(Martin Oberhofer, Paul van Run and Wei Zheng) Learn to configure and invoke Web services for WebSphere Customer Center in a Web application. This tutorial shows you how to use Web services with security and global transactions and provides a sample Web services client for you to download. (R)
Other News
Oracle BI EE 10.1.3.3/2 – Top 10 Common Errors
(Venkatakrishnan J) Now that BI EE is gaining traction among a lot of users, i thought i would document a list of most common errors that users might encounter while using OBI EE. I will also be giving in the possible workarounds/solutions possible for these errors. Feel free to chip in with the err
Switching Oracle Portal to a new database is easier than Oracle Tech Support says
(Rex Baldazo) If you do not have to support an Oracle Portal, consider yourself lucky. We recently ran into a problem that forced us to quickly move to a new metadata database. Once again, the lousy Oracle documentation, coupled with lousy Oracle Tech Support, had us believing it would be a week-lon
Oracle RAC Benchmarking with SwingBench 2.2
(Tarry Singh) Our last article was the one that took a deeper look into the database from a DBAs perspective. How often do you have the need to benchmark your application? Well, not always, but you do want to have a rough idea of what kind of load is generated in your environment. We will be testing
Index related DMVs and DMFs – sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats
(Dinesh Priyankara) Examining statistics of indexes is useful for optimizing the performance of queries. Statistics help us determine the usage and worth of indexes. There are many different methods to determine their usability; , which gives core statistics of indexes. The first article in the inde
SQL Server Backup Types
(Eric Johnson) Welcome to this new series — in this column, I hope to impart some quick, short tips that will help you make quick work of managing and administering your SQL Server databases. First up is an important topic: backups.
Description of the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) service and of alternatives to clustering the SSIS service
This article describes the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) service. We do not recommend that you cluster the SSIS service. However, this article describes alternatives to clustering the SSIS service.
Repost: Call for comments – images in the database?
New Videos Posted: Watch: SQLonCall: How to Hire a DBA – Reading (really reading) the resume and knowing what to look for, what to *watch out* for. Watch: SelectViews: Book Looks: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals …From yesterday: Watch: Food for Thought: Direct SQL Good Idea/Bad Idea? What is it?!? Find out why you should avoid direct SQL. Watch: Upcoming […]
Would you like your book reviewed?
Pro-Center Video Programming for IT Professionals
Book Looks: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals
Pro-Center Video Programming for IT Professionals