By Steve Jones – Your manager—or a client—approaches you with an assignment and says, "I want you to make this scope change. And by the way, you need to get the job done today—with documentation—because the other developers are waiting for this project." Then, when you begin work, you discov
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit
Book Review – The SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit is an eclectic collection of in-depth information on SQL Server 2000, and most likely it has something of interest for you. At 1,159 pages, it is not a book you will want to sit down and read for fun. But it contains much valuable information on SQL Ser
XHTML Basic for XML
by Jeff Jurvis – Creating and delivering content to mobile devices such as Web phones, pagers, and handheld devices such as those based on Palm and Pocket PC are a lot like creating and delivering content to desktop computers and other Web appliances. There are key differences, however. Developers h
XML-Like The Air That We Breathe
By Martin Marshall – XML is poised to affect just about everything corporate IS does, from E-commerce applications to legacy data. But the pervasive changes XML will bring about won't become apparent until the XML products under development hit the market later this year.
Electronic Publishing with XML
by John McKeown, Benjamin Jung – In this article, we describe the process of creating electronic publications using XML and related standards. This publishing procedure has been used to generate conference proceedings for the XML Europe 2001 Conference. We will describe the most important steps in t
SQL Server comes of age
By DAN VERTON – Not so long ago, it was de rigueur for IT managers and analysts to ridicule Microsoft for selling enterprise database software that couldn't compete with Oracle and IBM in terms of scalability and reliability. How times have changed. Although Oracle and IBM
SQL Probe
SQL Probe® is the first DBMS solution designed exclusively for Microsoft SQL Server monitoring and management. A 32-bit multi-tasking and multi-threaded application, SQL Probe's design and development includes input and feedback from Microsoft's Development and Primary Support teams, resulti
Displaying Records from the Database with Java Servlets
This article will explain each step you need to know to display records from the database using Servlets. The steps for displaying records in JSP pages and Java Beans are almost the same. We will first build a small example Microsoft Access database, create a DSN for it and using JDBC ( Java Databas
Making XSLT style sheets from XSLT components
By Alan Knox – XSLT style sheets can be used to dynamically transform XML to complex presentation markup for browsers — but if the presentation is complex, the style sheet will be too. What's needed is some tool that can build complex style sheets from simple components. Since XSLT is itself an
Preparing You For Real World Business Solutions
XMLSolutions' training curriculum helps companies and individuals understand and apply the syntax and semantics of XML. All training courses feature hands-on approaches to learning XML and its sister technologies, as well as seminars on how XML enables real-world business solutions.