SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition offers several unique features, including the ability to access more than 2GB of memory, support for failover clustering, and distributed partitioned views (aka federated database servers). However, even if you don’t need any of these features, some performance opt
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SQL Server: Common Problems, Tested Solutions
Book by Neil Pike – The book includes over 500 questions and answers for all versions of SQL Server 6.5, 7.0 and 2000. For the most part, the topics covered are commonly asked questions about SQL Server that were not adequately documented in the documentation provided by Microsoft. Neil Pike is a Mi
HOW TO: Apply an XSL Transformation from an XML Document to an XML Document by Using Visual Basic .NET
This article illustrates how to apply an Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Transformation (XSLT) to an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document using the XslTransform class to create a new XML document. XSL is an XML-based language that is designed to transform one XML document into another XML
XML Files: WebMethod Validation, SOAP Validation, XmlSerializer, One-way Operations, and More
By Aaron Skonnard – Is it possible to turn on validation in ASP.NET WebMethods? WebMethods don’t seem to validate the request message against the implied XML Schema.
Xpath1() scheme published as an IEFT Internet-Draft
Simon St.Laurent has announced an IETF Internet-Draft defining a XPath based scheme to be used in the XPointer framework that is simpler than the xpointer() scheme and more powerful than the shorthand or element() scheme.
DoS Bug Found in Oracle9i App Server
By Ryan Naraine – Security consultants @stake has detected a potential vulnerability in the Oracle9i Application Server that could lead to Denial of Service (DoS) scenarios.
INF: Common SQL Mail Problems
This article uses a question and answer format to identify common problems you may encounter when you work with SQL Mail and provides you with some tips on how to correct or troubleshoot these problems. The vast majority of SQL Mail related problems are due to an improper configuration.
Office 11 Snubs Windows 9x, Me
By Peter Galli – Microsoft Corp. has told beta testers of Office 11, its next-version Office desktop productivity suite, that the product will only work with the Windows 2000 operating system with Service Pack 3 installed, Windows XP and later desktop releases.
Setting Up Full Text Search: A Step-by-step Guide
Alexander Chigrik explains SQL Server full-text search concepts in extensive detail, complete with a step-by-step example for getting up and running with a full-text search index.
dtddoc step 3: Element and attribute descriptions
In this installment we are going to look at ways to add extra information to the elements and attributes of a DTD. This extra information shall then be used by our new tool dtddoc.