OASIS, the XML business standards consortium, has increased its support for European members by opening an office in the Netherlands.
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VB 6.0 vs. VB.NET
By Michael Otey – I have an opinion about nearly everything, but I'm on the fence about Visual Basic (VB) 6.0 versus VB.NET. Microsoft and the VB.NET proponents claim that VB.NET is the next evolutionary step for VB—finally bringing to VB some of the advanced features that other languages have e
The Aardvark Ridiculous Bug Competition – 'raise a bug'
We are giving away $2490 worth of bug tracking software usage from Red Gate Software in our new competition 'raise a bug'. The competition is very simple to enter – all you need to do is to raise a test 'bug' or 'issue' in the Aardvark competition database. To mak
Retrieving Data from Multiple Tables with SQL Joins
In several recent articles we explored the fundamental concepts of SQL, the process of creating databases and database tables and the art of retrieving data from a database using simple queries. This article expands on these topics and looks at using join techniques to retrieve data from multiple t
XML Linking and Style
The interaction of XLink linking elements and styling has not previously been carefully described. This note, the result of an XML Linking/XSL joint task force, attempts to rectify that oversight by providing a clear conceptual model for linking and styling and suggestions for the practical applicat
Idoox toolkit for JavaScript SOAP
Idoox have released the first beta of a SOAP JavaScript client with SOAP 1.1 and WSDL 1.1 support, available for free through their Early Access Program.
Sunshine and Blueberries
by Leigh Dodds – This week the Deviant reports on the impending formation of a new Web Architecture group within the W3C and provides an update on the state of XML Blueberry.
Unisys, SQL Server 2000 Set TPC-W Record
The Unisys e-@ction Enterprise Server ES7000 running Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition set the record for e-commerce performance by a margin of 38 percent, according to the Transaction Processing Performance Council's (TPC's) new TPC-W benchmark for e-comm
PASS 2001: SQL Server Program Abstracts Available!
Welcome to Event Wizard, a tool that allows you to easily explore the PASS educational program. It enables you to search sessions in multiple categories including speaker name, company, topic area and keywords. This useful tool allows you to find exactly the program content that you need to get your
Aggregate Functions in SQL
SQL provides several aggregate functions to assist with data summarization. In this article we explore the usage of SUM, AVG, COUNT, MIN and MAX.