(Mark Pruett) Ajax-style server calls don’t necessarily require XMLHttp requests. This last installment of the series uses a public Web service, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and dynamic script tags in a final approach to the weather badge project.

(Semyon Axelrod) This article introduces the concept of semantic enterprise and outlines a connection between semantic enterprise and master data management (MDM) concepts. The article also shows that successful transitioning to semantic enterprise requires significant improvements in enterprise met

(Marco Gralike) I was triggered by a presentation of Dominic Delmolino during Hotsos 2008. He demonstrated a cool way of applying DDL database change management while making use of the Oracle database audit functionality. I combined the idea with Laurent Schneiders “out of the XML box thinking“, lik

(George Zabanah) This article explores the power of the DataSet in a way that you might not be familiar with. Two important (and very helpful) aspects of the DataSet are uncovered here: –A DataSet can be used to write to Excel and read from Excel using an OleDbConnection very easily. –A Data

(Mark Nischalke) Working with XML using Microsoft’s .NET Framework in version 2.0 and below is a cumbersome task. The API available follows the W3C DOM model and is document-centric. Everything begins with the document; you can’t create elements without having a document, even a fragment of XML, is

(Leo Hsu and Regina Obe) Download the npgsql 1.01 driver from pgfoundary – http://pgfoundry.org/projects/npgsql. For ASP.NET 2.0 you’ll want – Npgsql1.0.1-bin-ms2.0.zip and for Mono.NET you’ll want Npgsql1.0.1-bin-mono-2.0.zip. Unzip and place the files in bin folder of your web app project.

(Frank Ableson) What good is a mobile computing environment if you can’t keep track of your favorite news feeds on the go? Sure, you can use Android’s browser to read your favorite Web sites, but it’s unlikely the sites are optimized for a screen two inches high. And besides, then you’ll miss the op

(David Norfolk) “Mashups” (and all the rest of the “Web 2.0” buzzwords) make up one of the more exciting trends to emerge recently. They promise to give the Enterprise a different view of its data assets, treating both structured relational database data and less-formally-structured operational busi

(Nelson Kosta Souto) The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) has seen widespread adoption throughout almost every industry in recent years. Its ability to allow applications to exchange data in a standardized format through web services and XML documents, and its adoption by SQL Server 2005 and most of

(Marco Gralike) The success or downfall of your application is determined by proper logical and physical design, especially if it is based on stored XML data in an Oracle database. The correct physical design of your XML data storage is vital for the flexibility and overall performance of your XML d