In my May 29 column, I introduced an XML reader, the XmlTextReader class. In .NET, you can use the XmlTextReader class as a lightweight, but not less-effective, alternative to XML Document Object Model (XMLDOM) classes. XML readers let you move...
From a .NET perspective, Microsoft TechEd 2001 in Atlanta was exciting. On Monday morning, in his keynote address, Paul Flessner, senior vice president for .NET Enterprise Servers, made several major product announcements. First, he announced...
Here's a SQL Server riddle for you: What's smaller than a breadbox and filled with hundreds of goodies? SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1)...
Building data warehouses and their associated business intelligence (BI) applications requires integrating data from multiple sources—often using multiple formats—to create a platform for running analytical applications. Data warehouse...
This UDF lets you emulate VB's Split() function and parameter arrays