New Riders released “XML and SQL Server 2000” in july. Now you can download chapter 4 “Accessing SQL 2000 via HTTP” for free.
Other News
Tracking Down Event Clues
By Kalen Delaney – The SQL Server Trace tool lets you keep track of all the operations that SQL Server performs. For SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft completely rewrote the Trace tool. Microsoft dubbed the new incarnation SQL Server Profiler. However, the SQL Server 7.0 documentation never made it complete
SQL Server CE Product Overview
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows® CE Edition (SQL Server CE) is the compact database for rapidly developing applications that extend enterprise data management capabilities to devices. SQL Server CE has the familiar feel of SQL Server, with tools, application programming interfaces (APIs), and Tran
XSLT Extensions
by Bob DuCharme – If the specialized elements of the XSLT namespace and the combined functions of XSLT and XPath aren't enough to perform the transformations you need, XSLT gives you ways to incorporate additional instruction elements and functions into your stylesheets. Most XSLT processors off
Understanding DOM
By Nicholas Chase – Even before there was XML, there was the Document Object Model (DOM). The DOM allows a developer to refer to, retrieve, and change items within an XML structure, and is essential to working with XML. In this tutorial, you will learn about the structure of a DOM document. You will
Python/Apache dynamic XML web environment
Sam Brauer has annouced the release of maki 1.1.0, the latest version of his dynamic XML web serving environment that utilizes Apache and mod_python. Maki takes an approach to page generation not dissimilar to that of Cocoon, and may be interesting to those who prefer a Python-based environme
Gnosis Transaction Manager for Microsoft SQL Server
by Brad M. McGehee – Writing complex client/server or n-tier applications, using SQL Server as the backend database, can be very difficult, very frustrating, and very expensive. In fact, have you ever seen such a project be completed on time and on budget? Those projects are rare indeed. Ther
What’s New in SQL Server 2000 Profiler
By Itzik Ben-Gan – SQL Server 2000 Profiler is an invaluable investigative tool that lets you measure query performance, debug applications, diagnose problems, and replay saved traces. Profiler provides the client-side functionality—the GUI—that lets you define and run traces from the client against
Is Log Shipping a Future Reality for Exchange?
By Jerry Cochran – What if Microsoft Exchange Server had the built-in capability to keep a standby server online for disaster recovery? This server would be readily available if the primary Exchange server went down, and it could quickly open a new copy of the Exchange database with up-to-the-minute
A look at the DOM Traversal module
By Brett McLaughlin – The Document Object Model (DOM) offers useful modules to extend its core functionality in advanced ways. This article examines the DOM Traversal module in depth, showing how to find out if this module is supported in your parser and how to use it to walk either sets of selected