The XML classes in the .NET Framework provide a comprehensive and integrated set of classes, allowing you to work with XML documents and data. XML classes in the .NET Framework can be broken into several groups: parsing and writing XML with the XmlReader and XmlWriter, validating XML with the XmlVal
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Oracle database users’ interest in Linux grows
By Marc L. Songini – Despite the relative newness of corporate applications running on Linux, attendees at an Oracle database user conference said a growing number of companies are evaluating or moving into production with database servers running the open-source operating system.
Oracle to Offer Single View Into Its OEM
By Lisa Vaas – Oracle Corp.’s plan to offer a single-browser-based view in its Oracle Enterprise Manager is being greeted with glee by users, particularly in light of a major Oracle database vulnerability discovered last week.
Make XML More Readable
by Dan Wahlin – Need to format XML to make it more readable? Use the .NET platform’s XmlTextWriter class to accomplish the task with a minimal amount of work.
Converting from SAX
Brett McLaughlin explains how to use SAX to communicate with applications that require DOM and JDOM inputs. It’s a useful technique: With the flurry of XML APIs available, developers now have to be able to easily move from one to another, and then on to another. The sample code provides a concrete e
XML Wrapper Generator
The XML Wrapper Generator is a graphical tool that enables rapid and automatic integration of XML data sources into a DB2 database using the XML Wrapper. This tool loads XML schema files, “shreds” them to a relational schema, and generates appropriate NICKNAME and VIEW statements.
Python and DB2 for Linux
Free registration on IBM developerWorks is required for this tutorial on the Python API for IBM DB2. My favorite language and my favorite non-OSS RDBMS. Certainly worth the look.
XPath Tutorial
XPath is described in XPath 1.0 standard. In this tutorial selected XPath features are demonstrated on many examples.
SOAP Version 1.2 Part 0: Primer
SOAP Version 1.2 Part 0: Primer is a non-normative document intended to provide an easily understandable tutorial on the features of the SOAP Version 1.2 specifications. In particular, it describes the features through various usage scenarios, and is intended to complement the normative text contain
Berkeley DB XML: An Embedded XML Database
by Paul Ford – Berkeley DB XML is an open source, embedded XML database created by Sleepycat Software. It’s built on top of Berkeley DB, a “key-value” database which provides record storage and transaction management. Unlike relational databases, which store data in relational tables, Berkeley DB XM