by : Atrax – By now, most of our readers are familiar, at least in principle, with XML – the w3c's platform neutral data markup language. However not everyone knows how to use XML with ASP. In this article, I'll run you through using ASP and JScript to open and read XML files. in the next ar
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XML in Java: Java document model usage
In this article, XML tool watcher Dennis Sosnoski compares the usability of several Java document models. It's not always clear what the tradeoffs are when you choose a model, and it can require extensive recoding to switch if you later change your mind. Combining sample code with analysis of th
Oracle9i DBA Handbook
Keep your mission-critical Internet and e-business systems flexible, secure, and available by using the exclusive information contained in this Oracle-authorized volume. Oracle9i DBA Handbook explains how to set up and maintain a high-performance database and maximize the all-new, powerful features
Query the Process ID and SQLTEXT area
By Geoff Heaton – Here’s how to view the details of each session and the I/O stats per session, then use one of the SIDs to query any SQL held in the SQLAREA. The output is spooled to a file.
Web Resource Description Language ("Word-dul")
By Paul Prescod – The basic model of a REST Web Service is that services are described as webs of linked resources. Typically the resources will be represented by dynamically generated XML documents but that is not necessarily the case. Just as with services based on COM, CORBA or SOAP, it is useful
Streaming Transformation for XML gets started
Petr Cimprich announced the creation of an "entry point" and mailing list to develop Streaming Transformations for XML (STX).
REST and the Real World
by Paul Prescod – In this article I discuss the applicability to REST of several industry buzzwords such as reliability, orchestration, security, asynchrony, and auditing. Intuitively, it seems that the Web technologies are not sophisticated enough to handle the requirements for large-scale inter-bu
Interactive Wireless Database Management
Monitor, Manage and Troubleshoot Oracle Database With a Mobile Phone/PDA.
Oracle alert log miner
By Bill Robillard – This is a little C program that extracts lines from the Oracle alert log for a specified date (or date range). The lines extracted depend on the entries in a ‘pattern’ file. The following is the syntax and an example of a pattern file and a sample command.
XSLT Powers a New Wave of Web Applications
by Cameron Laird – Extensible Stylesheet Language for Transformations (XSLT) is a computing language specialized for mapping XML documents into other XML documents.Explanation of XSLT is no small ambition. The problem has to do with variety; there are many uses for XSLT, many instances of XS