by Jonathan Goodyear – If your XML parsing takes a sudden wrong turn, your XML file might contain an illegal character. Learn what these characters are, when they crop up, and what to do about them.
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Tip: Use imports and includes to override XSLT templates
By Nicholas Chase – Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) provide two different ways to combine several style sheets in the transformation of a single source document. In the process, it’s almost inevitable that more than one template can apply to a single node. Which template is act
Proper XML Output in Python
by Uche Ogbuji – I planned to conclude my exploration of 4Suite this time, but events since last month’s article led me to discuss some fundamental techniques for Python-XML processing first. First, I consider ways of producing XML output in Python, which might make you wonder what’s wrong with good
Security Models and Scenarios for SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition 2.0
Easily convert your eMbedded Visual Basic applications to SQL Server CE 2.0.
Upgrading from SQL Server 7.0 to 2000
By Rhys Kerrigan – I recently came across the following error while upgrading to SQL Server 2000. “The Ordinal 105 could not be located in the dll Opens60.dll”The following options are available to recover from this problem.
Collecting SQL Server Statistics
need to collect statistics such as transactions per second (tps) on my SQL Server machines for periodic reporting. I’ve used the Performance Monitor extensively, but I’m unable to produce a set of SQL Server performance numbers that are meaningful to DBAs [database administrators]. Are any utilities
Oracle Move Could Bridge NetBeans, Eclipse Tools
By Richard Karpinski – Oracle submitted a specification to the Java Community Process that it says could ultimately create a standard API for Java development tools, and has the potential to bridge competing open-source Java tool projects.
Substituting and Converting Object Types in a Hierarchy
Steven Feuerstein examines substitutability and type conversion as he explores the advantages and flexibility of object-type hierarchies in Oracle 9i.
dtddoc step 4: Generating HTML
In this last installment of our mini-series on documenting DTDs we finish our dtddoc tool by generating the HTML pages out of the parsed DTD and its annotations. This is the fourth and final step…
Building Internationalized J2EE Web Applications for Disparate Clients
by Rahul Kumar Gupta – Learn an extensible architecture for building internationalized Web applications with J2EE that support not only browsers, but also WAP, iMode, and other client devices.