By Barbara Darrow – Microsoft has promised the first real beta of its next-generation database for the first half of the year. Depending on how first half is defined, that gives the company just over a month. Company sources said the push is on internally to deliver a beta drop by June 1, just in ti
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XML Parsers: DOM and SAX Put to the Test
by Steve Franklin – Before making the important decision to purchase an XML parser, look at the results of Steve Franklin’s test of a selection of both DOM- and SAX-based parsers.
Introduction to Xindice
By Arun Gaikwad – This article is an introduction to an Open Source Native XML Database System, called Xindice (pronounced zeen-dee-chay). It is also an introduction to Native XML Database concepts.
Using libxml in Python
by Uche Ogbuji – In this article I’ll introduce the Python libxml bindings, which I refer to as Python/libxml. In particular I introduce libxml2. I am using Red Hat 9.0 so installation was a simple matter of installing RPMs from the distribution disk or elsewhere. The two pertinent RPMs in my case a
Solving the Data Warehouse Puzzle
By Barry Devlin – How do you meet changing business intelligence needs without scrapping your data warehouse investments? Fitting federation into your existing system may be the answer.
DB2 failure prompts bank to set up extra disaster recovery
After software bugs took its systems down last month, Danske Bank is reluctant to rely solely on IBM recovery tools.Danske Bank has taken steps over and beyond industry best practices to avoid a failure in its IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex mainframe system.
Luxury models face cost-conscious buyers
By Martin LaMonica – Software from Oracle and IBM–the top two sellers of database system by revenue–has long anchored the coveted high-end systems that are the backbone of big business, such as high-volume credit card transaction and airline reservation systems.But just as the leading data
Identifying Stored Procedure Recompilation Problems in SQL Server 2000
Andy Novick discusses the reasons that SQL Server 2000 decides to recompile a stored procedure and demonstrates the tools and techniques that you can use to monitor recompilation. Read the article, watch the movie!
The OS Factor
By Michael Otey – One aspect of database performance that’s rarely considered is the OS itself, which ultimately handles all I/O requests.
Oracle Mounting Full-Scale Linux Assault In China
By Antone Gonsalves – Oracle is working with China’s leading Linux developer in building support for the open-source operating system in all of Oracle’s product lines.