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SQL Server 2005: When and how to use Database Snapshots
(Greg Robidoux) SQL Server 2005 offers many features that did not exist in previous versions of the product. One such feature is Database Snapshots. Database Snapshots allows you to create a read-only copy of your database that can be used for other purposes, such as reporting, auditing or recoverin
xkoto powers up DB2
(Philip Howard) xkoto is a relatively new company—it only came to market late last year—however, it has some neat technology. The company’s product, called GRIDIRON, provides dynamic load balancing for DB2 in transaction processing environments.
DSNTEP2 aka Batch SPUFI
(Craig S Mullins) DSNTEP2 is an application program that can be used to issue DB2 dynamic SQL statements. It is sometimes referred to as “Batch SPUFI” because it allows you to submit SQL in batch similar to how SPUFI allows online SQL execution.
IBM DB2 Universal Database and the Java Developer? Absolutely! Part 3
(Paul C. Zikopoulos) In Part 1 of this series, I discussed how to use the Database Explorer view in the IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (Rational AD) product to create and work with IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) for Linux, UNIX, and Windows database connections. Part
The Move to Store Images In the Database
(Marcel Kratochvil) As the business imperative grows for companies to start managing and then publishing their digital image assets. the issue about where those image assets are stored is raised. The initial choice is to store them in a disk file system. This can be seen as the quickest and simplest
Thinking XML: State of the Art in XML Modeling
(Uche Ogbuji) The running theme of the column has been semantic transparency: the ability to correctly interpret the contents of XML documents. Semantic transparency might be the most important aspect of XML modeling. This is first in a series of articles that review the many different approaches to
MySQL Tables
A MySQL table is completely different than the normal table that you eat dinner on. In MySQL and other database systems, the goal is to store information in an orderly fashion. The table gets this done by making the table up of columns and rows.
SQL Server 2005 Application Performance Management
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Developing a Data Access Layer for Sybase using ADO.NET: Essentials Continued
(Jagadish Chaterjee) This article is the second one in a series focusing on developing a simple DAL (Data Access Layer) for any database using ADO.NET. In this series, we consider Sybase as the database of choice for developing the DAL.