IBM’s Self Help Web Support is a great starting point for finding answers about DB2 database software. Marin Komadina shares tips on getting the most out of this resource.
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Download: Get statistics for nicknames
DB2 Information Integrator enables your applications to query and retrieve data located on other sources. To help the federated optimizer make better decisions, you can use these utilities to gather statistics on relational and nonrelational nicknames.
Backing Up and Restoring SQL Server Databases and Transaction Logs
SQL Server provides several methods to protect against data loss. Alexander Chigrik explains of the various methods.
XML and SQL 2000 (Part 6)
By Marcin Policht – In the previous article, I explained the meaning of the “Allow posted updategrams” and “Allow template queries” options on the Settings tab of the Virtual Directory Properties dialog box in IIS Virtual Directory Management for SQL Server tool. I also presented examples of taking
BLOB Access Technologies
By Michael Otey – Microsoft provides several tools for working with BLOB objects. Here are seven of the most important BLOB access technologies.
Free Trade Group Backs PeopleSoft
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Snort Problems
by Noel Davis – Welcome to Security Alerts, an overview of recent Unix and open source security advisories. In this column, we look at buffer overflows in Snort and SheerDNS, and problems in Xinetd, vixie-cron, Oracle E-Business Suite FNDFS, xfsdump, Ximian Evolution, GtkHTML, kdegraphics, and psban
Morphon XML-Editor now free of charge
Morphon has announced the release of the latest (3.1) version of their proprietary XML-Editor and bundled CSS-Editor as a free-of-charge/no-cost product.
Using entity references
by Brett McLaughlin – XML is primarily a static language. However, by using entity references, you can perform a limited amount of dynamic substitution. This tip explains how to use entity references, and illustrates their usefulness.
Integrating SQL Litespeed with your existing backup infrastructure
Written By: Jeremy Kadlec – Needless to say, backups are one of the most critical aspects of a SQL Server environment and a Database Administrators (DBA) last line of defense to resolve a critical problem. As a DBA, how many times have backups saved you? Even with numerous advancements with RAID and