By Jonathan Lurie & Timothy Stockstill – One point of integration between SQL Server and XML lies in the ability to create an XML file from SQL data. The construction of an XML file is not so complicated that it could not easily be generated using a simple script and an ADO record set. Although this
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Write XML to a File in Visual Studio .NET (2002) Professional Edition
This article shows how to write XML to a file by using the XmlTextWriter class. XmlTextWriter provides a fast, forward-only way of generating XML and helps you to build XML documents. XmlTextWriter provides stream write rather than using an object model, such as the XML Document Object Model (DOM),
Working XML: Integrating XM and Eclipse
The more author and columnist Benoît Marchal learns about Eclipse and the plug-in API, the more he likes what he sees. In this column, Benoît continues his ongoing project to integrate XM (a simple content management and publishing solution based on XML and XSLT) and Eclipse (an open-source project
BMC, Quest Update Oracle Toolsets
By Barbara Darrow – Next month BMC Software plans to ship a version of its SQL-BackTrack backup and recovery tool that integrates with its SmartDBA Web management console.Company officials said the integration of the products would mean that backup and other management tasks can now be orche
.Net Server: Three delays a charm?
By Joe Wilcox – Microsoft has for the third time delayed the launch of its Windows .Net Server 2003 high-end operating system. During his Comdex keynote address on Sunday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates revealed that the company would launch Windows .Net Server 2003 in April, marking the third
Automate Stored Procedure Parameters
by Dan Wahlin – Dealing with parameters in stored procedures can be laborious and time-intensive. Simplify the process with XML—download a sample app to show you how.
SOAP Web Services: built on a contradiction?
The fifth annual Forum XML, on November 12-14 in Paris, featured a consistent theme–that SOAP-based Web Services seem more than ever based on a contradiction, even as they are being positioned by vendors as a foundation for both loosely coupled systems and a new RPC architecture.
XML Versus the Infoset
by Rich Salz – In my prior columns I’ve examined specific protocols and pieces of the web services infrastructure, including WSDL, SOAP attachments, and so on.But in this column I venture a bit further afield; it’s more like an op-ed than straight reportage: less fact, more opinion, if you w