by Bob DuCharme – Most programming languages provide some means of conditional execution, which allows a program to execute an instruction or block of instructions only if a particular condition is true. Many programming languages do this with if statements; the XSLT equivalent is the xsl:if instruc
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SQL Running Total
One SELECT statement to calculate running total in Access OR MS-SQL (And anything else for that matter).
Setting Priorities for SQL Server 2000
Discover how to handle different users with different priorities when using Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
Using Extended Properties to Create a Data Dictionary
I’m looking for shareware or an inexpensive tool that will let me maintain a SQL Server data dictionary. I’ve used sophisticated data-modeling tools that provide this functionality. However, I’m now in an organization that has many SQL Server databases but no data dictionary and no budget to buy exp
TechNet Webcast: Protecting sensitive data in SQL Server 2000 presented by Protegrity, Inc.
We will begin this session by reviewing some of the legislation factors that are driving corporate initiatives for securing data. We will also outline security threats that are specific to databases, identify solutions for role based security and securing specific data such as salary information. We
XML Data Islands and Persistence
by Rahul Guha – Achieve flexibility and efficiency by separating data representation from data-handling presentation code to create data islands that process only code that has changed.
Managing and moving data using Java technology, XML, DB2, and Lotus Notes
This article examines the Notes to DB2 data transfer. Branavan Ganesan discusses the Java and XML based solution, and gives examples from a project recently implemented for their sister site, eServer Developer Domain. He focuses on how the project team exploited the XML enablement capabilities of Lo
A journey with XSL/XPath
XSL, eXtensible Stylesheet Language is a W3C standard with lots of development and momentum and having a large size of community also got abundant number of Books, mailing lists, training and websites. This article just gives a kick start for the people who want to work with XSL and XPath.
Ellison: Linux will wipe Microsoft out of data center
By Stacy Cowley – At a gathering here Tuesday of current and potential Oracle ISV (independent software vendor) partners, Oracle Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison extolled the virtues of Linux and predicted that the open-source operating system will soon decimate Microsoft in the ba