By Mikael Bergkvist – The idea of XMLscript seem obscure to me. I dont see the point. If XML is used that way, it would represent scripts without adding anything useful. It does’nt seem to extend scripting with any new advantages that can be exploited in any practical way. The concept is intriguing
Other News
Oracle Beefs Up Financials Software
by Tom Kaneshige – Oracle plans to announce later this week upgrades to its Oracle Financials software suite. Highlights include a new risk management module, business intelligence tools and two accounting portals. All of these enhancements are centered on providing real-time disclosure of financial
Oracle users call for extended support
By Gareth Morgan – Many customers not ready to upgrade to 11i, says UK user group. The UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) has urged Oracle to extend the support deadline for its 10.7 business applications, arguing that customers are not ready to upgrade.
Points of (Indexed) Views
By Itzik Ben-Gan – Sometimes, T-SQL just can’t solve a problem alone without severe performance penalties. When this happens, consider using indexed views to rev up performance.
Declaring Web applications with AppML
Writing Web applications is a lot of work. Along the lines of XUL for user interfaces, fellow XML site author Jan Egil Refsnes has developed an XML vocabulary for defining whole Web applications: Application Markup Language (AppML).
Debug XSLT on the fly
Debuggers are very handy in programming, but they can also be complex pieces of software in their own right — complex to set up, to learn, and to use. Sometimes you just need a quick print-out of some values that you suspect to be at the heart of a specific problem you’re seeing. In this article, U
Running Multiple XSLT Engines with Ant
by Anthony Coates – Unlike traditional make utilities, Ant is written in Java, so Ant is a good cross-platform solution for controlling automatic file building. That is good news for anyone developing cross-platform XSLT scripts because you only need to target one build environment. Anyone who has t
Index maintenance
By Baya Pavliashvili – Useful indexes can speed up your application’s performance dramatically. I’ve seen performance improvements of 10- to 1000-fold with appropriate indexes. Determining what indexes will help your application the most depends on your application type, architecture and other facto
Remove Duplicates
by Shai Mungekar – Here’s a script to generate a script that will remove duplicate rows from all tables belonging to a user. Use with caution.
Introducing the SQL Server ‘MDX in Analysis Services’ Series
Hitch your wagon to the power of MDX in Analysis Services! Join Bill Pearson in the start of a new series ‘MDX in Analysis Services’. In this lesson, we will get up to speed with the fundamentals of MDX via Analysis Manager.