Software AG has released Version 4.1.4 of Tamino XML Server, which features better search tools and an API for the C programming language.
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Oracle geeks of the round table
By Ellen O’Brien – The Oak Table Network (OTN) was begun in Copenhagen, Denmark, two years ago, in Norgaard’s living room. A late-night informal gathering grew into a professional networking organization whose members are authors, consultants, database architects and developers who investigate topic
Orbitz implicates Oracle in site outage
By Alorie Gilbert – Orbitz was hit by a site outage Wednesday, making the popular travel site unavailable to visitors at the height of the busy summer travel season. The outage, which began early Wednesday, is related to problems with an Oracle database on which Orbitz runs its site, Orbitz s
Extreme XML: Adding Custom Functions to XPath
Learn how to create custom functions for XPath using System.Xml APIs from the .NET Framework SDK.
Yukon Private Beta Hits The Street
By Barbara Darrow – Microsoft has gotten Yukon out the door. Sort of. The company Tuesday dropped the so-called “private beta” of the next-generation SQL Server to some 500 customers and partners, sources close to the company confirmed. Another 1,500 copies are slated for release by the end o
Database Access (v8.1 DBA Certification Prep – Part 3 of 6)
By George Baklarz – This tutorial will take you through the various steps required to manage some of the objects within DB2. This is the third tutorial in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (E
2003 SQL Server Magazine Innovator Awards competition
Don’t miss your opportunity to win recognition for your hard work! Enter the 2003 SQL Server Magazine Innovator Awards competition today. The deadline for entries is August 1, 2003.
System-Supplied Trace UDFs
Most of you have probably created your own SQL Server user-defined functions (UDFs), but did you know that Microsoft ships a fair number of its own UDFs, especially in the most recent SP3? In this article, Baya Pavliashvili and Kevin Kline explore a subset of them that are related to traces.
DB2 user certification prep, Part 1: DB2 Tools, data warehousing and OLAP
By Paul Zikopoulous – This tutorial introduces the basics of the DB2 Tools, and the concepts of data warehousing and OLAP. It is designed to help you prepare for the DB2 Fundamentals Certification (Exam 512). The material in this tutorial primarily covers the objectives in the first section of the e
Take the Winter Corporation VLDB Survey!
Winter Corporation has announced a survey running from May 1 to September 2 to identify the largest commercial database implementations, the Top Ten Program Survey.