Guest Columnist: Jon Winer

SQL Server 2000 added XML support to allow some basiuc manipulation of XML data. At the time, XML was a hot buzzword in the computer industry and there were lots of applications being written to use XML. While the buzz has cooled, Jon Winer still uses XML in some interesting ways to make his life easier and his applications more rebust. Here he brings us a technique he's used to reduce the number of round trips required by an application.   Read more...

Jon has been off in the land of C# and web apps for a while, but a recent project has him investigating OLAP and then coming up with a custom solution that met his needs. Jon helped us get this site off the ground, good to have him back for a guest appearance!   Read more...

Are you familiar with using the Command object in ADO? If so, migrating to ADO.NET should be a snap.   Read more...

Last week's tip created quite a discussion on different techniques for returning a subset of a recordset. Here are a few of the alternative solutions offered.   Read more...

Professional SQL Server 2000 XML - Find out if this book from Wrox is as interesting as it sounds.   Read more...

Stateless programming can be tricky... In case you ever need to return a specified subset of a query without first returning the entire recordset, here's a method.   Read more...

Want to learn more about some of your favorite authors. Check out this interview with Louis Davidson, author of Professional SQL Server 2000 Database Design.   Read more...

Want to learn more about some of your favorite authors. Check out this interview with Robin Dewson.   Read more...

Jon Winer further discusses some comparisons using ADO versus the XML DOM to parse shaped recordsets. This article is a supplement to his previous article titled: Converting Shaped Recordsets into XML.   Read more...

This article shows you how to take a shaped recordset and convert the results into XML all while preserving the shaped recordset hierarchy.   Read more...

Want to take advantage of some of the benefits of using XML for data exchange, take a look at 'FOR XML' in SQL 2000.   Read more...

Can you run a DTS package from Query Analyzer...you sure can! Read how to integrate DTS, Jobs and Stored Procedures to run a DTS Package from Query Analyzer.   Read more...

Jon shows you several ways you can parse XML.   Read more...

Jon Winer provides an intro to using MSMQ.   Read more...

Jon Winer talks about his adventures with Index Server and provides some hints to help you avoid some common problems.   Read more...

This article by Jon Winer offers some tips to help you get the most of SQL Full Text Search.   Read more...