Have you ever woken up one morning and suddenly realized that your cute little personal development Web site isn't really that great? If so, you're in good company. In this series, Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he redesigns the Gentoo Linux Web site using technologies like XML, XS
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Neocore Ships Xms Version 2.0
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Automating Administrative Tasks
Automated administration is the programmed response to a predictable administrative responsibility or server event. By using automated administration, you can free time to perform administrative tasks that lack predictable or programmable responses and require creativity.
Excel SpeedWriter v1.3
Excel SpeedWriter v1.3 has been released. Generate Excel Spreadsheets from ADO or DAO databases (or variables or arrays) on the Desktop or Server in record time. Excel SpeedWriter is the ultimate in speed, power, reliability and ease-of-use. Virtually all Excel features are supported.
Sequel to SQL oversights
By Chris Prosise and Saumil Udayan Shah – In our last column, we looked at how tiny oversights in Web applications that make SQL queries can lead to security vulnerabilities with serious consequences. Before we dive into further SQL details, let's look at why resolving such errors is so importan
J2EE and .Net: Two Roads Diverge in XML
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Converting Fixed-Width Text Records to XML
By Kurt Cagle – We're not so far removed from the databases of old. Most databases still have a specified length applied to field entries, although the exact relationship between that length and the way the database stores that information is considerably more complex than it was when databases
Understanding W3C Schema Complex Types
by Donald Smith – Are W3C XML Schema complex types so difficult to understand that you shouldn't even bother trying? Kohsuke Kawaguchi thinks so; or so he claimed in his recent XML.com article, in which he offered assurances that you can write complex types without understanding them. My
The ORA-01555 Error: A PL/SQL Developer Solution
(Boris Milrud) The "ORA-01555 snapshot too old" error, which causes user transactions to fail, is a nightmare for Oracle DBAs and developers. It usually occurs after queries or batch processes have been running for a long time, which means that it can cause you to lose many hours of processing.
Upgrading from Earlier Versions
A Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Meta Data Services installation consists of certain core components, each of which can vary by version or format. A single configuration includes the following: a DBMS, a repository engine, a repository database, one or more information models, and an Extensible Markup