Magazines LIMITED-TIME OFFER FOR PINNACLE CUSTOMERS: Get a FREE 3-month trial subscription to .NET DEVELOPER http://www.pinnaclepublishing.com/Store.nsf/Subscription!open&NE   Free Subscription to .NET Magazine Database You can read "SQL Server Database Coding Conventions, Best Practices, and Programming Guidelines" by Vyas Kondreddi (mailto:vyaskn@hotmail.com ) at http://www.sql-server-performance.com/vk_sql_best_practices.asp? Vyas has also written one on SQL Server security best practices at http://www.sql-server-performance.com/vk_sql_security.asp. He also maintains his own web site at http://vyaskn.tripod.com/. 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XSLT is an extremely important technology for anybody involved in developing XML-based solutions. However, it is a bit tricky to pick up at first. This month, yours truly has assembled a collection of XSLT examples that fall into 17 categories and demonstrate functionality from sorting and filtering to combining XML documents to Muenchian grouping. Enjoy.Check them out at: http://www.xmlpitstop.com/Default.asp?DataType=SSC . Transfer Data Between Databases: Use ADO and XML to shuttle data from one database to another.One of the key benefits of ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is its ability to query data from disparate sources. However, you still might want to transfer data from one data source to another for improved query abilities or to refresh your data. You can use ADO and XML to grab data from one data source and send all the data to a new one Combining ADO and XML lets you work with recordsets directly instead of going through the ADO API, allowing you to extend the Recordset object's functionality.Check it out at: http://www.vbpj.com/upload/free/features/vbpj/2001/08aug01/sq0108/sq0108.asp. Code Snippet: How to Use the ADO Stream Object to Retrieve SQL 2000 XML So often you read about how to retrieve your FOR XML queries with the new SQL 7/2000 HTTP settings. But this method exposes your database and does not have tight security. The following snippet explains how to use the ADO stream object to retrieve your FOR XML stored procedures.Check it out at: http://www.topxml.com/snippetcentral/main.asp?view=viewsnippet&lang=&id=v20010831191240 . Tutorials on Jeni's XSLT Pages http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/index.html XSL Tutorials from XSLT.com http://www.xslt.com/resources_tutorials.htm Tutorials from TopXML.com (formerly VBXML.com) http://www.topxml.com/xsl/ How-To: Navigate XML with the XPathNavigator Class http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q301/1/11.asp?id=Q301111&SD=MSDN How-To: Read and Write Objects Using XML Serialization http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q301/2/23.asp?id=Q301223&SD=MSDN CONTENT OR ATTRIBUTE: WHICH IS BEST? | Tip: Ed Tittel Two of the most interesting and enduring questions with which all XML document designers must grapple might be succinctly stated as "When should some value associated with an element be captured as an attribute value? XML guru Ed Tittel explains.   >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchmiddleware.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid26_gci769253,00.html  Games Donkey.net using XML Web Services Donkey.net is an excellent application that uses XML Web Services. Donkey.NET is a sample Visual Basic.NET application that gives Visual Basic developers a first look at new features in the Visual Basic.NET language. The sample, a driving simulation, enables users to drive through a three-dimensional terrain while trying to avoid the donkey obstacles. Behind this lighthearted demo is some very serious technology See it, download it, enjoy it at…. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/donkey.asp.  If you're interested in seeing the efforts of one person to create a library for using OpenGL under .NET, check out http://csgl.sourceforge.net/  Web Cool Web Service to Generate High Quality 3D Headings A Web Service that generates high quality 3D text heading graphics. You pass the graphic template style, along with the text, color, and a few other parameters. This renders a high quality anti-aliased graphic, stores it on the server, and returns the URL of the graphic. The SOAP call should take approximately half a second.  Check it out at: http://www.salcentral.com/link.asp?ID=197 . Misc Most developers have to test application installation routines, which means their MSI cache becomes filled with junk. You can get rid of some of those old files using a cache-cleaning utility such as the one from Happy Bunny  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~smithjn/wise.html

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