Michael Rys
Exploring Big Data and Data Lakes with U-SQL
XQuery 1.0, XPath 2.0, and XSLT 2.0 are in REALLY Last Call
A week ago (on April 4th), the W3C announced that XQuery 1.0, XPath 2.0, and XSLT 2.0 went into Last...
Author: mrys Date: 04/12/2005
Material for my MSDN WebCast "Managing XML Data on the Database with SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005"
You can get the WebCast recording and copies of the slides from the MSDN website (registration...
Author: mrys Date: 04/12/2005
Using the XQuery methods in CHECK constraints
In a recent weblog posting, I outlined how you can use XQuery expressions inside CHECK constraints....
Author: mrys Date: 04/01/2005
Some upcoming events on XML, SQL Server and databases where I will be speaking
Over the next couple of months, I will be speaking/presenting at a couple of occasions. MSDN SQL...
Author: mrys Date: 04/01/2005
How to check for the XML document constraint
During a recent newsgroup exchange, we discussed how to constrain an untyped XML data type to be a...
Author: mrys Date: 03/04/2005
StylusStudio interviews me
StylusStudio, in their ongoing series of interviews interviewed me a couple of weeks ago and have...
Author: mrys Date: 02/28/2005
Official statement on cutting XQuery from the .Net Framework is now on MSDN
We have had some discussions about the cutting of XQuery from the .Net Framework in VS2005. Since...
Author: mrys Date: 01/28/2005
New XML Whitepaper: A roadmap on database and CLR XML functionality
We have published a new whitepaper on MSDN that provides a scenario based roadmap on the database...
Author: mrys Date: 01/20/2005
SQL Server 2000 SP4 and Reporting Services SP2 beta accepts self nominations
Since not everything we are doing is focusing on SQL Server 2005, it is my pleasure to point you to...
Author: mrys Date: 01/14/2005
Commenting some XQuery discussions on XML-DEV
I finally found time to catch up on some XML-DEV XQuery discussions and post some explanations and...
Author: mrys Date: 12/31/2004
Some Tsunami/Quake Disaster Relief.
I have a list of resources (some suggestions for donations and some online resources) to help in the...
Author: mrys Date: 12/31/2004
XML Support in SQL Server 2005 has no dependency on http.sys
A recent blog post claimed that the native XML support in SQL Server 2005 has a dependency on...
Author: mrys Date: 12/22/2004
The top three reasons why...
... we ship an XQuery subset in SQL Server 2005 when it has been removed from the .Net Framework can...
Author: mrys Date: 12/20/2004
SQL Server 2005 CTP XML functionality enhancement (also known as the SQL Server XML Christmas presents)
The article provides information about whitespace preservation when parsing XML and gives an outlook...
Author: mrys Date: 12/17/2004
The Microsoft XML Team resurfaces in the blogosphere
The XML Team has its own blog and Mike Champion is managing it. (More ...)
Author: mrys Date: 12/17/2004
Does IBM really move the database goalposts?
I posted a reply to Philip Howard's article for The Register on the recent announcement for the new...
Author: mrys Date: 12/16/2004
Upcoming Presentations
In the last week of September, I will be giving two presentations at SQL PASS 2004 in Orlando,...
Author: mrys Date: 09/15/2004
SQL Server Express: An advanced glimpse at SQL Server 2005 or more?
Download information on SQL Server Express.
Author: mrys Date: 06/29/2004
Posts related to XQuery and its Type System
The following postings are discussing aspects of XQuery and its Type System: Discussion of the...
Author: mrys Date: 06/13/2004
"What's new for FOR XML in SQL Server 2005" is now live on the MSDN XML DevCenter
I announced that the FOR XML whitepaper is available. I also updated the content of my Posts on FOR...
Author: mrys Date: 06/10/2004
Watching the Press
There are many good articles available on the web about XML support in databases and especially SQL...
Author: mrys Date: 06/10/2004
Posts on FOR XML
Here are a bunch of links explaining FOR XML. It covers some FOR XML EXPLICIT functionality and...
Author: mrys Date: 06/09/2004
Posts on SQL Server 2000's XML support
Here are some interesting posts related to SQL Server 2000's XML support (also see the upcoming...
Author: mrys Date: 06/09/2004
Posts on XML Schema
Here are my musings on XML Schema (only the ones I have written down so far :-)): Is XML Schema...
Author: mrys Date: 06/09/2004
Posts on XML: Values, Uses and Future
The following links give my opinions on: What is XML good for? My negative position on a...
Author: mrys Date: 06/08/2004
My TechEd 2004 Presentations
The presentations, demos and Kent Tegel's synopses are available at...
Author: mrys Date: 06/08/2004
Welcome to my work related blog site
I decided to finally join the https://blogs.msdn.com community. However, I will contine to mainly...
Author: mrys Date: 06/08/2004