XML Workshop X - Working with namespaces
With the tenth installment of his series on XML, Jacob Sebastian turns his attention to the art of namespaces and how you can avoid ambiguity in interpreting various elements.
2007-11-07
5,813 reads
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XML Workshop IX - Mixed Types
Continuing on with his great series on XML, Jacob Sebastian looks at elements of mixed types.
2007-10-31
3,649 reads
XML Workshop VIII - Custom Types and Inheritance
This is the 8th installment of my XML Workshop which aims at explaining the details of working with XML in TSQL.
2007-10-17
3,712 reads
XML Workshop VII - Validating values with SCHEMA
This installment of the XML Workshop by Jacob Sebastian continues looking at XML Schemas in SQL Server 2005. Here we learn how the format and range of values can be checked using an XML schema.
2007-09-19
5,001 reads
SQL Server 2008 - The Power of Merge
We have a first look at one of the features in SQL Server 2008 that was cut from SQL Server 2005, but which has been highly anticipated. How many times have you written an "insert new, update match" routine? Jacob Sebastion shows us easy this becomes with the new MERGE keyword in SQL Server 2008.
2007-09-11
14,060 reads
XML Workshop VI - Typed XML and SCHEMA Collection
The sixth installment of the XML Workshop for SQL Server shows how the XML Schemas fit into the XML subsystem. Regular author Jacob Sebastian brings structure to your XML documents with a few schema examples.
2007-09-05
7,409 reads
Server Side Paging With SQL Server 2005
One of the more common requests of an application working with SQL Server is to deal with pages, or sections, or data rather than an entire result set. Often an application retreives the entire result set and then only shows the user a few records, repeating the process with the next page. Regular columnist Jacob Sebastian brings us a more efficient method of implementing paging in SQL Server 2005.
2007-08-29
13,719 reads
XML Workshop V - Reading Values from XML Columns
Continuing on with his series on XML in SQL Server 2005, Jacob Sebastian brings us more examples on how to delve into the values of XML data.
2007-08-22
10,113 reads
XML Workshop IV - FOR XML EXPLICIT
Continuing on with his series and quest to educate us DBAs on the capabilities of SQL Server 2005 with regards to XML, Jacob Sebastian looks at the FOR XML EXPLICIT clause.
2007-08-08
12,041 reads
Introduction to SQL Server Everywhere
SQL Server 2005 has grown to include more versions of the platform than ever before. One of the newest is SQL Server Everywhere, now known as SQL Server Compact Edition. Jacob Sebastian brings us a great introduction for you to understand how this version disappears from the others and where it can be used.
2007-06-13
8,018 reads
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