by Kip Hampton – This is the third and final part of a series of articles meant to give quick introductions to some of the more popular Perl XML modules. In the last two months we have looked at the modules that implement the standard XML APIs and those that provide more Perlish XML interfaces. This
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Inside UDDI
By Richard Karpinski – Later this month, UDDI.org will unveil version 2.0 of its specification for helping companies find each other via the Internet. UDDI provides an XML-based method for businesses to describe themselves and the Web-based services they offer. The UDDI Business Registry is t
E-business specification passes a key milestone
By JOHN COX – The ebXML specification — which will be supported in assorted e-commerce software packages — is designed to create a standard XML dialect that will let businesses find each other on the Internet, form trading partner agreements and electronically exchange business documents.
Oracle vs. SQL Server – An Issue Of Complexity
By Eran Sandler – Software is only as complicated as its developers make it. It seems like a very profound sentence but it is so true and it is relevant to all commercial software that I know of. Let's take a test case of a certain piece of software most of us have probably encounter
An Introduction to SQL Server Clustering
by Brad M. McGehee – Being a SQL Server DBA can be demanding and stressful, especially as the success of your company is often a function of your SQL Server’s uptime. While we, as DBAs, have some control over the uptime of our SQL Servers, we don’t have full control. There is not much we can do if a
Sun Fortifies Java Development
Forte for Java 3.0 lets developers use Enterprise JavaBeans components not only to build enterprise applications, but also to create, publish, and subscribe to XML-based Web services.
New Perl XML modules
Recently released Perl modules for processing XML include XML::XSLT::Wrapper and XML::SAXDriver::CSV. XML::XSLT::Wrapper provides a unified interface from Perl to a variety of XSLT processors. Release 0.32 brings speedups, passing of input either as a string or as a filename, and various
Three Myths of XML
by Kendall Grant Clark – Thinking clearly about the social implications of computer technology always repays the investment it requires, especially when the computer technology in question is the Internet and the Web, both of which have been called revolutionary by their boosters. And it always pays
Trees in SQL
By Joe Celko – Some answers to some common questions about SQL trees and hierarchies.
Optimizing Cube Performance Using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services
This paper discusses the design and implementation of a series of test scenarios that include building and querying cubes using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Analysis Services.