(Maciej Dobrzanski) There are probably thousands of articles on the Internet about disk statistics in Linux, what various columns mean, how accurate the information is, and so on. I decided to attack the problem from a little bit more practical side. Hopefully this will be just the first of many fut
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Managing SharePoint Content Databases with Central Administration
(Ray Barley) I’m a DBA and I need to understand how to create SharePoint content databases and map out which site collections get stored in a particular content database. I’ve read the tip Managing SharePoint Content Databases with PowerShell, but I would rather learn how to do this using SharePoin
ORA-00600 [kkqtSetOp.1] – Join Factorization
(Dominic Brooks) Just a quick note about an ORA-00600 that recently occurred following an upgrade to 11.2.0.3.
Ever wondered what the Object Explorer Details window is for?
(David Atkinson) Typically, when I install SQL Server Management Studio and run it for the first time, the first thing I do is to close the Object Explorer Details window. After all, it doesn’t seem to serve a useful purpose, duplicating information that already exists in the Object Explorer.
Setting up AWS RDS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a managed MySQL solution via Relational Database Service (RDS). The following instructions will enable you to configure and run RDS. Refer to Using Amazon Web Services for initial information about AWS requirements.
How to localize XSLT
(Doug Domeny) Text in an XSLT may be localized by reading translated strings from an XML document. Numbers may also be localized.
Practical Approach of Accessing Data From the User Control in ASP.NET
(Lajapathy Arun) This article shows how to access User Control data from the web page. In other words, how to pass data from a User Control page to the Default.aspx page.
VIDEO: The IBM Perspective on DB2
Chris Eaton of IBM discusses why you should consider migrating from Oracle to DB2.
Scheduling Tools
Scheduling Tools I wrote about scheduling in Azure yesterday as a place where some of the tools we have become accustom are not available. My primary tool of choice for scheduling has been SQL Server Agent, being primarily a DBA for decades. One reader, Shannon, reminds us that there are a lot of capabilities built into Azure allowing for tasks […]
PLSQL Warning Messages in Oracle SQL Developer
(Jeff Smith) If you have problems in your PL/SQL program that prevent the database from successfully said program, then that is reported back as an ‘error.’