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The logic of three-valued logic
(Hugo Kornelis) In my previous post, I explained what NULL does and does not mean, how and why the rule of NULL propagation forces any expression involving NULL to result in NULL. I also mentioned that comparisons involving NULL do not result in NULL but, rather, in a new “truth value” called “Unkno
Installing Oracle 10gR2 on SLES10 Linux on System z
This Technote provides information that is necessary to complete the installation of Oracle 10.2.0.2 and 10.2.0.3 on SLES10. We assume that you are performing a new installation, and not updating a SLES9 and Oracle 10.2.0.2 database to SLES10 and Oracle 10.2.0.3.
How to create a password file in Oracle 9i?
(Brian Peasland) How to create a password file in Oracle 9i? What is the exact command and do we need to make any changes in the parameter file? If yes then what? (R)
Follow Up on Rolling Sums – Self Joins vs User Variables
(Jay Pipes) Damien Seguy had an interesting observation on my use of self joins for generating rolling sums: What about using a user variable to make the rolling sum from the beginning? Something simple enough like this: set @sum := 159; // to start with the original number of post, or 0 if
How to add years, months and days to a date
(Eddie Awad) Let’s say you want to add 5 years, 2 months and 10 days to the date 8/14/2002, here are a few ways to do that:
Airlines, Baggage and SQL Server Data Responsibilities
Have You Seen the Special Edition SelectViews Shows? Security, SSIS, Reporting Services… all available now – watch here – and a new show will post Friday this week as well. Looking for Free SQL Server Tools? If you’re looking to get a leg up on backup, SQL Server permissions or even SQL Server monitoring, and think a great free tool […]
kXML-RPC Enables Service-Oriented Mobile Computing
(Kyle Gabhart and David Johnson) Service orientation is sweeping through modern enterprise environments like the Black Plague swept through Europe (hopefully the parallels end there). At the same time, enterprises seem increasingly interested in supporting thin clients and mobile interfaces. The con
IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software Coexistence Considerations
(Vasfi Gucer, David Campbell, John M Crawford, Ignacio Fernandez, Nick Freer, Scott W Graham, Johan Raeymaeckers, Marc Remes, Ghufran Shah, Andrea Rodrigues Mendonca, Marc Remes, Fabrizio Salustri and Ghufran Shah) This IBM Redbooks publication is designed to focus on migration of a data center fr