|
|
-
|
|
I am exploring the FILESTREAM data type these days for my next book. So expect a number of blog posts on FILESTREAM in the next few weeks. Yes, I am back to SQL Server blogging after a short break. I would like to start with clarifying a common misunderstanding on how FILESTREAM is implemented in ......
|
|
-
|
|
Tech-ED India 2009 is over. It was a great experience meeting a lot of technology experts, product team and developers from all around the country. I met many readers of my blogs and articles and had a great time interacting with them. It was really interesting. From the learning point of view, the......
|
|
-
|
|
Tech-ED is rocking and the second day was quite interesting. The day started with Keynote Session by Resul Pookutty (Oscar Award Winner – Film Sound Designer) Keynote Session by Resul Pookutty Resul gave a detailed overview of how technology is used in sound designing, recording, mixing etc. H......
|
|
-
|
|
For those of you who are eager to know what is happening with me and with Tech-ED in Hyderabad, here is a quick update. The main attraction of the day was the Keynote session by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Keynote Auditorium <img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; ......
|
|
-
|
|
Some of you must have noticed that I became a bit irregular in blogging for the past few months. I was busy working on a number of critical assignments and most of my free time was dedicated to building the new website www.beyondrelational.com (which is still in progress). www.beyondrelational.com ......
|
|
-
|
|
Finally, my XSD book is ready and is available for FREE download. Thank you Red-Gate for making the free download available. You can download the ebook from http://www.red-gate.com/specials/Ebooks/XSD_0409.htm I tried to explain XML Schema collections right from the basics so that SQL Server dev......
|
|
-
|
|
This is the third part of the XML blog series which intends to demonstrate some practical usages of the XML support extended by SQL Server 2005 and 2008. SQL Server MVP Pinal Dave wrote the first post in this series at http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/03/17/sql-server-practical-sql-server-xml-p......
|
|
-
|
|
Introduction SQL Server 2005 supports two flavors of XML, namely TYPED and UNTYPED. A TYPED XML column or variable is bound to an XML schema which defines the structure of the XML that the variable or column can store. An UNTYPED XML variable or column can store any XML value. However, a TYPED XML ......
|
|
-
|
|
Introduction There are times when we need to allow data with different XML structures. Let us take an example. Assume that we are working on a billing application and we need to store the payment details. Our application supports the following payment methods: Check, Cash and Credit Card. Based on ......
|
|
-
|
|
Introduction XML is getting widely accepted as the format for data exchange. Wide adoption of architectures like SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) contributed to the growth of applications and services that talk to each other and exchange data in XML format. When applications exchange data, there......
|
|