The process of making databases available to users via a browser has thus far been complex, time consuming, and therefore expensive. These projects have typically taken a lot of time because of the lengthy learning curve and the time-intensive nature of coding. (R,doc)
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Tablespace Free (and more) Report
(Jayant Kulkarni) This script can be run on Oracle8i, Oracle9i and Oracle 10g databases to get a report/graph on tablespace free information, somewhat similar to the report from Oracle Enterprise Manager. The report provides a look at all the tablespaces in a database with information like “number o
Informix Dynamic Server and Linux — Up and running
(Andreas Breitfeld) Find out how you can install one of the two major enterprise Linux distributions and configure it for running IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) Version 10.0. You’ll learn how to get a trial version of the IDS database server up and running and how to use a disk as a raw device.
DB2 for z/OS Stored Procedures: Through the CALL and Beyond
(Paolo Bruni, Bhaskar Achanti, Suneel Konidala, Glenn McGeoch, Martin Packer, Peggy Rader, Suresh Sane, Bonni Taylor and Peter Wansch) This IBM Redbook helps you design, install, manage, and tune stored procedures with DB2 for z/OS. Stored procedures can provide major benefits in the areas of applic
Mastering Enterprise BI: Extend the Data Source with Named Calculations, Pt. I
(William Pearson) In past articles of this series, I presented ways of “extending” the data source tables underlying our Analysis Services 2000 cubes through the use of SQL expressions within the Member Key and Member Name columns (in the case of dimension structures), and in the Source column (in t
10 things that will convince you to upgrade to SQL Server 2005
(Arthur Fuller and Stephen Giles) Most IT pros are working in SQL Server 2000 and still supporting SQL Server 7 databases (a few folks are even supporting SQL Server 6.5 databases). With the arrival of SQL Server 2005, we’re often asked: Should I upgrade? In this article, we offer the 10 most compel
Getting Started with WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V6
(Bill Moore, Martin Keen, Antonio Carvalho, Michael Hamann, Prasad Imandi, Ron Lotter, Philip Norton, Christian Ringler and Gabriel Telerman) IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus is a flexible connectivity infrastructure for integrating applications and services, designed to enable the development o
Introduction to an Abstraction Architecture for BI
(Dean Reynolds) Business Intelligence (BI) is an abstraction architecture for delivering specific and useful information in the midst of the data-explosion organizations are facing today. Transformation of data into meaningful information requires the application of specific contexts derived in a fl
Five reasons why you should never use PostgreSQL — ever
(W. Jason Gilmore) Within the past two years, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft have all released freely available versions of their flagship database servers, a move that would have been unheard of just a few years ago. While their respective representatives would argue the move was made in order to better
Windows Communication Foundation Architecture Overview
Get a high-level view of the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) architecture and its key concepts. Code examples demonstrate WCF contracts, endpoints, and behaviors.