervelt – Arvind Gidwani, IT manager at San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc., is beaming over the results of beta tests that he conducted on Oracle’s new database and application server, 10g.
DB2 Archive Log Accelerator, V2
IBM DB2 Archive Log Accelerator (formerly DB2 Archive Log Compression Tool) reduces the overhead that is associated with database log management to balance the increases in archive log growth. The tool achieves this using a combination of data striping (for faster log volume through-put) and DFSMS h
Serialize Arrays and ArrayLists to XML
The XmlSerializer class provides a great way to convert (serialize) objects to XML and back (deserialize). However, it can be difficult to properly serialize collections such as Arrays and ArrayLists unless you know a few tricks.
Enhance Ant with XSL transformations
By Jim Creasman – Ant is a powerful tool for scripting build processes. When combined with XSLT, Ant’s power and flexibility increase dramatically. Here, Jim explains and illustrates this concept using real world examples from his previous experience.
An Introduction to StAX
by Elliotte Rusty Harold – Most current XML APIs fall into one of two broad classes: event-based APIs like SAX and XNI or tree-based APIs like DOM and JDOM. Most programmers find the tree-based APIs to be easier to use; but such APIs are less efficient, especially with respect to memory usage. An in