By Joseph Sack – Have you ever been asked a seemingly simple question about a SQL Server configuration, and realize that you do not remember (or do not know) the answer?Some information is critical to rebuilding your SQL Server machine in the event of a disaster. I’ve compiled seven question
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Can XML solve data federation conundrum?
By Rich Seeley – Snapbridge Software, a start-up company based in San Diego, claims to have solved the problem of enterprise data federation with a combination of XML standardization and algorithms developed by its engineering team.
Create the Web.config File for an ASP.NET Application
This step-by-step article describes how to create the Web.config file for an ASP.NET application. The .NET Framework, and ASP.NET in particular, uses XML-formatted .config files to configure applications. This practice is a departure from conventional registry and metabase configuration mechanisms.
Asynchronous SAX
by David Mertz – Even though every abstract description of SAX prominently mentions that it is an event-driven interface, very few SAX applications really use SAX for event-driven programming. Instead, SAX is mostly just a way to save memory while extracting data from an XML document. However, over
Deploy the Voicemail .NET Alerts Quick Start Kit on Notification Services
Learn about three common deployment options for the Voicemail .NET Alerts Quick Start Kit, plus Notification Services architecture basics and security considerations.
New Features in SP3a
By Brian Moran – Microsoft’s original Web page describing SP3a didn’t specify what new features the service pack included or whether you needed to apply SP3a if you were already using SP3. Clearer answers to these questions are now available.
Return Values: Getting Something Back from Your SQL Server Stored Procedures
by Tom O’Neill – You give so much to your database . . . sometimes you just want something back. What do you give your database? Plenty. You give it new records (INSERT). You give it changes to existing records (UPDATE/DELETE). Every now and then, you just look around (SELECT). When you do these th
XIOtech Launches Magnitude 3D, a Product Line that Features the First and Only Dimensional Storage Clustering Architecture for SANs
XIOtech Corporation has announced first customer shipments of Magnitude 3D, a product line that features the industry’s first and only dimensional storage clustering architecture for storage area networks (SANs). Magnitude 3D’s innovative architecture applies the proven benefits of clustered computi
DB2 UDB Version 8.1 FixPak 3 now available
DB2 V8.1 FixPak 3 is now ready for download. You can also download refreshed DB2 V8.1 client packages at the FixPak 3 level.
IBM Receives Top Honors at LinuxWorld
At the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, IBM won two Open Source Product Excellence Awards from IDG World Expo, in conjunction with Uniform Association, which recognizes open source product and service innovations offered by LinuxWorld exhibitors that span some of the world’s leading hardware and softwa