(Tarry Singh) Oracle has been a longstanding supporter of the Linux operating system and as you know, they have been pushing Enterprise Linux for quite some time and even have a full-fledged team that only works on and develops Linux tools. One such tool is Orion, and although it is currently in bet
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Practice using Oracle’s Remote Diagnostic Agent before you need it
(Bob Watkins) Although the DBA can resolve most problems that arise with Oracle databases, there are times when you need to file a Service Request (SR) with Oracle Support. The Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) shortens the time it takes for the Oracle engineer to become familiar with your system.
Build grid-ready apps with ObjectGrid
(Tom Alcott and Larry Clark) ObjectGrid is a part of the WebSphere Extended Development Data Grid offering, but you can you install it as a standalone package as well. Learn the basics of installing and using this in-memory database for your Java applications. You’ll see how to set it up to use one
Make the default value for a column whatever you want whenever you want
(Willie Favero) Do you like small cute little things in life, stuff like puppies? Then do I have an enhancement for you. Although it isn’t much more than a sentence in a manual someplace, I think it is an extremely handy little feature. What is it? It’s the ability to change the default for a column
DateTool dimension: an alternative Time Intelligence implementation
(Marco Russo) Year-To-Date and Difference-Over-Previous-Year (or Year-Over-Year Growth) are among the most required features of any user. Some OLAP client (like ProClarity) offers features that try to solve this problem client-side, but I don’t like this approach given that you might have a server-s
How to enable the SQL Server 2005 Integration Services process to generate a dump file when the process experiences exceptions
This article describes how to enable the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) process (MsDtsSrvr.exe) to generate a full dump file or a minidump file when the process experiences exceptions.
Error Handling
(Guy Harrison and Steven Feuerstein) In this first article in a three-part series, you will learn how to create various types of exception handlers.
How do I… Configure transactional replication between two SQL Server 2005 systems?
(Joshua Hoskins) Replication often plays an important part in your database management strategy. An organization may use database replication for load balancing, offline processing, redundancy, and other typical administrative tasks. This How do I… shows you how to configure replication between two
SQLonCall Show Released, Data Responsibility In Our Profession
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