(Robin Schumacher) To be really successful at working with databases, there are many different disciplines to become proficient in – things like disaster recovery, security management, data integration, and more. But there are less than a handful of things you want to be really good at; becoming sup
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Job Postings, SQL on Call, SQL Injection, Disaster Recovery and More
SQLonCall Show Released Part II of Manager or Leader – what makes a great manager or leader, and which is best for an IT environment? Find out tips for finding the right person for the right position. [Watch The Show] Also available: [Watch] SelectViews – SQL Injection Protection and Recovery, Server Protection Approaches Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting SQL Server 2005 alerts […]
SQLonCall: Part II of Manager or Leader – what makes a great manager or leader, and which is best for an IT environment?
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File System Access in XSLT
(Erik Wilde) XSLT 2.0 introduces the unparsed-text() function, which allows XSLT programs to read text documents. this is very useful, because it allows access to non-XML information from within XSLT. and in conjunction with XSLT 2.0’s largely improved capabilities for text processing, it allows eas
Back to the basics: SQL*Plus edit commands
If you have worked in Oracle, chances are that you must have used SQL*Plus. In this post, we will re-visit some of the basic edit commands for SQL*Plus session.
Why REST, WS-* and technology are the problem, not the solution
(Steve Jones) I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… SOAP v REST is more pointless than vi v emacs. Building on the previous post and in reference to an article at InfoQ I’m really beginning to feel that IT, and most especially the software part, has some form of terrorist organisation going w
Oracle Data Archiving
(Dave Moore) Data growth rates are climbing at an astonishing pace. Oracle databases today are holding many terabytes and in some cases petabytes worth of data. In most cases, the data is not deleted regularly even though the new transactions continue to occur within the application. Companies eithe
Updated Instructions for Writing User Defined Functions for Excel in .NET
(Eric Carter) I updated a very popular blog post I made several years ago with some little additions and corrections that I think make the process of creating a user defined function (e.g. a custom function to use in Excel formulas) easier to create in Visual Studio and .NET.
If you are any where near San Ramon, CA on April 10th…
(Willie Favero) You really need to try and make it out to the San Francisco DB2 User Group. They are holding their quarterly meeting on April 10, 2008. It should a terrific meeting. IBM will be supplying morning coffee, lunch, handouts, along with both terrific speakers.