Latest XML Articles

A Kick-Start to SAX with C++, Part 1

By Marius Bancila - Published 03/10/2006

Learn how to process XML documents' content with the Microsoft COM implementation of Simple API for XML (SAX).

Using DDL Triggers to Manage SQL Server 2005

By Jeffrey Juday - Published 09/28/2005

Get an introduction to the extended SQL Server 2005 trigger functionality that Data Definition Language (DDL) triggers provide for both databases and servers.

The Fundamentals of the SQL Server 2005 XML Datatype

By Jeffrey Juday - Published 08/31/2005

SQL Server 2000 developers and DBAs who've been yearning for better XML support in SQL Server will be pleased with the new XML datatype in SQL Server 2005. If you're one of them, learn the fundamentals of the datatype so you can get going.

Loading Blowfish-Encrypted Data Into an MSXML2 DOM Object

By Tom Archer - MSFT - Published 06/15/2005

Learn how to use helper functions that (by utilizing a popular Blowfish class) open and decrypt an XML file in memory and then load that memory—without writing it to disk—into a DOM object.

XmlSS.NET Spreadsheet Component

By Giancarlo Aguilera - Published 10/14/2004

Learn new ways to work with Excel spreadsheets through the use of XML.

.NET and XML: Part 1�XPath Queries

By Klaus Salchner - Published 07/19/2004

This is the first of a series of articles that evaluates how well .NET supports XML and its surrounding standards. This article provides a good overview of the power of XPath queries.