Extensible markup language (XML) is a meta-markup language that provides a format for describing structured data. Unlike hyper text markup language (HTML), XML does not handle the presentation of data. Instead, the tags used to encompass the data are used to describe the data. This allows for a simp
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Using FTP in Transact-SQL
From SQLTeam – I’ve seen a few posts asking “How do I ftp a file into SQL” Well, if you have 6.5 or 7.0 this article should be helpful. Unfortunately it’s not an easy answer, but it’ll work great once you’ve set it up. The answer is that there isn’t a function in SQL to let you do this, you […]
Liquent and Software AG Form Partnership to Provide Total Best-of-Breed XML Content Management Solution
ESPS, Inc. (d/b/a. Liquent), the premier provider of global content access and transformation technology, announced a partnership with Software AG, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Software AG, the largest systems software provider in Europe and a pioneer in XML technologies. This partnership will offer
In the Eye of the Storm
Mark Lucovsky is Microsoft's chief architect of HailStorm, and Charles Fitzgerald is director of business development at Microsoft. XML Magazine's Editorial Director Steve Gillmor and Stuart J. Johnston, contributing editor, talked with Lucovsky and Montgomery about HailStorm's individua
Generating Unique IDs and Linking to Them
by Bob DuCharme – When an XSLT stylesheet converts one XML document into another, the ability to add unique ID values to elements in the result document can make the result document much more useful to applications that use it. Adding unique IDs can, for example, turn each element into the unique ta
Exchange’s transformation to .Net coming in 2003
By John Fontana – The biggest change in 2003 for Exchange will be the use of a common .Net data store, replacing the current Web Storage System in Exchange 2000. The change puts Exchange in line to offer its core messaging, calendaring and task features as reusable components, or Web services, to th
Integrating MSDE 2000 with Your Applications
The SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) offers application developers new opportunities to build desktop and shared solutions that are freely distributable and can be easily migrated to SQL Server 2000 technology if the customer or end-user wants to scale the solution up to thousands of users
ADO.NET Loopholes
By Michael Otey – With the imminent release of Windows .NET Server, we’ll soon see deployment of applications built on the Microsoft .NET Framework. For DBAs and developers, the .NET Framework ushers in the next generation of Microsoft’s data-access technology: ADO.NET. A marked departure from earli
When the Going Gets Tough: Real World XML
by Alan Kotok – The emergence of XML as an important business tool has fueled its spread and encouraged scores, if not hundreds, of industry groups to develop business vocabularies using XML. For XML to work successfully in business, however, it needs to address the way business really operates or w
Softquad And Burntsand Partner to Advance XML-Enabled Web Solutions for Regulated Industries
Momentum 2001 Documentum Worldwide User Conference – SoftQuad Software Ltd. (OTC.BB: SXML), an internationally recognized developer of XML enabling technologies, and Burntsand Inc. (TSE: BRT), a leading eBusiness solutions integrator, today announced a partnership to offer XML-based Web solutions. T