By Ryan Naraine – Search technology firm Inktomi Corp released its Search Toolkit, an XML-based server tool targeting enterprise Web developers.<br><Br>Inktomi, locked in a high-stakes race for market share with upstart Google, is styling the Search Toolkit technology an OEM software for extracting
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JAXE, a new document oriented XML editor
Damien Guillaume has published JAXE, a new XML editor, written in Java and published under the GPL, for users who want something more than "yet another XML editor with a tree interface".
Unsecured SQL Server with Blank (NULL) SA Password Leaves Vulnerability to a Worm (Q313418)
A worm, code-named “Voyager Alpha Force,” that takes advantage of blank SQL Server system administrator (SA) passwords has been found on the Internet. The worm looks for a SQL Server server by scanning for port 1433, which is the SQL default port. If the worm finds a server, it tries to log in to th
Dynamically change NLS_LANG
By Ofer Harel – When there are databases with different nls_lang, you need to change your registry parameters when switching between DBs. Here is a simple way to open a SQL*Plus window to a database with a particular nls_lang without the need to change the registry.
Witnesses to testify in Oracle hearing
By Alorie Gilbert – A California state official who stepped down because of his role in a controversial $95 million contract with Oracle is scheduled to testify on Tuesday before a legislative committee convened to investigate the contract that critics charge dramatically overcharges the state.
.NET Enterprise Design with Visual Basic .NET and SQL Server 2000
Author: Jimmy Nilsson – Excerpt from chapter 5 “Architecture” – In this chapter, we’ll look at several different architectural styles – a database-independent and pure object-oriented architecture, a database-centric architecture, and the classic Windows DNA architecture. We’ll also spend time looki
CLASSter – Your Database Programmer
If you are working with databases in MS Visual Basic then this is a tool for you! CLASSter supports MS Access, Sybase ASE Server, MS SQL Server and Oracle Server database brands. Forget forever about annoying database access coding, all these endless manipulations with ADO objects! It will take CLAS
Creating SQL Server databases
By Michael D. Reilly – If you’re a network administrator who has recently become a database administrator, too, the task of creating and maintaining database files for your company’s developers might seem daunting. Fortunately, this task is much easier with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7
XML Standards For Human Resources Move Forward
By Richard Karpinski – A group of vendors and companies involved in providing human resources software and services said they've approved a new version of XML standards to help automate the exchange of HR information.
Run Full-Text Database Searches On a Shoestring
by Roger Jennings – The emergence of XML as the lingua franca of data interchange has caused an increasing demand for storing hierarchical XML documents in relational databases. Inserting XML documents in [n]varchar or [n]text columns of SQL Server tables is easy, but retrieving rows containing rele