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From the editor:
XML: Hit or hype? |
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Featured Topic:
Databasing with XML |
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Expert Technical Advice:
New expert advice, forum posts, and tech tips |
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by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
Greetings all! This week we're focusing on XML -- the
technology you probably love to hate, but won't go away.
Indeed, with web services hype reaching its peak, and every
major DBMS vendor integrating it ever deeper, XML is in the
headlines once again. Our Featured Topic has dozens of XML tips,
tutorials, webcasts, expert answers, and much more.
We can also please you XML naysayers out there. Our
columnist Fabian Pascal has written extensively
about XML -- or perhaps I should say, has criticized it
mercilessly. He considers it a "reinvention of the
hierarchic database wheel".
As he wrote in his column Forward to the Past, "whatever 'dramatic
gains' are achieved by XML data management, if any, there is
ample experience to indicate that they are likely to be
overwhelmed by the gross inefficiency of regressing
from centralized database management back to file-processing
application programs, which was discarded years ago.
Something to keep in mind when bombarded with hype". That's
Fabian just getting warmed up, so be sure to check out the
fireworks in his other essays. Speaking of which, Fabian's
April screed -- about the the need for education in data
fundamentals, the misconception that relational technology
is all about database design, and more -- can be found here.
What is your opinion about XML and its increasing
convergence with database technology? Is it truly useful, or
are you implementing it only because of pressure from
management? Is it a passing fad or the harbinger of things
to come? Pop on over to our DBA Water Cooler discussion forum and let me
know what you think.
Till next time.
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Databasing with XML
by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
Description: XML began as a simple markup language for
defining and sharing documents containing structured data.
Then came query features and database integration. Our tips
and advice will help you understand and use XML with your
DBMS...
Read more about this topic
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Expert Technical Advice: |
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Featured Expert Eli Leiba
Senior Application DBA, Israel Electric Co.
Category:Oracle
Eli holds a B.S. in Computer Science and has 11
years experience working with both Oracle and SQL Server
systems. He also teaches SQL Server DBA and development
courses at Microsoft CTEC and also serves as a senior
database consultant for several Israeli start-up companies.
Ask Eli your toughest Oracle questions!
View Answers
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Importing Lotus into Oracle
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Member "perfspec" is looking for a way to see
actual SQL being executed in memory on Sybase 12 DB. He
comes from an Oracle background and knows that he can see
what's executing in the SQL Area. Go to our "DBA Water
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