From SQL Team – Installing SQL Server on a cluster was much easier than I thought it would be. I hear it's even easier in SQL Server 2000. In it's current form a cluster is all about fault tolerance and doesn't have any load balancing. In essence you create a virtual server (or servers)
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XML messaging the SOAP way
In this article, the second of three, Dirk Reinshagen introduces SOAP to the XML messaging equation. He begins by describing SOAP and other related technologies, then reinforces with a simple example using SOAP to create an invoice.
From DTDs to XML Schemas
XML Schemas are the preferred way of specifying XML content models these days. Schemas are more expressive than DTDs, but how do you upgrade your self-defined DTDs? A tool provided by the W3C helps along the way.
Useful simpleTypes for W3C XML Schemas
Roger Costello has produced two useful simple type definitions for XML Schema authors. These define all known currencies, and ISBN identifiers.
Cool Resource Kit Tools
By Michael Otey – Microsoft recently released the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit. Like the other Microsoft resource kits, this one includes a book as well as a set of samples and utilities. The resource kit is available separately or as a part of TechNet, but so far it isn't included in
T-SQL Programming with Stored Procedures and Triggers
Garth Wells teaches readers how to solve everyday programming problems they will face when working with Transact-SQL.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning Technical Reference
by Edward Whalen and others – When I picked up this book and began to flip through the pages, I experienced a sense of deja vu, it was like I had read this book before. Upon closer examination, I had, it was the previous edition of this book, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Performance Tuning Technical Ref
Write a simple XML message broker for custom XML messages
In this article, the first of three, Dirk Reinshagen discusses XML messaging, specifically the basic premise of XML messaging, what it is, and why it is useful. Further, he presents a simple XML message broker for custom XML messages. In the course of developing this broker, he introduces general br
Programming Web Services with XML-RPC
by Simon St. Laurent, Joe Johnston, Edd Dumbill – This excerpt from O'Reilly & Associates' recently published Programming Web Services with XML-RPC discusses using PHP to integrate two web applications into a single interface. In the given example, the authors show how a technology news serv
Chemists get Jumbo sized tools release
Peter Murray-Rust and Henry Rzepa have announced new and updated tools and demonstrations the Chemical Markup Language, described as "the most mature and developed 'science domain specific' application of XML."