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Checking the system drive space threshold
By SATISH GOPI – Here is how to check the system drive space threshold in SQL Server. (You’ll need to install SQL Mail first.)
Building an XML and XSD Schema Validation Tool
By Jeff Gonzalez – While working on a project involved heavily with XML, XML Schemas and Web Services, the need for a class library to handle schema validation of XML files became very apparent. I have created such a class that will validate an XML file against any number of given schema documents.
Novell and MySQL to Ship MySQL Database with NetWare
By Wayne Kawamoto – Novell and MySQL announced that Novell will ship a NetWare-optimized commercial version of the MySQL database with Novell NetWare 6 and subsequent releases of NetWare.The vendors believe the combined offering will provide savings to Novell customers and allow them to deve
Use recursion effectively in XSL
By Jared Jackson – Using XSL transformations effectively and efficiently requires understanding how to use XSL as a functional language, and this means understanding recursion. This article introduces the key concepts of recursion and its particular use in XSL. Techniques for optimizing XML translat
Analyze Schemas with the XML Schema Infoset Model
IBM’s new XML Schema Infoset Model provides a complete modeling of schemas themselves, including the concrete representations as well as the abstract relationships within a schema or a set of schemas. Learn how to use this powerful library to perform complex queries on your own schemas.
Wanted: A Database That Does What’s Needed
By Jason Brooks – From the first time I came into contact with a database product—for me, it was Symantec’s Q&A—I was excited by all the great organizational stuff I could do with a database. However, this gave way to frustration when my initial design didn’t do what I needed it to do, or didn’t do
Slow growth: Just one Oracle challenge
By John Cox – In Oracle’s most recent quarterly results, network executives can see a vendor struggling to do pretty much what they are: squeeze out costs and juggle several projects to boost revenue in the face of a steep slowdown in enterprise software spending.
Domesticating the Database
By David H. Holtzman – IT NEVER CEASES to amaze me that companies know where every potted tree in the building is situated, yet have no idea what is planted in their computer systems. I’m talking about the enterprise databases—the most valuable asset a company has. The information contained in these
XML Translations With a Kick
By Lori MacVittie – Data Power’s XA35 XML Accelerator — a mean, green XSLT machine — leaves the competition the dust.