(Keith Rodgers) Oracle advanced its identity management capabilities with two acquisitions, but admitted another project has taken a back seat to more urgent work on its SOA stack.
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Will Sleepycat Save MySQL?
(Lisa Vaas) Opinion: Open-source database company MySQL has a few options for getting out from under Oracle’s thumb. Going back to where it left off with Sleepycat before InnoDB sounds like the best choice.
Customize XML Serialization using IXmlSerializable
(James Crowley) XML Serialization in .NET provides an incredibly useful (and easy) way to turn objects into XML and back again. However, in some situations, you may need more control over how your object is serialized. Recently, I found myself needing to serialize an object that contained a numb
Achieve Microsoft SQL Server High Availability with data replication (Sample Chapter)
(Paul Bertucci) Data replication is a powerful feature of SQL Server that can be used in many business situations. Learn how to use data replication as a high availability solution. (pdf)
Some Magic with VB.Net
(Rahul Vyas) This article presents three special effects you have always wanted to include in your VB.Net applications.
Helpful CLP stuff you may not know
(Chris Eaton) If you are a command line junkie then hopefully this posting will help you out a bit. Personally I use both the command line and the GUI tools. If I’m doing something for the first time, I often pull up the Control Center to go through the dialogs as this can be a lot easier than going
XML Queries and Indexing in SQL Server 2005
(Mike Gunderloy) SQL Server 2005 is the first version of Microsoft’s flagship database to truly embrace XML. True, SQL Server 2000 has some bolt-on XML functionality, but in SQL Server 2005 XML is pervasive. In particular, you can use the new XML columns to actually store XML documents as part of a
Proactive Performance Management: Improving Data Service Delivery
BEZProphet for Oracle is a next generation software product that extends the reach of traditional application performance management solutions into future time periods. This white paper provides a Proactive Performance methodology for improving data service delivery and performance to business users
Creating a Searchable Inventory System: Retrieving and Managing Search Results
(Brian Vaughn) In this article, we will set up an automatic search listener to execute the code for our searchable inventory system. With this final piece, we will assemble all of the parts of our application into a working search tool. It will allow us to search for records using any combination of
DB2 Administration for the Oracle DBA
IT departments today have to deal with tightening budgets and shrinking staffs. The luxury of being a single platform DBA is becoming a thing of the past. Many DBA’s are being required to support multiple DBMS’s on multiple platforms. Many IT shops today are running a combination of Oracle and D