Transforming XML with XPath in SQL Server
Since the next version of SQL Server (2005, aka Yukon) is at least nominally coming out this year, it seems a bit late to write a tip about using the XML features in SQL Server 2000. However, better late than never.
As part of a project I’m working on, I needed to bring XML data into [...]
New music Tuesday: Spoon
Man. I wish the iTunes Music Store folks would get their acts together and consistently update the New Releases and Just Added pages. As a music addict, I generally await Tuesdays like I await my first cup of coffee in the morning, and I just can’t get going without my fix. So it’s a good [...]
Mother’s Day … for peace?
The Reverend Dr. Nancy Taylor pointed out from the pulpit of Old South Church on Sunday that Mother’s Day has deep ties to Boston, and to progressive thought. Julia Ward Howe, the author of the words to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” called for the first Mother’s Day in 1870 as a day for [...]
