by Micah Dubinko – Think about how many times a day you use forms, electronic or otherwise. On the Web, forms have truly become commonplace for search engines, polls, surveys, electronic commerce, and even on-line applications. Nearly all user interaction on the Web is through forms of some sort. Th
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Death of the Production DBA
If you see a priest outside your cubical, beware! He could be trying to read you your last rites. If he hasn’t showed up yet, don’t worry, he’ll be over shortly because the production DBA is dead or will be shortly.
SQL Server Profiler: Overcoming the Difficulties
By Brian Moran – SQL Server Profiler is a great tool for the DBA’s arsenal, but the tool presents some difficulties. Read Brian Moran’s commentary to find out what they are and how to overcome them.
Devices Bundled with SQL Server CE
Intermec Technologies Corp. is now shipping its popular 5020 family of handheld data collection computers pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 and SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition (SQL Server CE). Intermec is among the first to market with a Windows CE 3.0-based device with an embedded SQL Ser
Picture Perfect
by Edd Dumbill – Last week, the World Wide Web Consortium issued Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0 as a Recommendation. SVG, as its name implies, is an XML application for describing two-dimensional graphics in the form of vector-based objects. As well as allowing normal 2D drawings, SVG is scripta
A preview of DOM Level 3
This article previews the W3C's XML Document Object Model Level 3, due to be released toward the end of 2001 or early in 2002. Java developer and author Brett McLaughlin gives an overview of key features in the forthcoming version of the DOM, which will offer better access to pieces of informati
Cleaned-up RDF syntax in prospect
The RDF Core working group at the W3C has released the first Working Draft of Refactoring RDF/XML Syntax. The document describes the updates made to the formal grammar for the XML syntax for RDF after amendments and clarifications made by the working group. In particular, containers (Alt, Seq
What Skills Does a DBA Need?
What skills do you need to be a DBA? Lots of different ones, but people often forget there are non-technical skills that matter. This article by David Poole examines some of the softer skills that can help your career.
QUEST SOFTWARE ACQUIRES REVEALNET TO EXPAND ITS SUITE OF ORACLE AND DB2 EXPERT TECHNOLOGIES
Quest Software, Inc., a leading provider of application management solutions, announced its acquisition of RevealNet, Inc., the industry leader in knowledge-based solutions for Oracle and DB2. This acquisition allows Quest Software to significantly enhance its database development and management sol
Some Useful Undocumented SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 DBCC Commands
by Alexander Chigrik – In this article, I want to tell you about some useful undocumented DBCC commands, and how you can use these commands in SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 for administering and monitoring. DBCC is an abbreviation for Database Console Command. DBCC commands are generally used to ch