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XML Links

Here's a list of XML-related Web sites.

XML -- The Current Big Thing

XML is an obvious choice for data transportation because many organizations are settling on it as an industry-standard description of data.

XML and SQL Server 2000

Check out SQL Server 2000's XML enhancements and explore an example of how you can extract data from SQL Server 2000 as XML, format the data, then use that data in your application.

Using SQL Profiler

The new SQL Profiler utility lets you monitor, analyze, and tune SQL Server 7.0.

SQL Profiler Terms

An Overview of SQL Trace

Use SQL Trace, an Open Data Services (ODS)sniffer program, to monitor, record and troubleshoot SQL Server 6.x.

Creating a Trace

Start with provided samples and wizard-generated traces to quickly create custom traces to investigate database problems.

SQL Profiler

The new SQL Profiler in SQL Server 7.0 is powerful and easy to use. SQL Profiler is based on the SQL Trace utility for SQL Server 6.X.

An Overview of SQL Trace

Microsoft supplied the SQL Trace utility with SQL Server 6.x and replaced it with SQL Profiler in SQL Server 7.0. Anything you can do on a SQL 6.x system with SQL Trace, you can do on SQL 7.0 using SQL Profiler, but you can do more with SQL Profiler.

Creating a Trace

Although the options seem endless, if you start with the provided samples and wizard-generated traces, you can quickly create custom traces to investigate database issues.

SQL Profiler Terms