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Mapping DTDs to Databases
By Ronald Bourret – A common question in the XML community is how to map XML to databases. This article discusses two mappings: a table-based mapping and an object-relational (object-based) mapping. Both mappings model the data in XML documents rather than the documents themselves. This makes the ma
DTS Grows Up
By Brian Knight – Since its introduction in SQL Server 7.0, Data Transformation Services (DTS) has helped many SQL Server professionals migrate data from OLE DB-compliant data sources to any compliant destination. But in SQL Server 2000, DTS has really grown up. If you've used DTS in SQL Server
Tips for Performance Tuning SQL Server's Configuration Settings
If you are running SQL Server 6.5, don't make the most common mistake made by DBAs, and that is to accept the default Memory setting, which is either 8MB or 16MB, depending on how much RAM the physical server has. This number tells SQL Server how much RAM is can use out of the available RAM on N
Daring to Do Less with XML
by Michael Champion – Many observers have noted that the basic simplicity of XML is a fundamental reason for its rapid acceptance in electronic business. The original XML specification can be printed on about 40 pages, compared to the more than 400-page SGML specification from which it is derived. T
Protecting the Middle
by Xenos J. Sroka – One constant in this high-tech age is that nothing stays constant. Things change all the time, whether it's stock prices, Florida vote tallies, or even code. On more than one occasion, programmers have had to adjust the parameters of the stored procedures nestled in their
WWW10: IBM Readies Web Services Workflow Proposal
By Stephen Lawson – IBM in the next few weeks will unveil Web Services Flow Language (WSFL), a proposal for how to define workflows for Web services, the company's director of e-business standards strategy said on Thursday at the 10th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW10) here. Rob
SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 Clustering Resources
by Brad M. McGehee – If you have read many of the articles I have written on this website, you will have learned in the past that I have used SQL Server log shipping as the main way to help ensure high availability of my company's SQL Servers. While log shipping has many benefits, there are seve
Building a Semantic Web Site
by Eric van der Vlist – Even though the Semantic Web may yet seem a remote dream, there are already tools one can use to make a tiny step forward by building "semantic web sites," which can be much easier to navigate than ordinary sites. In this article, I will discuss how RSS 1.0
First Remote IIS 5 Root Exploit In The Wild
By Brian McWilliams – Less than 24 hours after the publication of a severe, system-level security flaw in Microsoft's IIS 5.0, source code to a program that exploits the hole and gives a remote user full control of a vulnerable server has been posted online.