World No. 2 software maker, Oracle, hit by falling applications sales, is showing a newer, softer side to participants at a user conference in San Diego.The Silicon Valley database giant, one of the most aggressive players in the rough-and-tumble sector, invited a customer lobby group to its
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Some Useful Undocumented SQL Server 7.0 Trace Flags
by Alexander Chigrik – In this article, I want to tell you what should you know about some undocumented SQL Server 7.0 trace flags, and how you can use them for administration and monitoring.Trace flags are used to temporarily set specific server characteristics, or to switch on or off a par
Running Stored Queries in Access Database
In this tutorial we are going to talk about yet another powerful feature of database programming, Stored Queries. Most of the time we use ASP pages, we use them to retrieve or manipulate records in the database. These database connections are resource heavy and every query takes time on part of the
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC
The Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Driver for JDBC™ is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides highly scalable and reliable connectivity for the enterprise Java™ environment. This driver provides JDBC access to SQL Server 2000 through any Java-enabled applet, application, or application server.
Microsoft offers free tool for security checks
By Matt Berger – DEEP IN THE midst of an effort to beef up the security of its software, Microsoft Monday made available a free tool designed to search out security vulnerabilities hiding in Windows-based computers.Called the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the tool is intended
How to Implement SQL Server Log Shipping Using Visual Basic
by Dean Thompson – Log Shipping is a Disaster Recovery (DR) tool that provides you the ability to have a readily available “warm backup.” Essentially, should your existing system fail, you have a backup SQL Server and database available to take over with relatively up-to-date information. If your da
US report urges slow road to XML
By Margaret Kane – A new report is cautioning US federal agencies to go slowly in adopting XML. The General Accounting Office found that, in the absence of any formal governmental policy or standard on XML, federal agencies might want to hold back before adopting the Web standard. But the GAO
Tip: Grab headlines from a remote RDF file
By Nicholas Chase – In this tip, Nick shows you how to retrieve syndicated content from RDF and RSS files and convert it to headlines for your site.
XML Namespaces 1.1
by Leigh Dodds – Namespaces have probably generated more debate and confusion than any other W3C Recommendation. With the first publication of a Working Draft for Namespace 1.1, which has caused a great surge of discussion on XML-DEV, it seems like the next iteration of the specification won't b
Is a Temporary Table Really Necessary?
From SQLServerCentral – In this article Randy Dyness shows you how to avoid temp tables whenever to maximize the performance of your queries.Free registration is required.